Researchers have made DNA storage rewritable, overcoming one of its biggest limitations. The breakthrough could turn DNA into a practical alternative to today’s energy-hungry data centers.

To fill the talent gap, CS majors could be taught to design hardware, and the EE curriculum could be adapted or even ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. The underlying premise of my column last week outlining a hypothetical 2028 Democratic platform ...

Over the past year, sharp aid cuts have forced the closure of soup kitchens in war-riven Sudan, led to medicine shortages across sub-Saharan Africa, and resulted in reductions in food rations in ...

You know that feeling when your favorite band releases a new album? Okay, so, for me, that's not exactly what it's like when Harvard economist Raj Chetty and his team at Opportunity Insights release ...

A prominent medical watchdog group is pushing back against a widely cited study claiming racially diverse medical facilities improve outcomes for Black patients, arguing the research is being used to ...

Prompt injections have become one of the biggest emerging threats to the modern home as AI adoption grows. It's a new era of malware -- and one that requires new defenses. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home ...

SAN JOSE — Super Micro Computer has launched construction of a tech campus next to a former Fry’s Electronics store in North San Jose, a project that could eventually produce a development totaling ...

As global efforts to secure food intensify, production is on the rise. This growth has increased the prevalence of animal and plant diseases and pests. As a result, producers frequently rely on ...

Image of the Throne Toilet Computer perched on the side of a toilet. (Daniel Cooper for Engadget) Throne has rocked up to CES 2026 to show off its forthcoming toilet computer which uses computer ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

Stimulants prescribed for ADHD target the parts of the brain related to wakefulness and reward, shown in yellow and orange, according to a new study. Benjamin Kay In the United States, an estimated ...