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- Humans have been gambling since the Ice Age
on April 2, 2026 at 4:01 amA new archeological finding shows that Native Americans were exploring probability through games of chance far earlier than their Old World counterparts
- NASA Artemis II astronauts “safe” and “secure” as they journey toward the moon, officials sayon April 2, 2026 at 1:15 am
NASA launched the Artemis II moon mission on Wednesday, April 1—a date that will enable the crew to observe the moon pass in front of the sun from space
- NASA’s Artemis II mission launches four astronauts to the moonon April 1, 2026 at 10:43 pm
A daring 10-day voyage will take four astronauts on a loop around the moon and set the stage for future forays to the lunar surface
- Secrets of color vision could hold clues to treating nearsightednesson April 1, 2026 at 6:45 pm
Knowing how your eye optimizes vision could have big implications for the progression of nearsightedness
- What the Meta and Google verdict means for social media designon April 1, 2026 at 5:45 pm
A Los Angeles jury found Instagram and YouTube negligent in how they were built, opening a new legal fight over how courts view social media