What began as an art of folding paper is now reshaping technology. This film explores how origami is transforming modern engineering. Six more houses collapsed into the sea in the Outer Banks What ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

For weeks, COVID-19 activity has been circulating in California, with wastewater showing high levels of the virus since June. Now, hospitalizations are spiking in the state, rising 144% since early ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Police are asking the public for help in solving a 7-year-old homicide cold case. Memphis Police (MPD) said Tuesday that they're still seeking information on the death of Prentice ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The first time Justin Fowlkes got shot, he was standing at a bus stop when a stray bullet meant for someone else struck his ankle. The second time, when a bullet ...

Surveillance video captured the harrowing death of Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, Aug. 22, 2025. CATS It is impossible to watch the surveillance footage showing Ukrainian refugee ...

Distinguished engineer Anshu Kak doesn’t believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will replace people. Instead, it can augment human capabilities—but the key is understanding how to leverage it ...

A previous version of this report inaccurately characterized Venmo’s growth. PayPal Holdings Inc. kept its revenue outlook intact on Tuesday, in what Mizuho analyst Dan Dolev called a ”sign of ...

After more than a decade of operating its Whiskey Factory in the Eastern Market area, Detroit City Distillery is expanding with an adjacent event space where it will host cocktail-themed events, ...

Courtney Schultz received funding from the US Forest Service, Joint Fire Science Program, and National Science Foundation for her research on US forest policy Forrest Fleischman received funding from ...

The key to making a successful product is to identify a problem and then offer to solve it. But what happens when no problems remain? Then you have to create one. Or three. At its “Awe Dropping” event ...