An Oakland novelist and scientists from UC Berkeley and Stanford are among the 22 fellows selected this year by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and announced Wednesday. The ...

Nabarun Dasgupta was recognized with a MacArthur "genius" award for work studying the deadly overdose crisis. He's also a front-line organizer, helping people survive.

In 2021, the Washington Legislature passed the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), which establishes a comprehensive, market-based program to reduce carbon pollution and achieve the greenhouse gas limits ...

Autumn is my favorite season in the northern hemisphere. The colors are brilliant, the air is clear, and it’s time for school. I’m a professor, long time teacher, and the crispness makes me yearn for ...

IDAHO, USA — Families needing care for a child or spouse with a disability say they cannot find anyone to help. "It's been a struggle because while this is real life, it was simpler for two years," ...

When someone needs a kidney or liver transplant, they could wait years before they get a call, if they even get one at all. A new program just launched in Virginia is aiming to increase the number of ...

The U.S. Army has launched Army FUZE, a venture-capital-style acquisition program that will channel about $750 million per year into early-stage firms developing technologies for defense missions, ...

New Delhi: Each summer, as India’s peak electricity demand rises, much of the attention turns to a single appliance: the air conditioner. With cooling contributing around 25-30 per cent of the country ...

It was a good night to be a Blue Jays fan on Monday as Toronto beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 in extra innings while the New York Yankees lost to the Minnesota Twins, meaning that the American League ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...