Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Aug. 2, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

There was major science news in 2025. Plus, underreported developments in geoengineering and a triumph for furniture ...

The psychedelic drug psilocybin briefly erases people’s neural fingerprints, the baseline brain activity unique to an individual. Some of the biggest changes occur in an area called the default mode ...

Last year was full of unexpected science news, from the discovery of a new colour, to the interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas passing by our solar system, and a world-first treatment with a personalised ...

Research by philosopher of science and Honorary Research Associate at Bangor University, Byron Hyde, looked at the role of transparency in fostering public trust in science. Hyde argues that, to find ...

If you’re reading this, you’re probably a regular consumer of the news, so you know that for many, the reality of doing science in the US has been changing rapidly since the new US administration ...

Carly Kay is the Fall 2025 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in science ...

Sweeping layoffs, funding freezes and executive orders have provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners, who fear that science itself is under siege. “This is simply the ...

We explain the administration’s cuts to research. By Alan Burdick I’m an editor and occasional reporter of health and science news. Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired ...

Health Care Providers Are Dropping a Common Anesthesia Drug That’s Also a Climate Super Pollutant Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida To Save An Endangered ...