A Cold War-era law lets federal agencies suppress any patent they want—and no one can tell you why.

Being copied usually provokes anger. A line widely credited to Nikola Tesla suggests a different reaction entirely.

The cartoon shark painted on this researcher’s hand may look playful, but it is also a working medical electrode. Researchers have developed a conductive ink that can be brushed directly onto the skin ...

Astronomers have spent years searching for a possible hidden giant planet far beyond Neptune. Unusual orbits among distant Kuiper Belt objects have fueled the Planet Nine theory, but recent ...

Scientists in Belgium—that celebrated bastion of ancient beer culture—are harnessing genetic breakthroughs and machine learning to reimagine how great booze gets built. Here’s how their revelations in ...