Distributed systems of servers now power almost everything we do online, from file sharing to video streaming to shopping.

Forget “ eye of newt and toe of frog/wool of bat and tongue of dog.” People in the 16th century were more akin to DIY ...

If AI is tuned to find and trust expertise rather than dilute it, it can become humanity’s next great technology.

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the universe in a completely different way than we do. Physicist Daniel Whiteson exp ...

Dating to between 1860 and 1940, more than 50 photographs depicting the impossible are on view in a new exhibition at the ...

Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers have used that green fluorescent protein and similar molecules to light up ...