We’re starting to learn more about how the technology can change us.

Scientists graded every river and stream in the contiguous United States, flagging specific repairs each one needs to support aquatic life.

Humans could learn from chimpanzees and bonobos. When things get tense, these apes turn to group members for hugs, touches and other physical comfort.

Season 2 follows people losing their ability to speak — and the AI and brain implants helping them find their voices again.

Last year, Lia González, Camila Isabel Gonzalez-Thompson and Anya Terón Villodas made history as the first finalists from Puerto Rico…

This past summer, several Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher JIC) alumni embarked on a variety of STEM…

Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful magnetic field that may have helped feed the growing sun.

Bite marks on a 2-million-year-old human jaw suggest leopards once hunted people as prey. People likely survived by learning to team up.

The newest “Dragon Hatchling” AI model is testing whether skipping words in intermediate reasoning could cut computational cost.

Maya Ajmera, President & CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News, sat down with Shantanu Gaur, Founder and CEO

Meats were important, too. But throughout human evolution, fruits may have fueled much of the brain growth in our primate cousins and early ancestors.

The gas giant Beta Pictoris b, about 63 light-years away, has the mass of 10 Jupiters and a magnetic field thousands of times as strong as Earth’s.

Kianoosh Nawai, an eighth grader at the West Virginia Virtual Academy, was the only West Virginia student chosen from close to 2,000 entrants from across the country for a national science competition...

Shadowy dark matter has eluded scientists for decades. The LZ experiment may have spotted one particle, called a WIMP, but more data is needed to check.

Schools try to block kids from accessing dangerous content and games online but often fall short. Parents and educators say if devices are here to stay, districts need to have more control, transparen...

Scientists are exploring new ways to regain control of overactive nervous systems including humming, tapping on the skin and cold-water immersion.

St. George: Parton gave millions of children a place to begin the journey of becoming a reader. Our responsibility is to follow through on that.

An expedition of a deep-sea trench near Australia uncovered the eerie sea spider specimens, whose glow may have been chronicled in 19th century documents.

With air and sea surface temperatures already breaking records, this year’s episode is on track to be the strongest in living memory.

Get to know your nutrients and how different foods support physical and mental health

Historic data and predictions suggest cases will rise in East Africa and southern regions, while the threat may ease in West and Central Africa.

The 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge is here! This year’s Top 300 Junior Innovators form an exceptional group…

A week-long brain mapping session can lead to lasting relief, a case series of three pain patients shows.

Lily Ma, senior at Tallahassee's Chiles High School, probed the possibility of using stem cells as a vehicle to slow or even halt the degenerative process.

Shingrix, the same vaccine that protects people from the blistering shingles rash, might also lower risk of heart disease.

For three years, classrooms participating in Science News Learning have welcomed scientists to share their research and career journeys, giving…

The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable and a source of good jobs. Critics say it’s propaganda

We’re naturally drawn to sweet foods and drinks. Scientists have designed several ways to make things taste sweet with little or no sugar.

A hexagon darkens the clouds over Saturn’s north pole. Now, astronomers have found a similarly shaped atmospheric wave at the other pole.

DEXTER --- Dexter Regional High School science teacher Alyson Saunders is one of 100 educators from across the country chosen for the Society for Science 2026-27 Advocate Program to help advance STEM ...

People exposed to low infrasound frequencies had higher levels of a stress hormone in spit and were more likely to rate music as sad.

The biggest fibromyalgia genetics study yet zeroed in on 26 genetic risk factors for the pain disorder, including one in the Huntington's disease gene.

A new generation of STEM stars—tackling air quality, renewable energy, disease risk, artificial intelligence and more—has been named to the…

These towering walls of water carry a lot of energy. Scientists are investigating what gives rise to such behemoths and their destructive power.

Clean, reliable water is essential to every community and ecosystem in the world, and protecting this vital resource is one…

Many people struggle to sleep enough at night. Surprisingly, science cannot say if adding in a nap to sleep in two blocks is healthy.

An 18-year-old California student developed a model that estimates EV battery health with a reported prediction error of just 2.36%.

Climate-friendly food choices, new poop solutions and avoiding animals collected from the wild can all help make pet ownership more sustainable.

Hibernating mice rapidly lost and regrew half of the connections in their memory centers, while key connection hubs survived.

After more than two decades teaching science at Worcester Technical High School, Jocelyn Coughlin spends the coming school year working to get more of her

Two Maricopa Unified teachers were selected for the Society for Science’s 2026-27 Advocate Program and will receive $3,000 stipends to expand student STEM research opportunities.

A recent shot of the COVID-19 vaccine doubled survival time in glioblastoma patients who had undergone tumor biopsy or surgery.