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

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

This year, new research in food science and health uncovered surprising benefits in everyday ingredients — and took a hard ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The most obviously exciting space event for the coming year is the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which could occur as ...

Scientific analysis, approved by then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio (later Pope Francis), then involved Dr. Ricardo ...