Thanks to a mouse watching clips from "The Matrix," scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date—a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they fire off messages.

Two companies have announced photonic devices that could solve specific real-world problems faster and with less energy than conventional computers.

Physicists have replicated the famous Schrödinger's cat experiment at hotter temperatures than ever before. The breakthrough ...

Silicon Valley startup Lightmatter revealed on Wednesday it had developed a new type of computer chip that could both speed ...

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China Miéville, known for his "new weird" fiction, said sci-fi is a reflection of the present rather than a road map to be ...

It’s been 25 years since China Miéville stepped into the literary spotlight with his novel “Perdido Street Station.” ...

The 59-year-old splashed back to our planet on Tuesday and emerged from the capsule with noticeably grey roots, sparking theories as to whether zero gravity had impacted Ms Williams’ appearance.

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The company has partnered with Nvidia to develop “cognitive AI,” which it says will allow people with severe physical disabilities to have more natural interactions with the world around them.

Scientists have been complaining for years that the way we fund science is flawed. Researchers are too often waiting up to 20 months for grant funding, an eternity in fast-moving fields like ...

Plus, his contributions to the popularization of science cement his legacy for generations to come. Hawking began his research career in the 1960s, well before his diagnosis with ALS (amyotrophic ...