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Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/booksMore serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/This quest...

Britain's weak productivity growth and labour shortages are creating an opportunity for China's robotics firms.

This is why NASA never sent Voyager 1 to Pluto.In November of 1980, Voyager 1 reached Saturn — and at that moment, NASA had to make a choice that could never...

The US and China are locked in a race to the lead the world in robotics and artificial intelligence.

The former top US health official said he feared Republicans could try to trip him up and use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.

The out-of-control AI found four logins which allowed it to access multiple unnamed online services.

The actor and musician faces allegations from 10 women in total who say he mistreated them as teenagers.

The film has won rave reviews from film critics but a translator of Homer's work was less than impressed.

Sulemana Abdul Samed, who was diagnosed with gigantism several years ago, has died at the age of 33.

European football's governing body Uefa reacts furiously to proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.

The family of the anatomist vowed to carry out his wish for his body to be preserved using the plastination technique he developed himself.

Birdwatchers tell the BBC how apps have changed their lifelong hobby - and attracted new birders.

The vast majority of people - particularly women - answer a survey saying they'd take the certainty over chance.

Everyone expected Saturn's brightest moon to be a dead ball of ice. Instead, Cassini found it erupting — firing the raw chemical ingredients of life into spa...

This is the story of the narrow, almost accidental sequence of events that let Charon walk away from a collision that should have destroyed it: a barycenter ...

With its renovation nearly complete, the Flatiron is ready for its next - and most extravagant - phase of life.

As ADHD diagnoses have risen, have workplaces caught up with the needs of the workforce?

Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.

Women said their partners had pushed or coerced them into taking part in swinging.

Prediction markets are a fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar industry, and appeal disproportionately to young men

The band will recreate their recording studio and share unseen memorabilia in London's Savile Row.

The specialist team parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory, to treat them.