Better sensing tech on power lines and reliance on more local power sources could help avoid vast power outages like those in California in October.
Since 1982, Alaskans have gotten an annual oil dividend. Scientists say that program hints at the pros and cons of a universal basic income.
A machine-learning program that uses past medical costs to identify patients for extra care favors white patients over black patients, a study finds.
The annual competition highlights the wonders to be found when scientists and photographers zoom in on the world around us.
Three scientists share the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for developing real-world interventions for tackling poverty.
Tom Siegfried, author of ‘The Number of the Heavens,’ discusses what the multiverse has meant to great thinkers throughout history.
Meet 10 young researchers who combine persistence and passion to make headway on science’s big questions.
Economist Parag Pathak has overhauled school choice systems across the United States. Now he’s assessing what makes for a good education.
In 1969, scientists warned about prenatal marijuana exposure. Researchers today are still untangling drug’s effect on fetuses.