About 30 years ago, a 20-something scientist was hard at work on an obscure bit of chemistry. It wasn’t clear that the chemistry would ever have any real-world application, but researchers thought ...

You know that feeling when you try to do a good thing and then accidentally scorch the entire planet? Yeah, the future can be terrifying. Lasers. Artificial intelligence. Nanotechnology. Soon, science ...

From the Wright brothers' first flight to the speedy development of COVID-19 vaccines, collaboration has been key to innovation. Paradoxically, even competitors can benefit from collaboration—when ...