Next week marks 80 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Garrett Graff about his book "The Devil Reached Toward The Sky," which recounts the bomb's creation.

Eighty years after the city’s destruction, we seem to be blundering into a new age of nuclear perils. It is time for culture ...

For a trillionth of a second, lead became gold in CERN’s collider. The fleeting transformation may shape the future of ...

The Heart of Ohio Antique Center rises from the Springfield landscape like a temple dedicated to the preservation of America’s material past—a vast repository where objects that once furnished homes, ...

Scientists are unlocking new secrets of the universe with tiny particles called plasmons. These plasmons allow researchers to ...

Physicists discover a counterintuitive method that makes "miracle material" dramatically more stretchable, challenging long-held assumptions about its mechanical limits.

The International Atomic Energy Agency reports explosions and smoke near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, citing ...

Scientists have uncovered how the brain’s 5-HT1A serotonin receptor—vital in mood regulation—functions at the molecular level.

Boardmasters Festival, Watergate Bay, Cornwall, 6th to the 10th August, 2025 The Infrastructure is being created by an army ...

In late June, Governor Kathy Hochul vowed to build New York’s first new nuclear power station in nearly four decades, ...

Stem cells differentiated into brain and neural organoids may help scientists understand both brain development and ...

This month's reading list includes a quirky sci-fi robot tale and new novels from Jason Mott and R.F. Kuang, along with a ...