Science

Not so futuristic: Saruman with a palantir in The Lord of the Rings LANDMARK MEDIA/Alamy We are...

Zavacephale rinpoche Masaya Hattori If there’s ever a creature you would not want to bump heads with,...

We tend to imagine the holiday season as universally joyful and social, full of family gatherings, sparkling...

The 3D-printed microscope Dr Liam M. Rooney/University of Strathclyde At the beginning of 2025, a preprint of...

Dark photons offer a new explanation for the double-slit experiment RUSSELL KIGHTLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A core tenet...

Carly Kay is the Fall 2025 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication...

The Denisovan skull Hebei GEO University In 2010, DNA analysis of a finger bone around 40,000 years...

Uranus’s new moon, S/2025 U1, was spotted using the James Webb Space Telescope NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/M. El Moutamid (SwRI)/M....

Good health news for babies, kids and adults regarding the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination kept coming in...

A simple intervention could make a big difference to IVF success CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Men should...