Discovery, Imagination, and the Future As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, the National Academy of Sciences ...

Explore 10 scientific discoveries scientists wish they never made, highlighting unsettling findings, ethical dilemmas, and ...

The year 2025 was huge for science. Researchers around the world made discoveries that could change how we live, work, and understand the universe. Scientists found over 128 new moons around Saturn, ...

Golden apple snails have eyes that are similar to humans’—and they can regenerate an amputated eye in just a month. Scientists uncovered a gene related to that process, laying the groundwork for more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator Given the challenges and the urgent need to protect these predators, it’s ...

The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs—the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, the development of antibiotics—and a research team including faculty at ...

The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs — the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, the development of antibiotics — and a research team including faculty at ...

In 2020, Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, CRISPR-Cas9, a method for genome editing. Often referred to as “molecular scissors,” CRISPR cuts DNA at specific locations that ...

Katalin Karikó thought the call was a joke. It was 3 a.m. on October 2, 2023. Her husband answered the phone. As someone in building maintenance, “he quite frequently gets calls for fixing this and ...

A robot named Adam was the first of its kind to do science. Adam mimicked a biologist. After coming up with questions to ask about yeast, the machine tested those questions inside a robotic laboratory ...

Science is a series of milestones, from fundamental discoveries to innovative technologies. Each one acts like a building block, supporting the next breakthrough and paving the way for future ...