New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the ...

Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say “6-7” is “cooked” and should ...

From beginning to end, 2025 was a year of devastation for scientists in the United States. The Conversation asked researchers from a range of fields to share how the Trump administration's science ...

Scientists had a rough year in 2025. As always, experts from all disciplines arrived at some groundbreaking conclusions, a small but critical portion of which we’ve highlighted in our annual Gizmodo ...

Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say “6-7” is “cooked” and should ...

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A 68-year-old man may be facing criminal charges after he drove his pick-up truck into a 7-year-old girl riding her bicycle, killing her, in the Florida Keys Tuesday afternoon, troopers said. Around 2 ...

For all of the political chaos that American science endured in 2025, aspects of this country’s research enterprise made it through somewhat … okay. The Trump administration terminated billions of ...

Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025. But, there were also plenty of positive developments in 2025 that offer hope ...

Every January, millions of people resolve to improve their health. Many start with dramatic overhauls—cutting out entire food groups, committing to daily workouts, or vowing to reinvent their routines ...