As space scales into daily infrastructure, which moments in 2026 will still feel new -and which will quietly change ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

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

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

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

It was a year that saw roughly six million Americans hold hands in a continuous (more or less) line across the country to ...

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

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

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

Science in the United States took some big hits this year. The Trump Administration disrupted federal funding for all kinds ...

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

We carry these mixed feelings into 2026, which is slated to be another great—yet perhaps troubled—year for science. No list ...