The captain and crew on the bridge of the starship Enterprise are tense as they track a Romulan ship that has just attacked a Starfleet outpost. The Romulans have developed a new technology: an ...

Shockingly, the $29.99 'pouch of ingredients' does not provide a 'protective gaseous barrier' that busts the virus. By Andrew Paul Published Oct 26, 2023 12:00 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a ...

There’s a well-known story in Plato’s Republic in which a humble shepherd named Gyges finds a magical gold ring that renders whoever wears it invisible. Gyges proceeds to use his newfound power to ...

Chinese science fiction writers are having more fun with the genre than anyone else, and in fact, might even be producing its best new works. And now, in the years following the success of Liu Cixin’s ...

Turning someone invisible may still be the stuff of fiction, but what would invisibility feel like? Perhaps unsurprisingly, it makes people less anxious about social situations, researchers find April ...

Scientists suspect that a "fifth force" may be at work in space. This force, which they believe is mediated by a hypothetical particle called a symmetron is responsible for creating invisible walls in ...

Intelligence agencies often complain that they are judged unfairly because you hear about their failures, not their successes ...