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The Ten Best Science Books of 2025

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 ...
From fish to Phish, Science Friday has had a big year. Our staff chose their favorite Science Friday stories and projects ...
From animal rivals to Jane Goodall's last thoughts, enjoy 2025's best science documentaries, says our TV columnist Bethan ...
What were the year's top sci-fi shows? Andor and Severance are still up there, but our TV columnist Bethan Ackerley also has ...
Our writers and contributors have chosen their favourite ever science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games, board ...
Ho-hum: another August, another honor for this pair of Penn researchers whose work in mRNA tech was key to the creation of the COVID vaccines. This time, it was the big one: the 2023 Nobel Prize in ...
The National Institutes of Health is in danger of being gutted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services. Under this system, a select number of NIH scientists have ...