Molding the flow of light—whether confined to localized regions or propagating in free space—remains crucial for modern ...

Hours before liftoff, the National Weather Service had issued flood advisories up until 8:45 p.m. Friday for portions of rain ...

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock ...

Deep Space Nine made a breakthrough in the TV show industry, while continuing to feature an interstellar setting and themes of hope versus despair, human nature and potential effects, dark ...

A new Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) grating modulator has been developed, offering significant advancements in optical ...

Roughly 11% of children and 6% of adults in the U.S are currently diagnosed with ADHD—rates that are significantly higher ...

Original story: SpaceX has another early Falcon 9 rocket launch coming up this morning — and despite a clouded weather forecast, the skies look clear along Florida's Space Coast. Welcome to ...

Under ultracold conditions, bosons form a curious state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), in which all the ...

While space tourism is gaining momentum, it remains available only to the wealthy, including these celebrities who have been to outer space.

A glacier in Antarctica is committing 'ice piracy' -- stealing ice from a neighbor -- in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short time frame, say scientists.

Following on from our first list, we asked New Scientist staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time.