The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what discoveries may lurk on the horizon. But the new year is also a chance ...

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 Joe Spring, ...

Engineers have unlocked a new class of supercapacitor material that could rival traditional batteries in energy while charging dramatically faster. By redesigning carbon structures into highly curved, ...

Science is usually one of the more hands-on subjects in middle school: Students design research questions, draw diagrams, and conduct experiments. But the country’s 8th graders are less likely to do ...

Drawing down carbon from the air and stashing it in underground rock formations has been framed as an essential way to slow and reverse global warming. But new research published Wednesday in the ...

If you use ChatGPT to learn new topics, you might want to try its new flashcard-based quiz feature, which can help you evaluate your progress. I used a simple prompt: "Turn financial econometrics into ...

The Seattle-based Fund for Science and Technology (FFST) announced an inaugural set of grants and its plan to fund at least $500 million over the next four years to support transformational science ...

The number of girls choosing to take a GCSE in computer science fell this year, breaking a consistent growth streak. In 2025, the number of girls taking computing at GCSE level dropped to 20,708, down ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis invented a way to make gelatin hydrogels that can freeze and thaw without meltwater. This work could solve problems for food storage and cold-chain ...

A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and someday, it could inspire advances in AI and Alzheimer's research. When you ...

Amsafe Bridport has launched a new Installed Physical Secondary Barrier for all commercial aircraft operating under Part 121 rules in the USA. The mandate, due to go into practice in August 2025, is ...