Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

China has eclipsed its own – and the US – record, building a monster underground hypergravity centrifuge that can model ...

Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

Researchers built autonomous robots the size of salt grains—with onboard computers, sensors, and motors that think and swim ...

Sohail explores female desire and relationships in this electrifying debut story collection. In “Hair,” an 18-year-old girl causes her boyfriend to recoil when she cuts off her hair to make a wig for ...