We live in an age when technological innovation seems to be limitlessly soaring. But for all the satisfying speed with which our gadgets have improved, many of them share a frustrating weakness: the batteries. Though they have improved in last century, batteries remain finicky, bulky, expensive, toxic, and maddeningly short-lived.

Science is facing what many consider a reproducibility crisis, and the stakes are high.

Join the scientists who saw Zika coming as they trace the origins of this devastating virus.

Alt School, located in Palo Alto, California, is an experiment in customized learning environments.

Vampire bats will sometimes share a blood meal—but only with friends and family.

You can make your vote incredibly secure on Election Day—all thanks to quantum mechanics.

A high school experienced several suicides so meditation was used to lower student stress.

When you send a text, how does your message make the journey to your friend’s phone?

A unique method to fight erosion saved the Montauk Point Lighthouse from disaster.

Certain gene forms increase your risk of developing Alzheimer's.

The proteins that make fish fluoresce could help scientists map the human brain.

A scientist dives beneath the surface of the frigid Antarctic ice sheet—and finds a landscape full of colors, light, and life.

Minerals are essential in making everything from skyscrapers tall, to mobile phones small.

A mysterious concept changed the way we understand reality.

Einstein's theory showed that time itself is affected by gravity.

Your perception of time depends on how you are moving.

Dive down to rare stromatolites—key clues to the evolution of virtually all complex life.

What does this geological wonder reveal about North America’s deep history?

Sea levels will rise by the same amount all over the world, right? Wrong. Here’s why.