For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking ...

New UCR research shows that the search for life beyond Earth could benefit from a statistical approach that prioritizes ...

An analysis of ancient human artefacts finds that the container, a simple but critical tool, may have originated 500,000 ...

Dive into The Register's online archive of incisive tech news reporting, features, and analysis dating back to 1998 ...

Some analysts think the markets could out-compete polls in newsrooms and more, but the approaches are vastly different.

The theme of today’s celebrations should be “welcoming AI to the workplace”, though I’d imagine Mr Atwoli thinks AI is ...

The Supreme Court seems likely to grant tech giant Cisco’s bid to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology ...

The pop star celebrated the annual April 22 event by taking to Instagram with a series of nude beach photos and musings on life Etienne Laurent / AFP/Getty; Kesha/Instagram Kesha is stripping down for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spielberg and ET looking at each other - Aaron Rapoport/Getty Images Steven Spielberg might be best known for "Jaws" and "Jurassic ...

Anthropic is investigating potential unauthorized access to its new Mythos artificial-intelligence model, complicating efforts to keep a tight lid on a tool that has spooked the White House and ...

Many people like to look up at the night sky, admire the stars, and wonder if humans are alone in the galaxy or universe. Sure, many like to imagine that they're not, as demonstrated by the countless ...

The FBI just reported Americans lost nearly $21 billion to online scams last year. Artificial intelligence voice clones are impersonating your grandchild in fake emergencies. Your Tinder match could ...