A Massive Underground Sphere Is Trying to Catch the Universe’s Ghosts—and Reveal New Physics

After a decade of construction, the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) ushers in an all-new era of neutrino ...

Hunting for dark matter axions with a quantum-powered haloscope

Axions are hypothetical light particles that could solve two different physics problems, as they could explain why some ...

Scientists outline how to control light at the atomic scale using polaritons

Controlling light at dimensions thousands of times smaller than the thickness of a human hair is one of the pillars of modern ...
New Scientist

Inside world's ultimate X-ray machine before it becomes more powerful

The Linac Coherent Light Source in California has been firing record-breaking X-ray pulses for years, but now it’s due for a ...
CNN

Trump said he’s looking into an Australian-style retirement program for America. Here’s how it works

The Trump administration is looking Down Under for inspiration on how to improve the United States’ retirement savings system. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said at the White House that his ...
ZDNet

AI is shaking up IT work, careers, and businesses - and here's how to prepare

AI is changing the IT industry. In-demand skills and hiring are also changing. You can do these things to be prepared. While IT professionals have remained constant through every technological wave of ...
USA Today

How the Senate filibuster works, why Trump wants it ended, and why it likely will stay

As the government shutdown nears its 40 th day, Republican senators are balking at President Donald Trump’s demand to end the filibuster, a rule change that would allow a simple Senate majority vote ...
NerdWallet

What Is Stripe, and How Does It Work to Accept Payments?

Stripe is a payment service provider that accepts credit cards, digital wallets and many other payment methods. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...
9to5Mac

Watch Apple’s ‘design is how it works’ video right here

Apple kicked off last month’s iPhone keynote with a video dedicated to design, leading with this famous quote from Steve Jobs: “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it ...
Healthline

How Ozempic Works

Ozempic (semaglutide) is a prescription drug that works in various ways. These include mimicking GLP-1 to help stimulate the pancreas to release insulin and lowering the amount of sugar released into ...
Scientific American

Nobody Knows How Tylenol Really Works

You’re unlikely to open a medicine cabinet in the U.S. without seeing a bottle of Tylenol, the brand name of a pain reliever and fever reducer also sold generically as acetaminophen. A health care ...
PC Magazine

ChatGPT Is Everywhere, But What Can It Do and How Does It Work?

I've been on staff at PCMag for three years after a career change from working in Big Tech on the West Coast for six years. Through that experience, I got an up-close view of how software engineering ...