After a slight delay, Australia and Papua New Guinea formally signed a defense treaty this week committing the two nations to come to each other's aid if one is faced with an attack. According to ...

Microplastics are the crumbs of our plastic world, tiny pieces that come from bigger items breaking apart or from products like synthetic clothing and packaging. They're now everywhere. Scientists ...

Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to build brand-new viruses, opening the door to AI-designed forms of life. The viruses are different enough from existing strains to potentially ...

Kids have taken up an anti-robot and anti-AI slang term. But some are treading carefully around the use of a slur — even against technology. (Photo illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Yahoo News; photos: ...

You could be forgiven if you didn’t know the meaning of every word the tweens and teens in your life are using. With terms like “skibidi,” “6-7” and “41” becoming unavoidable for teachers and parents, ...

Ever since the new Hyundai Palisade debuted for 2026, we've been waiting to see the new generation of the closely related Kia Telluride. We now know that the 2027 Telluride is coming soon, as it will ...

Flanked by four of his top lieutenants, Bill Chisholm addressed reporters Thursday for the first time as the new majority owner of his childhood team: the Boston Celtics. “I’ve loved the Celtics my ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook According to sci-fi fans, The Expanse is one of the most well-written and visually stunning shows ...

University of Michigan researchers published a study in September, revealing that brain tumors rewire the use of glucose to fuel growth. By removing a specific amino acid from a patient’s diet, tumor ...

For decades, Columbia has cycled through committees, consultants, contracts and more in attempts to reduce homelessness downtown. And in all that time, the conversation has remained pretty much the ...

This is the first installment of a new column by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. It appears in print in our next issue; subscribe to get a copy. In 1962, eminent philosopher Bertrand Russell received a series of ...

At the start of “What We Can Know,” Ian McEwan’s eighteenth novel, the year is 2119 and the humanities are still in crisis. Thomas Metcalfe, a scholar of the literature of 1990 to 2030, props up his ...