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How human neurons on a chip learned to play Doom

Cortical Labs says the stunt points toward a new kind of low-power computing—and perhaps a new way to study neurological drugs

How ultraprecise ‘nuclear clocks’ could transform timekeeping

Superprecise timekeepers based on atomic nuclei could be tested as soon as this year

How to build self-control, according to psychologists

Exercising self-control doesn't need to be unpleasant, research shows

Robert Trivers, Eccentric Scientist Who Probed Human Nature, Dies at 83

MICHAEL S. ROSENWALD

A visionary evolutionary biologist, he drew comparisons to Charles Darwin with his theories on the genetic roots of seemingly detrimental behaviors like self-deception.

Can you survive inside a tornado? This scientist did by accident—he’s lucky to be alive

Atmospheric scientist Perry Samson was doing fieldwork when he was unexpectedly caught inside a tornado—making him one of the few such people who have lived to tell the tale

Static electricity has baffled scientists for centuries. Can new research solve the puzzle?

This familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviors

NASA astronauts are counting down to the Artemis II moon launch

NASA is targeting April 1 to launch a crew of four astronauts on a journey around the moon that will set the tone for the agency's lunar exploration ambitions