Microsoft just posted a quarter that sent the stock surging more than 30% in a month, but a blowout earnings report and a great business are not the same thing as a great entry point right now.

A silicon photonic chip built by a Hefei startup and China's foremost quantum research university has produced the largest entangled quantum state ever generated on a photonic integrated circuit — 16 ...

A derelict SpaceX rocket plowed into the moon Aug. 8, reigniting a debate about space junk. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to John Crassidis from the University at Buffalo about the issue.

Why are we so susceptible to clickbait? Columnist Jacob Aron traces it to a surprising source: a mathematical framework that ...

A seemingly simple multiple-choice question has left the internet divided. The more people try to solve it, the more confusing it gets, and the answer may not be what you expect.

A long-standing mathematical conundrum has been solved by ChatGPT in a few hours, with only a few simple prompts. The Dinitz-Garg-Goemans conjecture is a 30-year-old question in graph theory, but a ...

Researchers showed each giraffe the contents of several containers, which held varying numbers of carrots, then added extra pieces to one of them. Afterward, the animal would choose a container to get ...

Estate-planning attorneys often hear some version of the same request: “We just want something simple.” The request makes sense. Clients can feel overwhelmed by legal terminology, tax rules, fiduciary ...

Delta is cutting up the front of the plane by introducing new classes, including "basic business." The cheaper Delta One fares won't come with airport lounge access or seat assignments. Rival United ...

With an IQ of 228, she’s one of the smartest people ever recorded. But intelligence didn’t make her life easier—it made it harder. When she solved a simple probability problem, thousands of ...

Take a group of runners circling a track at unique, constant paces. Answering the question of how many will always end up running alone, no matter their speed, has vexed mathematicians for decades.