December 22, 2025 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Behold the 10 Most Stunning Space Images of 2025 From an interstellar comet to breathtaking auroras and from brand-new rockets to iconic space telescopes, here are some of our favorite images from the cosmos in 2025 By Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea Thompson Comet…
Hang in there Wenjian Sun et al. 2025 This mouse is seemingly trying to revive its unconscious cage mate by tugging at its tongue to clear its airways. Researchers discovered that, when presented with an anaesthetised mouse, some mice act like tiny first-aiders and paw, groom and bite the unresponsive mouse, suggesting that care-giving behaviour…
December 22, 2025 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Will There Be a White Christmas This Year? It Depends on Where You Live Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? The odds of snow on the big day comes down to a mix of climate and weather, scientists explain By Andrea Thompson edited…
Artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b A. Smith/N. Mandhusudhan The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth. Those hopes soon faded when other teams failed to confirm the…
December 22, 2025 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Ancient Romans Guarding Hadrian’s Wall Were Riddled with Worms and Parasites Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner Ancient Romans in Britain were riddled with intestinal…
The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President Bill Clinton stepped onto the White House’s verdant South Lawn to speak about the possible detection of life in a…
By moving around, some cancer cells force attacking immune cells to just nibble at the edges rather than engulf them completely.
December 22, 2025 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Trump Administration Targets Offshore Wind Farms, Citing National Security Concerns The U.S. Department of the Interior announced it would “pause” leases for five large offshore wind farms, imperiling the fast-growing clean energy industry By Dan Vergano edited by Claire Cameron Pilot project turbines for…
Our successful request for Peter Kyle’s ChatGPT logs stunned observers Tada Images/Victoria Jones/Shutterstock When I fired off an email at the start of 2025, I hadn’t intended to set a legal precedent for how the UK government handles its interactions with AI chatbots, but that is exactly what happened. It all began in January when I…
Carly Kay is the Fall 2025 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
