Here is a look at just a few of the biggest developments in astronomy that The Debrief has been tracking in 2025.

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Over 70 new species, from insects to dinosaurs, were identified in 2025 by combining fieldwork, museum collections, and ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

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Here are the 10 most-read news stories about HMS-led discoveries in 2025.

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AI has successfully been applied in many areas of science, advancing technologies like weather prediction and protein folding ...

Nov. 29, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Dinosaur footprints went from prehistory to current affairs when they were unearthed in a property owner's backyard after recent floods in Travis County. But the discovery of dinosaur remains in Texas ...

The end of the shutdown did not resolve the uncertainty facing US researchers, who continue to navigate delays and budget ...

Katalin Karikó thought the call was a joke. It was 3 a.m. on October 2, 2023. Her husband answered the phone. As someone in building maintenance, “he quite frequently gets calls for fixing this and ...