Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise. From computers that tracked celestial events to concrete that grows stronger with age, our ancestors created technologies ...

Mr. Thompson calls this a “thinning of thought”: A slow erosion of our collective ability to hold complex ideas in mind, ...

Patent law was built for an era when invention was slow, costly and uncertain. But as AI compresses discovery timelines and ...

On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei turned his self-built telescope, which he had recently made improvements to, towards Jupiter. There he noticed three spots of light. Though he first concluded they ...

Unless you worked for Ford’s plastics, paint and vinyls division in the 1980s, you probably don’t know the name Jim Moylan. But you might well know the idea that made this unknown engineer who ...

Galileo Galilei is recognized as one of the most important scientists in history. He perfected the first telescopes and his discoveries revolutionized our understanding of the universe. However, he ...

The 1980s are forever immortalized in popular culture as an era of primitive digitization, with technological revolutions spanning everything from the artificial heart to the Space Shuttle. The ...

An Ariane 6 launches two Galileo navigation satellites Dec. 17. Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace-ArianeGroup/Optique vidéo du CSG - S. Martin WASHINGTON — An Ariane 6 rocket placed two satellites for ...

The Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for over a decade, searching for signs of past life. The James Webb Space Telescope allows scientists to see deeper into the universe than ever before.

Liftoff occurred at 12:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday (Dec. 17). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Europe's towering Ariane 6 rocket is ...

Joseph Drayton, Alan Teran Ph.D. The Federal government is accelerating AI‑enabled innovation by launching the Genesis Mission, a sweeping national initiative to accelerate scientific discovery using ...

Nov 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued new guidelines on Wednesday outlining when inventions created with the help of artificial intelligence can be patented. USPTO Director ...