Although the human brain is capable of sifting through a billion bits of information per second, scientists recently found that the top speed of human thought only comes in at roughly 10 bits per ...

Fusion researchers are now firing energy bursts so brief that they make a human blink look leisurely. In the latest experiments, a single pulse that lasts a tiny fraction of a second is being used to ...

Since our distant forebears first leaped from high rocks into water, tamed horses, or strapped strips of wood to their feet to slide down snowy mountainsides, humankind has found speed thrilling—and ...