In times past, when we wanted to know which team would win the World Cup, we had to turn to seers with crystal balls, use divination via tea leaves, or hope for Paul the Octopus to tell us what would ...

In times past, when we wanted to know which team would win the World Cup, we had to turn to seers with crystal balls, use divination via tea leaves, or hope for Paul the Octopus to tell us what would ...

In this Nov. 12, 2018, file photo, an election worker sorts a stack of ballots during a ranked choice voting tabulation in Augusta. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP The BDN Opinion section operates ...

Scientists used some of the most advanced plasma simulations ever created to uncover how the universe builds enormous magnetic fields out of turbulence. The discovery could reshape our understanding ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...

A computer simulation developed at MIT and commissioned by the Club of Rome in the early 1970s projected a possible collapse of civilization around 2040—if growth, resources and pollution trends ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jason covers the intersection of the creator economy, media and more. The creator economy is not a trend. It is the reorganization ...

One of the most popular 2026 March Madness upset picks will be a 12-seed defeating a 5-seed. At least one 12 seed has won a game in five of the last six NCAA Tournament brackets. Could No. 12 Akron, ...

A remarkably small bacterium containing fewer than 500 genes serves as the basis for one of the most detailed digital life reconstructions ever created. Using computer technology, scientists have ...

A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows cytoplasm (blue cubes), mRNA degradation machinery molecules (pink), and sugar transporters (brown). Right half adds the membrane ...