Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works

by News Feed Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Science

Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.”I teach statistics to engineers, so I...

Organizers of the Winter Games made clean energy a priority. Here’s how they did it

by News Feed Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Science

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — It takes an immense amount of energy to power venues and make snow for the Winter Olympics and, for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, organizers pledged that virtually all of the electricity would be clean.The organizing committee...

Ancient bone may be first physical evidence of Hannibal’s ‘war machine’ elephants in Western Europe

by News Feed Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Science

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.After discovering the ankle bone at the Colina de los Quemados...

NASA just fueled up its Artemis 2 moon rocket in 2nd critical test. Was it a success? (It sure looked like it.)

by News Feed Editor | Feb 19, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA completed the wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis 2 moon rocket on Feb. 19, 2026. | Credit: NASANASA’s second attempt to fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket...

SpaceX lands Falcon 9 rocket in The Bahamas for 2nd time ever

by News Feed Editor | Feb 19, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.SpaceX landed a rocket in The Bahamas for the second time ever on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. | Credit: SpaceXSpaceX landed a rocket in The Bahamas for the second time...

NASA’s new chief rebukes Boeing, space agency over problem-plagued Starliner mission

by News Feed Editor | Feb 19, 2026 | Science

An independent review of the first — and so far, only — piloted flight of Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft concluded that the test represented a potentially life-threatening “Type A” mishap resulting from multiple technical problems and...