We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
Chatbots that dole out fact-laden arguments can sway voters. Those facts don’t have to be true.
Like exercise, gratitude takes many forms. Finding the right practice, research shows, is up to the individual.
These five early- and mid-career researchers are shaking up what we know about the Arctic, black holes and beyond.
Expectations of continued success for American science were shaken this year when the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in funding and fired thousands of scientists.
Books about AI, Mars and infectious disease were among our top reads this year.
Funding uncertainties are pushing U.S. space scientists out of the field and putting existing and future space missions on the chopping block.
Recent U.S. decisions about vaccines signal bigger changes to come that could threaten the foundation of the national childhood immunization schedule.
Polar marine ecologist Marianne Falardeau investigates how Arctic ecosystems are shifting under climate change.
In 2025, the Trump administration froze or ended about 5,300 NIH and NSF research grants totaling over $5 billion in unspent funds, a decision that reshaped many fields of science.
