As nearly half of the world’s population headed to the polls this year, politics grabbed many of the headlines. But scientists and the natural world also managed to attract the public’s attention.

As nearly half of the world’s population headed to the polls this year, politics grabbed many of the headlines. But scientists and the natural world also managed to attract the public’s attention.

One in 10 lead researchers involved in state-funded research and development (R&D) projects lost their projects in 2024 amid ...

iGEM 2024 co-captain Monisha Pillai (right) and teammate Marshall Sekula. Students on the UC Santa Cruz International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team, now in its 11th iteration, have a ...

2024 was studded with record-setting scientific discoveries. From tracing the origins of glow-in-the-dark animals to developing the world’s fastest microscope, these superlative feats captured our ...

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have reached a record high in 2024, according to new research. Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have reached a record high in 2024, according to new ...

This year, three embalmed bodies buried with some cheese on them were discovered at an ancient burial site in Xinjiang in northwestern China. 杨益民/Yimin Yang et. al. via Journal of Archaeological ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) two highly competitive Microelectronics Science Research Center projects. PPPL researchers will lead two ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. This year ...

A county-by-county analysis finds that additional IIJA, CHIPS and Science Act, and IRA investments were associated with higher vote share for Kamala Harris compared with Joe Biden and a lower vote ...