Kevin Lu, 17, is working on ways to protect AI from sneak attacks meant to steal sensitive data or do other harm. Today, people are using AI agents to perform…

Everybody farts. The question is, how often? And how much gas is too much gas to pass? Science is now starting to answer that question. All it took was inventing…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe really should be called the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse. In the films, alternate realities can be created and destroyed. Characters can also hop between them. This has…

Observable universe (noun, “ub-SERV-uh-bul YOO-nih-vers”) The observable universe is a huge bubble-shaped region of space around Earth. It contains all the matter and energy that we could, in theory, observe…

Nearly one in four U.S. adults have seasonal allergies. So do one in five kids. Most of those allergies are to mold spores or pollen from ragweed, grasses and trees.…

Scientists want to identify your earliest ancestor. And to do that, they have to look back in time. Way, way back. Let’s climb up your family tree. The first people…

Being from New Orleans, La., Elliott White Jr. has a clear understanding of the importance of healthy wetland ecosystems. He was 12 when Hurricane Katrina struck the Louisiana coast, which is home…

Imagine a situation that makes your heart race. Maybe it’s sitting down to take a test. Or stepping on stage to perform in a recital. Or working up the nerve…

Venus, though hidden from view by dense clouds, is slowly giving up some of its secrets. One of them is a lava tube beneath its surface. This type of cave…