The world's earliest computer was a silk loom built in China over two millennia ago, according to a claim made by China's ...

Space and time aren’t just woven into the background fabric of the universe. To theoretical computer scientists, time and space (also known as memory) are the two fundamental resources of computation.

We carry these mixed feelings into 2026, which is slated to be another great—yet perhaps troubled—year for science. No list can fully capture the vast range of the scientific enterprise, but here are ...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations ...

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient software.

As the Trump administration looks to create a federal definition of ultra-processed foods, the question of the best way to ...

A team of researchers at Penn State have devised a new, streamlined approach to designing metasurfaces, a class of engineered ...

In 2026, the labor market stands at a turning point where the wave of technological restructuring over the past year is ...

Today's AI agents are a primitive approximation of what agents are meant to be. True agentic AI requires serious advances in reinforcement learning and complex memory.

A family trip to Canterbury proved to be unexpectedly momentous for Mike Ryder. Aged 12, it was the first time he discovered ...

The Baltimore Sun considered a few outstanding scenarios that raise the question: can humanity survive long enough to figure ...