Hurricanes Matthew and Nicole owed their deadly strength to exceptionally high temperatures in the Caribbean. Extraordinary things have been happening in the Atlantic. It’s rare enough to have one major hurricane

President Barack Obama reveals in a letter that the United States' goal is to send humans to Mars by the 2030s and return them safely to Earth. He expects the country's continued investment in space travel will have positive repercussions in other fields, including energy, medicine, and agriculture.

Research shows that we can create artificial synapses that can allow a machine system to learn and behave like a human brain. The artificial synapses can help to create more immersive devices to make the Internet of Things more complete. 

The combined results of several studies have narrowed the potential range where a theoretical subset of particles known as sterile neutrinos could exist. The discovery of these fundamental particles could dramatically alter the Standard Model of particle physics.