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

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

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

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

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

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

In a LinkedIn post, Brett Adcock, CEO of the US robotics company Figure, has outlined key developments expected in the coming ...

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

Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, ...

Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025 ...

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.

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