Science

This new year, maybe resolve to quit

Western cultural stories tend to emphasize perseverance. But science shows that ...

Some of 2025’s scientific discoveries broke records

Longest lightning, the first AI-generated genomes and biggest black hole smashup...

In a first, orcas and dolphins seen possibly hunting to...

New footage shows orcas and dolphins coordinating hunts, hinting at interspecies...

These fossil finds shed new light on the past in 2025

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis ...

Against the odds, a burbling lava planet retains an atm...

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere on a lava-covered exoplane...

Crush explores how gravity shapes life as we know it

James Riordan’s new book will help readers wrap their heads around this mysterio...

Science taught us a few new tricks about our pets in 2025

Are we reading our dog’s moods right? Does TV really comfort them when we’re awa...

These medical breakthroughs and advances gave patients ...

Advances delivered what may feel like medical miracles, including the first blad...

Have a taste of our favorite food stories from 2025

This year, researchers took a bite out of culinary innovation. Check out some of...

Research hailing the benefits of the COVID-19 shot keep...

There was more good health news about the COVID-19 vaccine for infants, kids and...

These space stories made us look up in 2025

Space is always inspiring and 2025 was no exception, with finding Betelgeuse’s b...

Two more antibiotics have been approved in the U.S. to ...

The bacteria behind the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is known for deve...

These are our favorite animal stories of 2025

From clever cockatoos to vomiting spiders, these cool critters captivated us thi...

An underwater volcano off Oregon didn’t erupt in 2025 a...

Data from Axial, the most-monitored underwater volcano, are helping geophysicist...

Watch a cancer cell evade capture

By moving around, some cancer cells force attacking immune cells to just nibble ...

Life in all of its complexity

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute talks about life’s complexities, from its evolution ...