Forbes 250: America’s Greatest Innovators

The Forbes Innovator 250: America’s Greatest Innovators showcases the visionaries shaping our future. Find the full list of great minds and the mark they are leaving on our history.

Astronomers Are Closing In on the Kuiper Belt’s Secrets

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

A Psychologist Shares A Fun Quiz To Know Your ‘Ick Factor’ In Dating

Understanding the psychology behind your instant ‘icks’ can reveal surprising truths about your values, sensory sensitivities and what you truly need in relationships.

The Physics Behind the Quadruple Axel, the Most Difficult Jump in Figure Skating

Are you speechless watching US figure skater Ilia Malinin on the ice? Science explains how it’s possible the Quad God can do more than four full rotations in the air.

RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees

The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines.

A Century Before AI, Fake Photos Were Already Fooling Us

Images that lie are hardly new to the age of artificial intelligence. At the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the exhibit “Fake” tracks the long history of photo manipulation.

Microsoft wants to rewire data centers to save space
Microsoft wants to rewire data centers to save space

Microsoft wants to design more efficient data centers using materials that allow electricity to flow with zero resistance. If these new materials, called high-temperature superconductors, can make it to market, Microsoft thinks it could be a game changer for how data centers and the energy infrastructure they connect to are built. Tech companies are facing […]

Jeffrey Epstein’s digital cleanup crew
Jeffrey Epstein’s digital cleanup crew

In between hobnobbing with royalty and world leaders and abusing children and young women, Jeffrey Epstein appears to have been googling himself regularly. Across several batches of documents related to the convicted sex offender made public, we see Epstein shoot off emails to associates, complaining that his digital footprint includes factual information about his crimes. […]

These Great American Innovators Won Fame — But Not Fortune — From Their Inventions

Our upcoming ranking of America’s 250 Greatest Innovators is aimed at those who were able to commercialize their innovations, but these less fortunate inventors also changed the world—even though they didn’t personally benefit.

A Psychologist Shares A Test That Measures Your ‘Psychological IQ’

Most of what we believe about psychology feels right, even when it’s wrong. This test measures how well you distinguish psychological facts from fiction.