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The Ten Best Science Books of 2025

In 2025, our science reporters followed the first confirmed glimpse of a colossal squid and a rare look at dinosaur blood ...
There are many brilliant British sci-fi series available for streaming, but unfortunately, nobody talks about them.
Thirteen researchers for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and two affiliates of the Tri-Cities lab have been named to a ...
Andy Weir talks about his work on the upcoming movie version of Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, a computer programmer turned novelist, packs his books with real science. He brought that attention to ...
History is full of scientific ideas that sounded absurd, offended common sense, or clashed with powerful institutions, only ...
In the December diary, I am highlighting books and exhibitions exploring themes of national art – both British and Sudanese.
War on Science takes aim at science’s global culture wars. Edited by controversial physicist Lawrence Krauss, it argues ...
“Our findings expand the evidence that prebiotic organic molecules can form within primitive accreting planetary bodies and ...
A new study has reconstructed anacondas that lived in what’s now Venezuela 12 million years ago. The fossil vertebrae reveal ...
"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...
Scientists are uncovering signs that Earth has been hit by powerful cosmic blasts that leave little trace on the surface yet unleash extraordinary heat and pressure.
When we think of coral reefs, we picture bright fish, clear water and colourful corals. But reefs have also shaped the planet ...