"My contention is that Earth may, if we are lucky and diligent and clever enough, grow an emergent superconsciousness." ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

Neural processing unts (NPUs) are the latest chips you might find in smartphones and laptops — but what are they ard why are they so important?

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and it's been that way for around 34 million years. Yet researchers have only ...

But that trend is now faltering because of the increased cost and complexity of manufacturing chips, as well as performance ...

Winners and runners-up of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's 2025 Environmental Photography Award revealed.

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away.

Humans started counting tens of thousands of years ago, but when did they begin figuring out advanced arithmetic, algebra and ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...

Why it's awesome: The hoatzin is often regarded as one of the world's strangest birds. Hatchlings are born with clawed wings ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth overnight tonight after more than 50 years in the wrong orbit.

New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...