While gaining traction as a symbol of Mexico City, these curious amphibians offer hope for healing the human body, but face near extinction in the wild.

Back to the future.

The United Kingdom gave its clearest sign yet that it plans to ditch its commitment to maintaining European Union food standards in order to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with President Donald Trump. UK officials are set to break away from strict EU rules on sanitary and phytosanitary measures covering food and agricultural goods at an upcoming World Trade Organization meeting, City AM reported on Thursday.

The notion of a shorter workweek might sound crazy to overworked Americans, but around the world, companies and even governments are starting to embrace it. The key is fewer meetings and distractions.

Refugees may be perceived as threatening for different reasons.

Bad ventilation and a botched quarantine on the Diamond Princess likely caused hundreds of illnesses and two deaths in the largest outbreak outside China.

The giants of American comedy tell Hadley Freeman about the hits they have had, the wives they miss – and why they still spend every evening together

But they weren't even after the free nuggets.

A new generation of autonomous robots is helping plant breeders shape the crops of tomorrow.

Farmers in Bangladesh are adapting to climate change, and it’s having an impact in faraway places—including on restaurant menus.

If we want to have a say in what the future looks like, scholars and policymakers need to start thinking about workplace automation far more broadly, according to a new paper co-authored by a Cornell researcher.

The publicity-shy Mr. Portis earned a modest but devoted readership and accolades as America’s “least-known great writer.”

NASA just announced the four finalists for its next round of low-cost planetary-exploration missions.

The skills gap means companies are increasingly considering candidates from non-traditional paths. Could targeted, bite-sized chunks of education help you get a job?

Americans’ interest in spell-casting tends to wax as instability rises and trust in establishment ideas plummets.

Just what the internet needed!

MWC is no longer taking place due to health concerns over the coronavirus spread.

The country is being run by an unfettered class of superpredators. It's time we started treating them that way.

Creativity isn't the only route to discovery – automated analysis of huge amounts of data works too.

This demanded a cross-industry summit—so now medical, security pros attend CyberMed.

Kirk Douglas, one of the great Hollywood leading men whose off-screen life was nearly as colorful as his on-screen exploits in movies like "Spartacus" and "Champion," has died, according to his son, actor Michael Douglas. He was 103.

By pulling 99 phones down empty streets, artist Simon Wreckert made it look like they were gridlocked on Google Maps.

First came lab-grown meat; now comes lab-grown cheese.

The US pioneered credit cards and online payments, but convincing people to go cashless is proving harder.