22 July 2025 - Just days after the newly released Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 revealed that only 35 per cent of targets are on track or showing moderate progress, Science Day at the High ...

Record-breaking total of 15,000+ citizen science observations from the SETI Institute & Unistellar Network — up substantially from ~10,000 in 2024. Observers are already tracking fading 3I/ATLAS, new ...

An illustration shows three scientists in lab coats kneeling, pushing up against a molecular model looming over them. The atom they are pushing on is red and is connected to an orange ball that ...

A proposed $18-billion cut to the NIH’s 2026 federal budget has frozen or terminated thousands of grants, sparking widespread alarm among researchers. Scientists warn the cuts could lead to a major ...

The 2025 cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows has been announced. As in years past, this year’s class of 32 fellows are all recent PhDs who’ve been identified as some of the most outstanding early-career ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science ...

Look almost anywhere in your home and you’ll likely find something made of silicone. Unfortunately, manufacturing silicone-based materials comes with a high environmental cost that is largely due to ...

Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025. But, there were also plenty of positive developments in 2025 that offer hope ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

Schools saw increases in performance on state math and science assessments in 2025-26, but a decline in English language arts, according to preliminary results released by the state ...