2025 was a year of turmoil for many scientists — particularly in the United States, where job cuts and budget slashing have left many reeling. But it was also a year of promising advances in fields ...

2025 had its ups and downs for many people, and you might understandably be ready to leave the year in your rearview mirror. Before moving on to the future though, it's worth looking back on some of ...

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, we asked scientists, scholars, researchers, and doctors to tell us about the discoveries and developments that define this moment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research maps 55 million papers and patents to find the studies that truly changed science. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Some ...

The 2026 Breakthrough Prize winners were announced Saturday (April 18) as the red carpet opened at the annual gala in Los Angeles, a globally broadcast ceremony often dubbed the "Oscars of Science," ...

This report identifies innovative, emerging scientific advances for making the U.S. food and agricultural system more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. This report explores the availability of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next ...

New research suggests that the most formidable barrier to commercializing nanotechnology is not the science itself, but rather the way organizations manage the innovation process. While nanotechnology ...

New genetically targeted therapies promise to revolutionize treatment for heart disease, Alzheimer's and rare conditions—but ...

Most successful scientists are optimists. They have to be, since the vast majority of experiments fail. In graduate school, I remember sitting in the lab at Rockefeller University in New York at 3 a.m ...