As heatwaves grow more frequent and intense, cooling our homes has become a pressing issue. Yet, millions of households lack air conditioning, particularly in regions like northern France, where ...

Gasoline without oil fields sounds like a contradiction. Meet the machine daring you to rethink what a green fill-up could be. In Los Angeles, a fridge-sized box hums, making gasoline from ambient air ...

Could the most tantalizing clue to extraterrestrial life be trapped in a rocky riddle on Mars while the decision to solve it rests with accountants? The red planet may be sending signals, but the ...

How can a delicate butterfly survive with a genome that looks like a puzzle spilled on the floor? Cracking that riddle could upend ideas about evolution and open an unexpected door in cancer research.

What if eight arms don’t share the work equally? A cache of seaside videos has scientists rethinking how octopuses choose which limb does what, with implications that stretch far beyond the ocean.

It slips into a pocket, then shrugs off chaos at full tilt. What happens when rescue teams can literally throw their eyes into danger? From a hand toss to rock-steady hover in a blink, a 112-gram ...

When “solid ground” drifts into the only crossing, who should yield: the commuters or the island? In a quiet corner of the Midwest, a small armada has its annual answer. On Wisconsin’s Lake Chippewa, ...

Parents blame a chatbot for the unthinkable, and its maker is now racing to redraw the lines. Who should decide what your teenager can ask an AI: you, the system, or a court? OpenAI plans to add ...

Why would NASA fixate on speckles smaller than a grain of sand? On a planet of endless red dust, a new pattern is daring scientists to rethink what leaves a mark. On the floor of Jezero Crater, ...

They call it unimaginable speed for sand that barely seems to breathe. What did Perseverance see that turns a still life into a stopwatch? From the Kerrlaguna outcrop, Perseverance tracks rows of ...

Fintech built our wallets; now it wants a body. What is Ant Group really testing with its first humanoid, and why are rivals watching? Ant Group, better known for Alipay, has stepped onto the humanoid ...

A Copenhagen lab says our worst waste might be our smartest climate ally. If bottles can trap what factories breathe out, what happens to recycling as we know it? From soda bottles to smokestacks, ...