Artwork illustrating how string theory emerges from a few simple mathematical assumptions about particle collisions. Credit: AI-generated art by Clifford Cheung. Physicists searching for a better ...

LAUNDRY AND USING FILTERED WATER FOR DRINKING. THERE ARE MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY. A RECENT COUNT FOUND MORE THAN 7400 PEOPLE WITHOUT HOUSING. KCRA 3’S PEYTON HEADLEE ...

Internally directed cognition (IDC), whether spontaneous or intentional, has been associated with impaired performance in cognitive tasks. Yet, the neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning this ...

Volunteers fan out throughout San Diego County to find homeless people on the streets, in canyons, parking lots, and more for the Point-in-Time Count on Jan. 29, 2026. (File photo by Thomas ...

Sperm whales: They’re just like us. An international team of researchers, including marine biologists and linguists, reports that it has detected signs of a “highly complex” phonetic alphabet in the ...

Americans now need $1.46 million to retire comfortably, according to the 2026 edition of a well-known financial planning survey from Northwestern Mutual. The retirement “magic number” estimates how ...

The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Monday that mail-in ballots received after polls close on Election Day should be counted, posing major implications for November’s midterm elections. Mississippi ...

PBS Masterpiece has come up with a fresh adaptation of Alexander Dumas’ timeless classic The Count of Monte Cristo, starring Sam Claflin in the titular role. The eight-episode limited series was ...

Fifty-eight years after it first appeared, string theory remains the most popular candidate for the “theory of everything,” the unified mathematical framework for all matter and forces in the universe ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are in the books. The two-week competition was capped by a thrilling gold medal game in Men's Hockey where Team USA outlasted Canada to win the event for the first time in 46 ...

In our conversation about numbers that explain the world, we’re looking at the point-in-time count. So far in Headway’s weekly conversation about the numbers that help us understand our world, we’ve ...

King County’s homelessness authority is expecting to see another increase in the region’s homeless population this year, as volunteers complete the final surveys for the latest Point-in-Time Count, a ...