“Magic’s just science that we don’t understand” said Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, English science fiction writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer and television series host. And why should we ...

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the illusion of knowledge in the context of COVID-19 and explained how much of what we think we know is actually belief, taken as truth, because it came from a ...

Isaac Newton is a giant in the world of science. You might know him from his greatest hits: the laws of motion, gravity. While Newton didn't invent these forces of nature, he did figure out how they ...

Moose, caribou, deer … they’ve roamed the forests for thousands of years, shaping ecosystems as much as human cultures have. But how can we confirm the presence of these animals without observing, ...

The company logo is pictured during a tour at the Alibaba office in Beijing on April 1, 2026. WANG Zhao/Getty Images Alibaba's new scientific foundation model — released open-source on June 18 — ...