Scientists just brought us one step closer to the dream of unlimited power. On November 17 at the Nevada National Security Site, a nuclear energy startup called Valar Atomics achieved zero-power ...

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New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

The U.S. State Department changed its official font from the reader-friendly Calibri back to Times New Roman. Michel Martin speaks with an accessibility design expert about why fonts matter.

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...