The Most Beautiful Science of the Year

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets

The Thrill of Science in 2042

NASA scraps 2027 Artemis III moon landing in favor of 2028 mission

John Brockman was more than a literary agent — he was a networker and salon impresario. Was he also Jeffrey Epstein's conduit to the academy?"

Lessons From Singapore: National Service

What the ICE Crackdown and China's One-Child Policy Have in Common

"The Docket that Shall Not Be Named"

Early Exposure to Junk Food Has Brain-Altering Effects

Open Thread

On Usable Rage

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

The Year of the Starter Home

How Pioneering Physicist Lise Meitner Discovered Nuclear Fission, Paved the Way for Women in Science, and Was Denied the Nobel Prize

Welcome to the Year of Dreaming

The poorly understood science of sensation. Music can make chocolate taste bitter; rice pudding can make you cry 

Trump 2.0, Year 1: A Libertarian Nightmare

Yes, Science Has a Political Bias Problem. Here’s One Way to Fix It.

The Brain Science Behind the Munchies

Head of Haiti’s new research agency determined to ‘keep a candle burning for science’

Celebrating worm science

The Year That Could Be