French customs officers inspect vehicles at the Gambsheim border crossing between France and Germany, Dec. 29, 2025 (Sipa photo by Lucas Ruch via AP). When the European single market was established ...

Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands. By Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar ...

On Tuesday, November 4, Zohran Mamdani clinched the election for mayor of New York City, capturing just over 50 percent of the vote in a four-way race. Mamdani, a member of the New York State Assembly ...

So how did we get into this mess anyway? “Before you had kids, the quantity of stuff in your life probably felt manageable because you controlled it all,” says Lindsay Downes, founder of A Considered ...

For years, I've watched the Pentagon's innovation process with the same mixture of frustration and respect that a coach feels for a team with immense potential but a flawed game plan. So when I heard ...

China dominates LFP battery production. Nano One could help change this equation in North America by making lithium batteries last longer. Recent US government funding and executive orders show the ...

In the fast-evolving field of electronic systems design, engineers are under increasing pressure to deliver innovative, high-performance products within ever ...

See the world through the lens of science. Sign up for our free, daily newsletter Today in Science. As a child of the 1990s, I couldn’t avoid the game-turned-best-seller Tetris. Launched in 1984 by ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

There may be some value in "sleeping on it"—or, at least, in taking a deep power nap for 20 minutes—when it comes to problem solving, as it may lead you to a "eureka" moment. This is the conclusion of ...

Duncan Wardle, former vice president at The Walt Disney Company, runs creative consulting company iD8 & innov8 to embed innovative cultures. Why do some of the best ideas start not in boardrooms but ...