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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 ...
A fault slicing across Turkey has long been a textbook example of how tectonic plates grind past one another, yet the ...
In the December diary, I am highlighting books and exhibitions exploring themes of national art – both British and Sudanese.
"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 ...
Coral reefs have long been celebrated as biodiversity hotspots—but new research shows they have also played a much deeper ...
According to a new study, Earth’s atmosphere might have been more important for the origin of life story than we gave it ...
Usually, there are three or four supermoons every year. These last three, in October, November, and now December 2025, are ...
A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...
Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of the small planet may have once supported wet oases with humid climates and ...
Host Chris Morgan speaks with environmental author Ferris Jabr about his book Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life ...