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Why game theory could be critical in a nuclear war

Military strategists use game theory to evaluate possible strategies—but there are limits to what this approach to decision-making can achieve

How a Renaissance gambling dispute spawned probability theory

A dispute over how to divvy up the pot in an interrupted game of chance led early mathematicians to invent modern risk assessment

See the spectacular Lyrid meteor shower at its peak

The Lyrid meteor shower hits its peak from April 21 to April 22. Here's everything you need to know about this annual celestial light show

‘Cocaine hippos’ raise tough questions, and scientists uncover insights on faster aging and heart risks

"Cocaine hippos," underground bees, and fresh insights into aging and heart health

Ancient Roman ‘machine-gun’ damage discovered on Pompeii walls

Recently uncovered damage to walls in Pompeii displays patterns that may have been made by an ancient "machine gun" called a polybolos

See Bruce the parrot wield his broken beak like a deadly weapon

Bruce the Kea parrot is missing the upper half of his beak, but he has turned this disability into a weapon to keep subordinates in line

The strange way cocaine water pollution is changing salmon

It turns out that salmon exposed to cocaine through water pollution do a lot of swimming—which may not be a good thing

Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes

This year's winners include hundreds of physicists across more than 30 institutions