Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

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 ...

The oceans just keep getting hotter. According to new research from dozens of international scientists published in Advances ...

Wild axolotls are facing extinction. That’s the bad news. But take heart: Cutie-pie axolotls bred in captivity may be able to ...

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

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...

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

“It’s a milestone in solar physics,” said Ioannis Kontogiannis, a solar physicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of ...

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

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