Category : science

The Robot Farm Is Here

As rich countries welcome autonomous cars, trucks and boats onto their roads and waterways, the developing world is grappling with a humbler revolution: automated farming. China, home to 1.4 billion appetites, is embracing this technology earlier an...

Mars, Venus and the Perseid Meteor Shower: Everything You Need to Know About the Summer Sky

Summer traditionally marks a time for us to gather with our loved ones and look up at the night sky. From spotting our two closest heavenly neighbors to watching the best meteor shower of the year, this summer sky will be anything but boring in the...

Family Separation Is Being Compared to Japanese Internment. It Took Decades for the U.S. to Admit That Policy Was Wrong

"At the time of the internment, almost nobody opposed it," says historian Mae Ngai

A Texas Sheriff's Deputy Sexually Assaulted a 4-Year-Old and Threatened to Deport Her Mother, Police Say

Investigators arrested the 47-year-old on suspicion of super aggravated sexual assault of a child

A Third of Children Use Dietary Supplements. Here’s Why Researchers Say That’s Concerning

According to a new report

What Happens if AI Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype?

Artificial intelligence is having a moment in London. Last week, to coincide with London Tech Week, an annual showcase of the city’s digital prowess, London hosted CogX, a 6,000-person-strong event that bills itself as the “Festival of All Things AI...

President Trump Defends Immigration Policy, Says He Won't Let U.S. Became a 'Migrant Camp'

"Not on my watch"

When is the summer solstice? Everything you need to know about the longest day of the year

On some days it feels like summer has definitely arrived: the deckchairs are out in parks, holidays are booked, there's mention of firing up the barbecue and – in true British fashion – we've no idea what to wear to our air-conditioned offi...

Audi boss arrested in diesel probe

Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler was arrested Monday in connection with parent company Volkswagen's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, with prosecutors saying they feared he might try to suppress evidence. The dramatic development comes a w...

Angela Merkel Is Fighting for Her Political Life. Here's What to Know

A standoff over Germany’s liberal migration policies threatens to collapse the fragile coalition that Merkel presides over.

Antarctic melt speeds up, Antarctica's future, Cryo-acoustics, Narwhals

Adam Rutherford goes totally polar this week with news of accelerating ice melt in Antarctica, two visions of the continent's future, and the sounds of collapsing icebergs and the songs of narwhals.Two hundred billion tonnes of Antarctic ice are now...

Mars Is About to Be the Closest it's Been to Earth in 15 Years. Here’s How and When to See it

You won't even need a telescope to get a good view of the Red Planet

Trump Wants ‘Space Force’ Added to Military as New U.S. Service

President Donald Trump called for a new “Space Force” to be added to the U.S. military as an armed service separate from the Pentagon’s five traditional uniformed branches. “When it comes to defending America, it is not enough to merely have an Amer...

Cages, Fences and Foil Sheets. What it's Like Inside a Facility Where the Border Patrol Is Holding Families

The U.S. Border Patrol allowed reporters to briefly visit the facility where it holds families arrested at the southern U.S. border

Making Sense of How Our Brains Form Decisions

Scientists are closer to understanding how the brain works by using a tiny, flexible, needle-like probe that can measure how different areas communicate with one another. Photo: Composite/Allen Institute for Brain Science

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