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 ...

Despite the importance of GoF modifications, they have sometimes faced misplaced concerns or opposition that could lead to their being overregulated or even banned.

Research reveals why some images feel pleasing while others uncomfortable. The brain prefers visuals that cost less energy.

The US health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, believes that aluminium in vaccines can cause health issues, such as neurological disorders, allergies ...

Foreign regimes have spent decades infiltrating U.S. schools with cash, spies, and revisionist curricula to breed anti-patriotism.

Scientists found the first natural proof that underwater volcanoes make ammonia without biology, a reaction that may have ...

New experiments raise important questions about what it means to die. n December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked ...

From custom gene editing to a discovery that could help stop pancreatic cancer before it starts, these advances offer a ...

When weird fungal epidemics crop up in far-flung places, scientists work together to unravel how the microscopic murderers ...

The outlook for dementia care is changing fast. UC experts explain what that means for patients and families, and what it ...

Scientists comment on a UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announcement that a new mpox strain has been identified in England. Dr Jonas Albarnaz, Institute Fellow, Capripoxvirus Biology, Pirbright ...

Presenting this year's trove of food-system books: memoirs, investigations, scientific works, cookbooks, and much more.