The 2026 Breakthrough Prize honored advances in dark matter, quantum physics, gene editing and nonlinear mathematics.

Across much of the Western United States, winter 2026 was the year the snow never came. Many ski resorts got by with snowmaking but shut down their winter operations early. Fire officials and water ...

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The sound designer behind “Project Hail Mary” and 2014’s “Godzilla” uses his background in biology to bring characters to life. Plus, researchers are investigating whether GLP-1 drugs could be used to ...

As 2026 gets underway, biotech and pharma leaders make their predictions for the hottest trends in industry this year. Consistent with the pattern of last couple of years, the focus remains on ...

For more than a decade, Olivia Ferro, 26, struggled with health issues and a medical system that couldn’t seem to figure out what was wrong with her. She gained weight and suffered excruciating ...

They showed their knowledge of biology and coding, geology and machines; they solved crimes, built hovercraft, decrypted encoded messages and classified rocks and bugs. Some 1,200 middle school and ...