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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Thirty years ago, astronomers weren’t sure planets beyond our solar system even existed. This year, NASA has confirmed its ...

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

This advance could pave the way for improved imaging and analysis methods in materials science and biology. Traditionally, diamond production involves converting carbon at enormous pressures and ...

A particle accelerator that produces intense X-rays could be squeezed into a device that fits on a table, my colleagues and I have found in a new research project. The way that intense X-rays are ...

Emily H. Wilson is wild for this sci-fi novel: I’ve not heard our sci-fi columnist recommend a book so wholeheartedly in all the time she’s written for us. It follows Mawukana na-Vdnaze, a deep-space ...

Line dancing is enjoying a global resurgence, rising to a level of popularity not seen since Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart topped the charts in 1991. This kind of synchronized dance involves ...

Ms. Covey Denton presented experiments on ENC At Three with host Baileigh Bockover that you can recreate at home.

Produced by TMS Entertainment, the arc concludes humanity’s revival journey with science-driven storytelling ...