A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico ...

Health plan prescription drug formularies continue to increase in complexity, and changes to those formularies are especially challenging for consumers to navigate. Those were among the highlights of ...

Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This tectonic shift reduced volcanic carbon emissions, expanded shallow seas, and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was discussing the possibility of intelligent alien life with his colleagues. If alien ...

New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been a critical turning point for life on Earth. For evolutionary biologists, what most distinguishes the ...

5G technology is now at its advanced stage, 5G-Advanced, starting with 3GPP Release 18, finalized in 2024, and continuing into Release 19, expected by the end of 2025. 5G-Advanced Release 18 brings AI ...