The 2026 Breakthrough Prize winners were announced Saturday (April 18) as the red carpet opened at the annual gala in Los Angeles, a globally broadcast ceremony often dubbed the "Oscars of Science," ...

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Science often advances in small steps, with researchers gradually building on previous discoveries. But every now and then, a breakthrough comes along that challenges conventional thinking and changes ...

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At a recent conference in Singapore, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew shared his vision for the future of artificial intelligence and its role in scientific discovery. He believes the technology is moving fast ...

Dark matter and dark energy account for 95% of the cosmos, meaning science is based on only 5% of what's real, deepening the universe's mystery.

History shows that breakthroughs are often sparked by innovative instruments, and AI’s ability to help design them might be its most important scientific contribution. The Engine of Scientific ...

The winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics, UC Santa Barbara’s David J. Gross was cited for “a lifetime of groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics, from the strong force to string ...

Most successful scientists are optimists. They have to be, since the vast majority of experiments fail. In graduate school, I remember sitting in the lab at Rockefeller University in New York at 3 a.m ...

A conversation with Gina Kolata, who covers breakthroughs in medical science. By Terence McGinley Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our ...