At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Specifically, the AI was able to make progress on a complex problem called the Andrews–Curtis conjecture, which has stumped ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

State of the World was previously State of Ukraine. You'll continue to hear Ukraine coverage here, along with other international stories. Support NPR's reporting by subscribing to State of the ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

RCW 38 lies approximately 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. Unlike many star clusters that appear as simple ...

By Erika SolomonAaron BoxermanRawan Sheikh Ahmad and Saher Alghorra Liquor is leverage as the world careens toward another trade dispute. European tariffs on American whiskey snap back after March ...

What are the best open-world games? From the early days of gaming, open-world games have always been right at home on PC. The leap into full 3D with Grand Theft Auto 3 and The Elder Scrolls III ...

You’re face… to face… with the man who sold the world! It’s an eerie, jarring lyric. One befitting the Halloween season. Terrorizing and horrifying. But what ...