Joe Swanberg discusses his return as a director with 'The Sun Never Sets,' his first film in nearly a decade, and his 10th at SXSW.

How a new startup plans to power satellites with lasers. A new class of ultrafast AI chips also uses lasers. And startup Axiomatic AI is building better AI models for science and engineering.

Discover the untold stories of Earth's mass extinctions through NBC's new series Surviving Earth, premiering June 4. Get a first look at the series!

Astronomers have found an exoplanet that could serve as a benchmark in future studies. It's a rocky planet orbiting an M-type star, and though these planets are plentiful, this one could serve as a ...

When English author J.R.R. Tolkien crafted his fantasy world Middle-earth, he argued storytellers are essentially “sub-creators” – they build fictional realms with internally consistent laws. For a ...

"It takes a little more suspension of disbelief to enjoy science fiction and fantasy." Now the self-proclaimed science geek has revisited his best-selling mix of physics, maths, chemistry and ...

Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created Earth's moon.

While Washington builds coalitions, Vietnam is betting on self-reliance. At a symposium on economic security at Oxford’s Nissan Institute on March 5, covering topics from international cooperation and ...

Oil price moves have made headlines since the Iran conflict started - but why have there been such sharp swings?

The jazz polymath wrote, played, produced, and mixed everything on his new solo album, weaving overlapping loops and knotty counterpoints into a dynamic suite of interconnected pieces.

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at a new way to measure and manage your climate impact; find out why scientists are concerned about a plan to launch a million satellites; and ...

Scientists discover binary asteroids near Earth can trade rocks and dust through slow collisions, revealing clues about asteroid evolution.