From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

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 ...

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

As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one of the many Americans pulling their winter jackets out of the closet.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - 2025 marked a big year for scientific breakthroughs and discoveries. Researchers found that Taylor ...

The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. NPR's Rob Stein and Katia Riddle spoke to scientists ...

News of the breakup of a leading science institution rippled through an annual gathering of Earth, ocean and space scientists ...

The US administration is banking on public-private partnerships and an expanded workforce to deliver progress, but critics ...

From mind-bending discoveries to playful explainers, these are some of our favorite—and most popular—science videos of 2025.

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