Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

After 150 years of mystery, neuroscience has finally cracked the code on how language works in the brain—and the answer is surprisingly elegant.

The wireless technology that saved hundreds from the shipwreck was in its infancy, and competing distress signals didn’t help. Initially developed in the late 1800s, the Marconi telegraph used long ...

Numbers don't tell the whole story of an election, but they often help. Here are five numbers that help explain former ...