When lasers were invented in the 1960s, they opened new avenues for scientific discovery and everyday applications, from scanners at the grocery store to corrective eye surgery. Conventional lasers ...

One of America's most recognized and experienced broadcast journalists, Lesley Stahl has been a "60 Minutes" correspondent since 1991. Amid attacks from cheaply made Iranian Shahed drones, the U.S. is ...

High-energy lasers can burn drones in the sky like a blowtorch. But they can be stymied by weather, and making them at scale will be a challenge. By Farah Stockman Farah Stockman covers manufacturing ...

Everyone made fun of Marjorie Taylor Greene when she said that Rothschild-funded space lasers had caused forest fires. But, as it turns out, the space lasers are real. Well, sort of. They aren’t ...

The headlines lately have verged on science fiction. A few weeks ago, my colleague Simon Shuster reported that the Ukrainian military had unveiled a new anti-drone laser weapon called the Sunray. On ...

The winter months, when people spend significantly less time in the sun, are typically known as “laser season” by skin experts—if you’re considering a treatment, now is a great time. “We perform laser ...

The unexpected and ultimately short-lived flight ban near El Paso this week stemmed from disagreements within the federal government over the use of a high-energy laser weapon system to take down ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

The only real laser weapon that saw service during the 20th century was a low-power laser used by the Royal Navy during the 1982 Falklands War to temporarily dazzle and distract enemy pilots. Not that ...

The York County Astronomical Society will hold its second Laser Show Weekend, a three-day event featuring a diverse lineup of laser light shows set to iconic music, Friday through Sunday at the York ...