From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration will notify doctors that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy can be associated with a “very increased risk of autism,” ...

The Utah legislature is proposing a change to state law to require a new “partisan bias test” for judges who evaluate congressional maps. The bill was posted Sunday evening on the agenda of the ...

In nature, the behavior of systems—whether large or small—is always governed by a few fundamental principles. For instance, ...

Since the murder of Charlie Kirk, U.S. foreign adversaries have been using false or incendiary claims to further divide Americans. Donald Trump's approval rating suddenly shifts with richest Americans ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum ...

Yes, MLB’s divisional playoff round (the ALDS and NLDS) is best-of-five. That has been the case since its inception in 1995, ...

In a press conference this afternoon, the Trump administration linked rising rates of autism spectrum disorder to the use of Tylenol (a brand name of acetaminophen) during pregnancy. “Don’t take it if ...

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. For years, Tylenol has generally been considered safe for treating pain and fever — even during pregnancy, when doctors discourage patients from using ...

"There's a buzzword called a magic number," Lefko said. For the Seattle Mariners, their magic number is down to 3.

Physicist Arvind Murugan earns Schmidt Science Polymath award for work at intersection of physics, biology, computation and materials science ...