All year long, these moments captivated the public, demonstrated dangerous trends, and pushed research and innovation forward ...

In the end, we picked ten stories that covered the scope of topics we published on throughout the year, often catered to subjects our readers like to spend time with. Leaving some significant events ...

The moment you’ve produced a single numeric “estimate,” you’ve created a guess dressed in statistical clothing. As you add more estimates, your guess may become more or less respectable, but it ...

And how many of them are needed to build a house of cards? Just one — if you're willing to decorate it with decimals and call it science. A global analysis claims plastics are responsible for 13.497% ...

From amazing firsts on Mars to the impacts of climate change on Earth, these science stories stood out as the most important of 2021 Photo illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Images, ...