This recent work by Hafner and his colleagues at DeepMind could contribute to the advancement of robotics systems, simplifying the training of the algorithms that allow them to reliably complete ...

From the player’s side, Baby Steps feels like a finely honed experience. It’s a walking simulator that follows Nate, a manchild in a gray onesie, as he attempts to scale a mountain and symbolically ...

Older women can significantly reduce their risk of early death by walking just 4,000 steps a day, new research suggests. Crucially, this benefit, which slashes the chance of premature mortality by ...

Milk is one of the most familiar things in the world—comforting, wholesome, ordinary. But beneath this common perception lies something far more complicated. Examining the UK and Kenya, our project ...

In a finding set to change the way disease is monitored, Chandra Mohan, an international expert and pioneer in lupus research at the University of Houston, is reporting that urine samples can indicate ...

The scale of food waste in the US is staggering: Nearly 40% of food in the US goes uneaten and the average household loses $3,000 each year to wasted food. And the toll on nature is enormous, with ...

Sometimes, less really is more. By removing oxygen during synthesis, a team led by materials scientists at Penn State has created seven new high-entropy oxides (HEOS), a class of ceramics composed of ...

WASHINGTON — Adm. Alvin Holsey, the head of U.S. Southern Command, will retire by the end of the year. The announcement comes less than a year into Holsey’s tenure and as U.S. operations in the ...

When Martha García, a young disability activist and student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, heard the Supreme Court planned to change a legal precedent that could weaken the right of ...

In a surprising move, Padres manager Mike Shildt has announced he is stepping down from that role, according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego-Union Tribune. The decision was Shildt’s, Acee adds. He has ...

Sudden infant death syndrome, also known as SIDS, is one of the leading causes of mortality for babies, doctors say. But parents can take steps to reduce the risk of it. SIDS is the sudden, unexpected ...

President Donald Trump is getting dunked on social media after he apparently confused a basic legal principle for a person. While leading a roundtable discussion Wednesday at the White House on antifa ...