Human civilisation has advanced through centuries of innovation, observation, and experimentation. Certain discoveries have not only altered the course of science but also reshaped the way we live, ...

Overlooking the mountainous border between Austria and Italy, Weißseespitze is an alpine glacier. It formed as layers of snowfall gradually compacted into dense glacial ice, trapping airborne ...

Katalin Karikó thought the call was a joke. It was 3 a.m. on October 2, 2023. Her husband answered the phone. As someone in building maintenance, “he quite frequently gets calls for fixing this and ...

From feathered dinosaurs to frozen mammoths, fossils keep upending science with discoveries that rewrite the history of life. National Fossil Day is not just about admiring dinosaur skeletons or ...

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government. “They have cancelled wholesale a ...

Andor J. Kiss does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

It's that time of year again – and my personal favorite corner of science to look back on – when we recap the many fascinating discoveries in the plant and animal kingdom that made headlines in 2025.

Chris Impey receives funding from the Natonal Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the ...

In 2025, dinosaurs were everywhere. In May, the BBC revived their landmark series Walking With Dinosaurs, while July saw the release of Jurassic World Rebirth, the seventh film in the extinction-proof ...