As space scales into daily infrastructure, which moments in 2026 will still feel new -and which will quietly change ...

In 2025, Popular Science continued our mission to demystify our weird world for millions of readers. We debunked myths about ...

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

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

More refined AI models, advancements in human gene editing and the continuing impact of the Trump Team on science — we run ...

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

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

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

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

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

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