News: 2025

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has now marked itself safe from its closest-ever encounter with the sun. The probe sent a signal just before midnight on Dec. 26, saying it was "alive" and doing fine.

We may be on the cusp of quantum supremacy. But what does that actually mean? Bill Fefferman, assistant professor of computer science, weighs in.

A trio of scientists from UChicago and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel has put forth a new model that pushes the terrestrial biosphere's lifetime out to 1.7 billion years.

Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said. 

“The consequences could be globally disastrous,” said Jack Szostak, who helped write a 299-page technical report on the risks of the research.

The energy-devouring technology is giving new life to fossil fuels. CS professor Andrew Chien comments.