“A magazine, when properly conducted, is the nursery of genius; and by constantly accumulating new matter, becomes a kind of market for wit and utility.” Thomas Paine made this (true) statement in ...

As the climate warms and nutrient inputs shift, algal communities in cool, clear mountain lakes like Lake Tahoe will likely experience seasonal changes, according to a study from the University of ...

New research shows it's possible to reprogram skin cells into eggs that can be fertilized in the lab, though it's just a proof of concept for now. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes A team of ...

Mr. Witt is the author of “The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America.” As democracy in the United States spirals into a widening gyre of distrust, demagogy and ...

I’ve tried every NotebookLM competitor I’ve come across, but none have managed to match its capabilities. The only tool that seemed to help me more than NotebookLM when I was studying was a Google ...

In 1945, delegates and other attendees at a United Nations conference in California received special editions of The Times transmitted from New York. By David W. Dunlap In the In Times Past column, ...

Copilot Portraits provides 40 stylized human avatars that make expressions during voice conversations. Copilot Portraits provides 40 stylized human avatars that make expressions during voice ...

Bengaluru: By 1 pm on 11 September, people crowded in at the zila panchayat hall, in Dharwad, for what was billed as a “learning workshop" on jobs and skills. District officials, principals from ...

Sticky challenge One of the 37 pitch-drop experiments sent by Trinity College Dublin’s School of Physics to secondary schools all over Ireland. (Courtesy: Karl Gaff, TCD School of Physics) Nothing is ...

The world's first female grandmaster was ready to deliver her regular Thursday-night lecture. Susan Polgar was perfumed, coiffed, made-up and dressed in a sleek black pantsuit, an elegant contrast to ...

The impact of ­COVID-19 on the physical health of the world's citizens is extraordinary. By mid-May there were upward of four million cases spread across more than 180 countries. The pandemic's effect ...

Classical conditioning, also called Pavlovian conditioning or respondent conditioning, is learning through association. This behavioral learning method was first studied in the late 19th century by ...