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This bright orange life-form could point to new dino di...

Colorful lichen living on dinosaur bones reflect infrared light that can be dete...

Boiling oceans may sculpt the surfaces of small icy moons

Simulations show that subsurface oceans on small moons may hit boiling condition...

Cuddly koalas had a brutal, blade-toothed close cousin

Ancient collagen preserved in the bones of extinct Australian mammals is reveali...

‘Butt breathing’ could help people who can’t get oxygen...

Takanori Takebe’s strange investigation into whether humans can use the gut for ...

Rats are snatching bats out of the air and eating them

The grisly infrared camera footage records a never-before-seen hunting tactic. I...

3,000 steps per day might slow Alzheimer’s disease

In people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers linked minimal to moderat...

A historic year for U.S. science

Nancy Shute, Editor in Chief, discusses big advances across science in 2025 as w...

Meet 5 scientists reshaping the way we understand the w...

These five early- and mid-career researchers are shaking up what we know about t...

Science has made America great. Is that era over?

Expectations of continued success for American science were shaken this year whe...

A new dinosaur doomsday exhibit showcases survival afte...

The American Museum of Natural History’s “Impact: The End of the Age of the Dino...

Building a better skin barrier

Skin is a barrier meant to keep small invaders out. Products making their way ac...

Math puzzle: A Loopy Holiday Gift Exchange

Solve the math puzzle from our December 2025 issue, in which a holiday gift exch...

Lions have a second roar that no one noticed until now

A machine learning analysis of wild lion audio reveals they have two roar types,...

Moss spores survived in space for 9 months

The moss species Physcomitrium patens is the latest organism to survive an exten...

America risks losing its role as a space science pioneer

Funding uncertainties are pushing U.S. space scientists out of the field and put...

These are Science News’ favorite books of 2025

Books about AI, Mars and infectious disease were among our top reads this year.