Massachusetts robotics entrepreneurs focus on specialized machines, while West Coast companies pour billions into humanoid ...

Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...

UCSB Anthropologist Michael Gurven will present a talk and and signing of his book “Seven Decades: How we Evolved to Live Longer," 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 ...

The return of RoboBusiness, which took place in Silicon Valley, was among the industry highlights of October 2025.

When Ella al-Shamahi went to college, she thought she'd be able to prove Darwin's theory of evolution was wrong. Instead, she was convinced the science was right.

Aligned with Duke Engineering’s Character Forward initiative, Professor Siobhan Oca’s Ethics in Robotics and Automation course (ME 490) challenges students to see beyond technical skills and practice ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

For centuries, humans have looked to the stars, the oceans, and even the tiniest cells to answer one impossible question: why does life exist at all? From philosophers to physicists, theories have ...

The healthtech industry is on track to triple from $352 in 2025 to over $1.1T by 2032, driven by critical needs in provider capacity, aging populations, and chronic disease management.

Climate change and habitat loss threaten the newly named trapdoor spider. Scientists from the, Davis, have identified a previously unknown trapdoor spider species lurking in the coastal sand dunes of ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates, according to researchers.

What scientific knowledge is and is not presumed in legal reasoning, and what are the differences between what is and what is ...