NASCAR returned to the Chase championship format this season and adjusted the scoring structure to place a greater emphasis on winning races. Drivers can now earn significantly more points for ...

LONDON (AP) — An American anti-drone system proven to work against Russian drones in Ukraine will soon be sent to the Middle East to bolster U.S. defenses against Iranian drones, two U.S. officials ...

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to the host star, and gas planets toward the exterior. That’s how planets are ...

It was once a degree to some of the highest-paying jobs in the world, but now the University of California is seeing a drop in enrollment for computer science. Part of the reason is that tech ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode ...

Healthcare in the United States of America concept: A stethoscope on a 3d map of the US overlayed by the US flag. Healthcare in the United States of America concept: A stethoscope on a 3d map of the ...

Nearly one-quarter of Americans say the country’s health care system is in crisis, with 29 percent citing high costs as the most urgent problem with national health, according to a new Gallup poll ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space telescopes and orbiters have been documenting the rare visit. A mysterious ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying itself, melting large portions of our planet’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later pulled ...

Seven-in-ten Americans now say the higher education system in the United States is generally going in the wrong direction – up from 56% who said this in 2020, according to a new Pew Research Center ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...