As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

For all of the political chaos that American science endured in 2025, aspects of this country’s research enterprise made it ...

We carry these mixed feelings into 2026, which is slated to be another great—yet perhaps troubled—year for science. No list ...

Science in the United States took some big hits this year. The Trump Administration disrupted federal funding for all kinds ...

Researchers studied fossils, well-preserved remains and even a single fingerprint to solve some of history’s long-standing mysteries this year.

Nuclear fusion. People on Mars. Artificial general intelligence. These are just some of the advances that could come by the ...

19. The largest known prime number contains 41,024,320 digits. 20. Frogs breathe and drink through their skin. 21. A bullet ...

Archaeologists in Poland uncovered two massive tombs hidden within megalithic structures often referred to as “Polish ...

Knowable Magazine reports 2025 faced turmoil in U.S. science amid job cuts and budget slashes, yet saw advances in gene ...

Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025 ...

The Trump administration has issued a death warrant for science. This kills one of America’s greatest most productive avenues ...

A selection of science-based books from the year that together shine new light on who we are and why we think and act as we do.