The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs—the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, ...

A robot named Adam was the first of its kind to do science. Adam mimicked a biologist. After coming up with questions to ask about yeast, the machine tested those questions inside a robotic laboratory ...

Golden apple snails have eyes that are similar to humans’—and they can regenerate an amputated eye in just a month. Scientists uncovered a gene related to that process, laying the groundwork for more ...

Scientific discovery often dabbles in the extreme, challenging and exceeding what we think of as "possible." And this year's discoveries were no different! We present to you three scientific ...

There is something deeply strange about a novelist sitting down to write fiction and accidentally getting science right. Not ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at fast-tracking scientific discovery through artificial intelligence, directing the Energy Department and its national labs to develop an ...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is directing the federal government to combine efforts with tech companies and universities to convert government data into scientific discoveries, acting on his ...