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 ...

All year long, these moments captivated the public, demonstrated dangerous trends, and pushed research and innovation forward ...

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 ...

A major international review has upended long-held ideas about how top performers are made. By analyzing nearly 35,000 elite ...

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

Everyday life is full of small behaviors we treat as moral choices, scientific truths, or acts of civic virtue—often without ...

Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.

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

US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and ...

Most importantly, the widespread use of AI tools has resulted in hyperproduction of so-called “AI slop”: low-quality ...