A wild hallucinogen may lead to new painkillers and help change how synthetic chemists work, and, oddly enough, how they publish their science.

We’re live in Las Vegas, Nevada for the first day of CES 2018. Join in the fun for announcements from Samsung, LG, and Sony.

For Amazon's voice services strategy, the word "everywhere" has taken on a whole new meaning.

For the first time, researchers have solved the structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor—information they could use to design less addictive opioids.

In his 2018 personal challenge, Mark Zuckerberg sounds like an incumbent who doesn’t really think he will lose, testing the bounds of what he can get away with.

The uncanny coincidences among the Meltdown and Spectre discoveries raise questions about "bug collisions"—and the safety of the NSA's hidden vulnerability collection.

The show's creator has finally copped to a shared universe—based on the sci-fi dream of digitized consciousness.

Picking up where 2017 left off, 2018 began with a lot of chatter about President Trump's tweets.

Two mathematicians prove that under certain extreme conditions, the Navier-Stokes equations output nonsense.

To design what will be the world's largest optical telescope, some ambitious astronomers turned to the planemaker for help.

Facebook in December fixed a flaw in its advertising system that could have exposed users' phone numbers.

Meltdown and Spectre Fixes Arrive—But Don't Solve Everything

Every time Juno swoops down, it comes within one Earth diameter of Jupiter—and the photos are worth the risk.

Meltdown and Spectre, dossier drama, and more of the week's top security news.

There are many misconceptions about floating cities—and mediocre dining options are just the beginning.

Now that everything is a gadget, CES is more relevant than ever.

"Black Museum" gives us a catharsis that's all too lacking for some.

It's the sort of thinking we'll need more of as driving gets complicated and distraction ramps up.

As special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation heats up, a network of pro-Russia trolls have rushed to discredit him.

An industry group including Google and Facebook said it plans to join lawsuits to protect net neutrality rules, after the internet giants were criticized for not being vocal enough during last year's debate.

From forced perspective to greenscreen, Hollywood has used a lot of methods to shrink actors down to size.

These humanoid bots can handle tools, shoot and upload photos, catch flying objects, and navigate obstacles—even think for themselves.

You can't see a giant rolling version of London and not calculate the heck out of it.

The first week of 2018 opens with a bang.

Opinion: Research shows that millennial cadets' digital skills don't help them on the virtual battlefield.

McLaren claims you can have your cake, and eat it too—if you can eat cake while the wind blasts you at triple-digit speeds.

The world’s internet infrastructure is vulnerable, but snipping a couple of lines is the least of your concerns.

Traditional antitrust law is ineffective against big tech companies, whose products often are free. Scholars and activists propose other ways to rein in Silicon Valley giants.

Bay Area residents were shaken awake by a 4.4 magnitude quake last night. But four people got warning notifications—and you could too.

The death of the four-year-old startup can't cool down the blazing hot mapping space.

Rolling back legal marijuana protections might sound harsh, but pot purveyors see little reason to worry for now.

A new variety of robotic “muscle" uses oil-fueled pouches activated with electricity to flex.

For these VR gamers, the more immersive the experience, the greater the thrill.

While self-help as a genre can feel limited, a new class of digital counselors can feel impossible to ignore.

Mandela Schumacher-Hodge, who launched Founder Gym as an online resource for underrepresented entrepreneurs, talks about combating prejudice in tech.

Opinion: A female engineer explains how to encourage talented girls to pursue careers in technology.

Critics of voter ID laws have had a difficult time proving their menace in court. A new algorithm could change that.

From vegan vlogger drama to Anthony Levandowski's church of artificial intelligence, 2017 was quite a year.

Aurora, founded by self-driving car superstars from Google, Tesla, and Uber, makes a big move toward commercialization.

Winter Storm Grayson isn't your typical bombogenerator, and more huge storms could follow.

But things are getting better, CEO Elon Musk swears.

How important are password managers? Even their flaws double as reminders why you need one.

Still-unidentified researchers have found a critical chip flaw that developers are scrambling to patch in millions of computers.

Can fast-moving plastic sheets create an invisible wall? Maybe, maybe not. But you can definitely explore the electric effects of plastic on your own.

Three students have won a design competition by rethinking how America's best-selling vehicle should adapt to advances such as electric propulsion.

Contrary to belief, Artificial Intelligence resembles the gray matter in your head about as much as a pull-string doll resembles a rocket scientist.

To begin to understand what mathematicians and physicists see in the abstract structures of symmetries, let’s start with a familiar shape.

It was about creating more than just an “event.”

Humanity has unleashed its own version of “life” on Earth: robots that are evolving in ways that are fascinatingly similar to biological organisms.

Startups that aren't meeting growth expectations are invoking blockchain technology to raise money, facilitate transactions, and generate buzz.