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U.S. dementia cases may rise to 1 million per year by 2060 

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...

Flying cars could soon become a reality

The year is 2015. “Mad scientist” Doc Brown has just brought wide-eyed teenager Marty McFly to the...

The Los Angeles Wildfires Have Created Another Problem—Unsafe Drinking Water

In the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, many people—including city officials—described the aftermath as being like...

The King of Ozempic Is Scared as Hell

On a frigid day in Copenhagen when Erik Hageman was 2 years old, he tripped over his...

Readers react to Betelgeuse’s buddy, the 2024 Nobels and small nuclear reactor waste

It’s all relative Betelgeuse may have a sun-sized companion starthat orbits it about once every...

Enter a new era for our storied magazine

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor...

New Superconductive Materials Have Just Been Discovered

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 2024, superconductivity—the flow of electric current with...

A Glowing Metal Ring Crashed to Earth. No One Knows Where It Came From

It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a “glowing ring of metal”...

These Maps Show Just How Dry Southern California Is Right Now

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Dry conditions across Southern California in...

Los Angeles Will Remain at High Risk of Fire Into Next Week

Devastating wildfires continued to burn throughout the Los Angeles metro area on Friday, extending mandatory evacuations and...

The Brightest Comet of 2025 Is Coming. Here’s How You Can See It Shine

Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to...

2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, passing a dangerous warming threshold

It’s official: The year 2024 was indeed the hottest on record. It was also...
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