Elite sports have long been deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision to gain vital data to improve player performance and obtain marginal gains. Tennis is no exception. But now, ...

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

The future of warfare felt a lot like playing a video game. Soldiers fastened on virtual-reality glasses and then moved their fingers across the joystick in their palms. A small drone buzzed and ...