The repeated use of tear gas by federal immigration officers in Chicago has renewed a debate about how chemical irritants should be used by law enforcement personnel. By Mitch Smith Federal agents ...

Deep in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mélissa Berthet found bonobos doing something thought to be uniquely human. How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe ...

For centuries, humans have wondered what animals are really trying to say. Now, thanks to artificial intelligence, scientists are getting closer to answering that question. From decoding whale songs ...

At its core, the operation of every computer is governed by process known as the fetch–decode–execute cycle, sometimes simply called the instruction cycle. Regardless of the complexity of modern ...

In previous versions of Microsoft Outlook (the classic app), you could view the HTML code of an email by opening the email, right-clicking on it, and selecting “View source” from the context menu.

If you’ve ever taken even a cursory glance at a hurricane forecast, you’ve seen some version of the “cone of uncertainty.” It sounds like some other-dimensional realm of indecision, but it’s a ...

You’re at a bar and strike up a conversation with a cute guy. You have so much in common: You were both competitive college athletes, have the same taste in TV and movies, want to try a local hike you ...

Costco offers some pretty great deals — there’s no denying that. But did you know the price you see probably tells you way more about the product than you realized? You can generally find three types ...

A new study tested a device trained to translate four participants' inner thoughts. Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images In recent years, scientists have been working on technology that could help ...

Take this quiz to test how fluent you are in the lingo of today’s tech industry. Credit... Supported by By Mike Isaac Photographs by Ian C. Bates Mike Isaac has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area ...

Have you ever looked at your phone and noticed that the time is 11:11 or 2:22 during a particularly life-changing moment? Or seen a series of digits, like 555, crop up in everyday contexts, such as on ...