A prominent computer science professor at one of the world’s most prestigious universities says his graduates are struggling to find work — a far cry from just four years ago when they had their pick ...

What characteristics drive scientific discovery? Experience is often seen as key, with success coming from years of knowledge building and collaboration. This is certainly true for most Nobel Prize ...

UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid says computer science students are struggling to find jobs. Farid said Berkeley grads used to have "the run of the place. That is not happening today." The advice ...

What if the simplest rituals—cards, walks, dirt under your nails—turn out to be the most powerful medicine for a longer, happier life? It’s funny—some of the things younger generations teased boomers ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need to crawl inside and die in order for the fruit to grow. But are there ...

Weight loss gummies are often marketed to help people lose weight, burn fat, decrease appetite, or boost metabolism. While some ingredients may offer benefits, there’s not enough evidence to say they ...

Headache? Sore back? Bad cold? In the past, many Americans would reach into their medicine cabinets and pull out acetaminophen, known by the brand-name Tylenol, without any concern at all. It's long ...

As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing them into tiny targets. Particle accelerators, also known as particle ...

Quantum computers are built to tackle problems that push past what human minds, and even our best supercomputers, can manage. That power raises a simple but tough question: when a quantum device spits ...

THE PROMISE at the heart of the artificial-intelligence (AI) boom is that programming a computer is no longer an arcane skill: a chatbot or large language model (LLM) can be instructed in simple ...

An experiment that transformed lead into gold, a satellite designed to manufacture drugs in space, and many other fascinating projects all took home trophies at this year’s Science Fair. reading time ...