Ancient Egyptian 'gateway to the underworld' discovered inside remarkable Roman pyramid tomb

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a technique that uses pulses of light to activate neurons in the...

The euro has stumbled to a 17-month low against the US dollar on concern about France's ability to bring its public finances in order.  The currency has fallen nearly 7%...

Faced with a president who has called global warming a hoax, officials have filed dozens of suits against oil companies to try to cover the costs of extreme weather.

We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations — on the origins of life, the possibilities for human progress and much more.

Dorm Room Fund, a program that lets college students invest in their peers, raised a new $50 million fund as the competition for young founders ramps up.

An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played at a trial.

A major cryptocurrency super PAC is backing candidates in 32 House races with one month to go until the midterm elections. Fairshake is throwing its weight behind 13 Democrats and...

Alerts have already been issued to millions as a potential flood-causing tropical storm forms right off the Gulf Coast.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unveiled new proposals Monday for regulating cryptocurrency markets, after an effort to pass digital asset legislation through Congress came up short last month. The...

Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-96940,...

It labelled Anthropic a "supply chain risk" in February after the firm refused to remove safety guardrails from its tools.

Comedians have a habit of making people laugh - but they may also have a knack for getting away with murder.