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Cells Shimmer Like a Thousand Ice Cream Sprinkles in Gorgeous New 'DNA Microscope' Images

By Laura Geggel

What looks like a cross between a nebula and a 1980s dance party is something even more astonishing: a view of the locations of DNA and RNA inside a living cell.

Forget Moore's Law — Quantum Computers Are Improving According to a Spooky 'Doubly Exponential Rate'

By Tia Ghose

They're getting really good, really, really fast.

AI Listened to People's Voices. Then It Generated Their Faces.

By Mindy Weisberger

Successful results matched some of the speakers' physical characteristics.

What Is Cryptography?

By Nicoletta Lanese

From ancient Greece to the age of quantum computers, cryptography continues to keep our secrets safe.

There Are Still 10 Chernobyl-Style Reactors Operating Across Russia. How Do We Know They're Safe?

By Stephanie Pappas

The flawed reactor design that led to a catastrophic meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was used in several other places. Some are still operating.

The Doomsday Plane can refuel while in flight.

This 'Doomsday Plane' Can Survive a Nuclear Attack

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

A reporter recently got a tour of the secretive military plane. Here's what she found.

Turbulence sometimes forms an orderly pattern.

The Tendency for Order to Emerge from Chaos Was Hidden in the Most Fundamental Equations of Fluid Mechanics

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

Order sometimes emerges from chaos in turbulent fluid flow. We may finally have a mathematical explanation for why.

Mathematicians Edge Closer to Solving a 'Million Dollar' Math Problem

By Rafi Letzter

A new paper could end up being a big step toward solving one of the oldest unanswered puzzles in mathematics: Is the Riemann hypothesis correct?

This Animated Mona Lisa Was Created by AI, and It Is Terrifying

By Mindy Weisberger

A neural network helped Mona Lisa get in touch with her feelings.

Scientists sent X-rays through the superconducting material to study its structure.

Did Scientists Just Break the Record for Highest-Temperature Superconductor? Maybe.

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

A superconductor lets electricity flow through it perfectly, without losing any of it.

The Government Is Serious About Creating Mind-Controlled Weapons

By Edd Gent

DARPA hopes to invent ways to instantly read soldiers' minds using tools like genetic engineering of the human brain, nanotechnology and infrared beams.

The U.S. national kilogram, created in 1879.

There's a Brand-New Kilogram, And It's Based on Quantum Physics

By Rafi Letzter

The kilogram isn't a thing anymore. Instead, it's an abstract idea about light and energy and fundamental universal constants.

An illustration of a hypersonic aircraft, published by Hermeus Corp.

Startup Hermeus Wants to Build a Hypersonic Jet That Flies at 5 Times the Speed of Sound

By Doris Elin Salazar

At Mach 5, flight times from New York to London would be reduced from 7 hours to 90 minutes.

Supersymmetric 'Sleptons' Might Exist. But They'd Have to Be Huge.

By Rafi Letzter

The biggest, most expensive science experiment in the world might be losing all its dark matter. But physicists are looking on the bright side.

How Does Google Earth Work?

By Mark Davis

Google Earth allows us to track our changing world. By providing powerful geomapping and tagging tools to everyone, anyone can explore and model the Earth like never before.