Roles in engineering, robotics, quality assurance, logistics, data analysis and skilled trades offer diverse opportunities without requiring a four-year degree. Technicians and programmers build and ...

The question of how gravity interacts with the quantum world has long perplexed physicists, but a non-quantum theory of space ...

The Chicago Cubs' need for pitching before the MLB trade deadline is incredibly obvious. In the end, they'll almost certainly get a new arm, maybe more than one. The problem, though, is that a lot of ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

The New York Mets are one of the teams that have gone through the most struggles this season. While they're not out of the postseason hunt just yet, things aren't going well. While pitching is a ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...