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NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

From Cory Doctorow to Nnedi Okorafor and from fancy space opera to elegantly written visions of a flooded future world, there ...

The US surgeon general cited four studies to back up his new advisory, warning that alcohol is an underappreciated cancer ...

The most consequential story in science continues to be climate change, and 2024 brought plenty of news in that field. The ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The ...

From orcas wearing salmon hats to April's total solar eclipse, it's been a big year for science news. We've brought together ...

Scientists explored Beethoven’s ailments, linked remains to a Norse saga, uncovered colonial secrets, peeked inside an ...

The current international financial architecture is a key reason that the UN Sustainable Development Goals are failing. A landmark conference in Spain must make progress in reforming it.

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...