A “muon shot” aims to study the basic forces of the cosmos. But meager federal budgets could limit its ambitions. By Dennis Overbye and Katrina Miller Friday, Dec. 8: This story was updated to include ...

A highly detailed map reveals global patterns of current and potential future road infrastructure. The Global Roads Inventory Project (GRIP) integrated many previous datasets with the hope of ...

A roadmap calls for legislation and financial incentives in California for the nascent fusion industry. But is it worth the ...

Scientists have created a vast new map that explores how structures of dark matter have grown during the life of the universe — and they claim it could upend the current understanding of physics. “If ...