I don’t know if our life has a purpose and I don’t see that it matters. What does matter is that we’re a part.” While most of us go about our days, immersed in the minutia our lives, we remain very ...

I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

An AI system developed by Google DeepMind, Google's premiere AI research lab, has surpassed the average gold medalist in ...

George R.R. Martin joins a growing list of authors, actors and musicians who have published scientific research papers.

Illuminated at night, the Kiewit Luminarium is a symbol of the revitalization of Omaha, Nebraska’s Missouri River waterfront.

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

Radiation within the visible spectrum can appear black if it is low in power – more specifically, lower in power than its ...

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

Three new state symbols are proposed this year – reptile, amphibian and dog – which would bring Maine's total to 34.

The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians haven't yet deciphered. While amateur theories abound, scholars are increasingly relying on computer science to cra ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl is now getting global ... Like Leshem, Abu Rashid says science offers unique ...