Large acquisitions and the shift to streaming have left the media world with six big players and a bunch of other media companies that may be too small compete.

Cosmologists don’t enter their profession to tackle the easy questions, but there is one paradox that has reached staggering proportions. Since the big bang, the universe has been expanding, but the known laws of physics suggest that the inward tug o ...

The crab-eating fox and the coyote may soon swap territories, initiating the first American cross-continental exchange in more than three million years

It's one of the first Super Bowl ads that doesn't treat EVs as novelties.

The symbolic timepiece ticks to 100 seconds from midnight amid climate and nuclear concerns.

By recreating a mummy’s vocal tract through 3D printing, we now know what an ancient Egyptian priest sounded like

Reducing air pollution at its source can substantially improve health within a few weeks, and the savings from reduced death and disease exceed the costs, according to a review of existing research.

After months of anticipation, SpaceX's new crew-worthy spacecraft, Crew Dragon, is finally prepped for its last major test before astronauts can begin using it for rides to the International Space Station. But finding the right weather conditio ...

A team of Canadian astronomers have played a key role in locating a second fast radio burst, a crucial step in identifying what causes these mysterious signals from outside Earth's galaxy.

GameStop announced sales in the holiday period were $1.8 billion, sending its stock down as much as 16%.

The bed frames will be recycled into paper products after the Olympics.

The news: Microsoft has created an automated system to detect sexual predators trying to groom children online.

These aren't Milky Way stars.

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia looks like it could become the longest-running live-action comedy series after FX revealed it was in “active talks” for more seasons. The comedy tied with ABC’s Th…

The long read: What links an eccentric Oxford classics don, billionaire US evangelicals, and a tiny, missing fragment of an ancient manuscript? Charlotte Higgins unravels a multimillion-dollar riddle

A new genetic engineering technology could help eliminate malaria and stave off extinctions — if humanity decides to unleash it.

The plant Cannabis sativa produces more than 400 chemicals, but only one, THC, gets you high. Or so it seems. A group of Italian researchers announced on December 30th the discovery of two new cannabinoids, chemicals produced by weed like THC and CBD ...

More details are emerging about the scale and scope of disgraced data company Cambridge Analytica’s activities in elections around the world — via a cache of internal documents that’s being released by former employee and self-styled whistleblower, B ...

Apps used a variety of tricks to covertly install well-written espionage software.

Cannabis users performed better than those who never tried cannabis in a recent study that tested participants' working memory.