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The most anticipated particle physics result of recent years is here—but the real news came one week before: the “muon g–2 ...
During recent protests in Los Angeles, fires triggered “thermal runaway” in several Waymo robotaxis’ lithium-ion battery ...
The newest generation of superheroes are complex, irreverent and exactly what our kids need Last month, I decided to see ...
Vickrey auctions not only reward honesty but also ensure that the item goes to the person who values it most (assuming ...
As cases of chronic kidney disease emerge in outdoor laborers around the world, scientists are finding that repeated damage ...
Thirty of the world’s most renowned mathematicians traveled to Berkeley, Calif., with some coming from as far away as the U.K ...
Surveys show that how nuclear strike options are presented strongly influences the decision a president may make ...
Oil industry opposition to a planned OSHA rule to limit heat deaths comes as oil and gas workers face increasingly dangerous ...
Investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and an altitude sensor that likely doomed the ...
With wildfires turning forests into “massive carbon emitters,” planting trees in some places could inadvertently increase ...
Layoffs and funding freezes have gutted the CDC’s response to the opioid crisis—just as harm reduction was beginning to work ...
Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...