On Monday President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at accelerating science using artificial intelligence, an effort dubbed the “Genesis Mission.” National security, scientific discovery ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

The human brain experiences five distinct eras as we age, and each is defined by changes in our neural architecture that influence how we process information, new research shows. The brain changes ...

A mysterious species of deepwater shark that has been increasingly threatened with extinction for years was thrown a lifeline Friday after the global body that regulates the international endangered ...

One of the main objectives of Frontiers symposia is to foster pluridisciplinary dialogue and collaborations. Therefore, while speakers in each session are selected as experts in the topics above, each ...

For years scientists have suspected that there is electrical activity on Mars. A study now confirms it: particles in the dusty Martian atmosphere rub against one another, building up electrical charge ...

The Arab-American Frontiers program convenes U.S. and Arab scientists, engineers, and medical professionals to discuss major scientific advances on a wide array of topics relevant to the MENA region ...

Around 410 million years ago, terrestrial life was relatively simple. There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats. The types of plants that would eventually ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signals a fat-friendlier approach to dietary guidelines, a new review offers fodder for opposing ...

Section 1. Purpose. From the founding of our Republic, scientific discovery and technological innovation have driven American progress and prosperity. Today, America is in a race for global technology ...

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Voracious supermassive black holes light up the cores of “active” galaxies across the universe. How we see them, however, is a matter of perspective ...