The first crewed moon mission since the Apollo era will launch a week from today, if all goes according to plan.
NASA is apparently still targeting April 1 for the liftoff of Artemis 2, which will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around

The first crewed moon mission since the Apollo era will launch a week from today, if all goes according to plan.
NASA is apparently still targeting April 1 for the liftoff of Artemis 2, which will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around

The next time you’re scrolling your phone, take a moment to appreciate the feat: The seemingly mundane act is possible thanks to the coordination of 34 muscles, 27 joints, and over 100 tendons and ligaments in your…

QS World University Rankings has placed MIT in the No. 1 spot in 12 subject areas for 2026, the organization announced today.
The Institute received a No. 1 ranking in the following QS subject areas: Chemical Engineering;…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.
In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess giant Garry Kasparov at his own game,…
Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz
Andrea Damascelli recounts the struggles of coordinating different sectors to establish a quantum technology ecosystem in Canada.
[Physics 19, 35] Published Wed Mar 25, 2026

Scientists have created the first microlasers capable of detecting individual molecules and even single atomic ions, a breakthrough that could significantly advance early disease diagnosis and molecular-scale medical testing. Researchers at the…

Mars is hiding a clutch of ruby-like crystals in its rocks, observations from the Perseverance rover suggest, and astronomers say other precious minerals, like sapphires, could exist across the Red Planet, too.
An international team of…

Rene Haas is half-prone on a couch in his office in San Jose, California. A basketball rests in his hand, partly obscuring his face. Haas had grimaced when WIRED’s photographer first asked him to assume this position. The headlines came to him…

Vivo is preparing to expand its premium X-series with the launch of the Vivo X300s, which is set to debut alongside the Vivo X300 Ultra on March 30. The company has already started teasing both devices, revealing their design and…

You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s impossible for something as frequently discussed as machine learning to be actually, functionally overlooked.
And yet, here we are. Machine learning has seemingly slipped from its rightfully-earned…