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The Viking missions paved the way for future Mars missions and helped researchers understand the red planet's climate and geology.

Parents can help their Black and Hispanic teens handle online racism by talking it through, but monitoring internet use can backfire.

Cultural ideas are inextricably entwined with the people who do science, the questions they ask, the assumptions they hold and the conclusions they land on.

AI models can deliver localized forecasts faster and cheaper than traditional models. The challenge is getting this technology where it's needed.

AI's burgeoning energy appetite is driving efforts to make more efficient computer chips. But chips are only part of the data center equation.

AI slop refers to low- to mid-quality content created with AI tools, often with little regard for accuracy or quality.

AI systems' water usage can vary widely, depending on where and when the computer answering the query is running.

Could tiny stars a fraction the size of our solar system's Sun have habitable planets orbiting them? A new study says it's possible.

As many as 10% of enslaved people on St. Croix escaped. Where they went has remained a mystery, but scientists are using new mapping technology to find answers.

Government agencies are contracting with Palantir to correlate disparate pieces of data, promising efficiency but raising civil liberties concerns.