How does scientific research translate into real world applications? For starters, your GPS wouldn't work without Einstein's theory of relativity.

According to a new NASA report, July 2017 has tied with August and July of last year as the hottest month on record. This continued temperature increase is another example of how climate change is affecting our world.

The year 2017 has catapulted us into a science-fiction future, from human cell regeneration for growing organs, to banishing genetic disease through breakthrough gene-editing techniques and recycling orbital rockets — and it’s only

By Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Madeleine Varner and Lauren Kirchner, Updated (Aug. 19, 2017): This story has been updated to include a comment from PayPal. Because of its