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Ray Jayawardhana, the incoming president, is an astrophysicist, but leaders at the California Institute of Technology also ...

Knowable Magazine reports 2025 faced turmoil in U.S. science amid job cuts and budget slashes, yet saw advances in gene ...

More refined AI models, advancements in human gene editing and the continuing impact of the Trump Team on science — we run ...

Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, ...

The most obviously exciting space event for the coming year is the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which could occur as ...

Big hitter Peter F. Hamilton has a new sci-fi novel out this month – and Booker winner George Saunders ventures into ...

Neuroscience research reveals that the emotional connection between dogs and their owners is far deeper than affection, ...