From fish to Phish, Science Friday has had a big year. Our staff chose their favorite stories and projects from 2025. This year got off to an exciting start as we welcomed Flora Lichtman back to ...

It’s been an uneasy year for science. While there were significant milestones, like breakthroughs in gene editing for rare diseases and novel insights into early human evolution (including fire-making ...

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If you want a great sci-fi story, 'Project Hail Mary' author Andy Weir has a few. One of them hits the list of the best ...

Packalen is an associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo. This essay is part of a First Opinion series on the future of the National Institutes of Health and American science.

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This marks the sixth time the center has received this top honor. COSI's planetarium was also recognized, placing eighth on the Best Planetarium list. Winners for the 10Best awards are determined by ...