In honor of the more horrifying aspects of the mortal coil, we bring you a list of nine facts sure to disquiet.

In a complex world, rational decision-making becomes insufficient, as the consequences of choices are often unpredictable.

Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!—Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ...

Waymo's autonomous driving fleet has traveled more than 127 million miles with only two fatal crashes, for which it wasn't ...

Syndicated from The Rage: "Turning yourself in to be incarcerated tugs against every fundamentally primal instinct we have as ...

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He tumbled from galloping horses, had his spine crushed under hooves, ribs shattered, and legs broken. Spectators’ curses and ...

It has also become a big driver in the number of older single mothers in the U.S. at a time when the country's overall birth ...

Soft actuation remains the key bottleneck in creating soft robots with flexible deformation and agile locomotion similar to nature creatures. Despite extensive efforts, it remains performance ...

UCSC engineer Javier Gonzalez-Rocha is using drones and sensors to bring advanced air quality monitoring to underserved ...