2026 has quickly become a year of both scientific accomplishments and setbacks. Still, these discoveries offer fascinating possibilities to look forward to.

Analysis Experts say the Ebola outbreak raging in Central Africa could be challenging to contain due to ongoing conflict in the region and a lack of vaccines and international aid. Landmark finding ...

Leaf through a textbook, watch a wellness influencer, or listen in at the gym, and it can feel as though the human body has already been mapped to exhaustion. Every muscle named, every nerve traced.

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 universe is far stranger and more magnificent than we ever imagined. Just when scientists think they understand the cosmos, new observations shatter old theories and reveal mind-bending phenomena ...

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

Space discoveries over the last five years have transformed how scientists understand galaxies, planets, and the origins of the universe. Advances in telescope technology, data processing, and modern ...