Science communicators once again had their hands full in 2021. Between two and three million research articles were published this year, announcing discoveries from the microscopic to the cosmic and ...

Scientists may have spotted stars made of antimatter (SN: 6/5/21, p. 8). Finding antistars challenges a basic tenet of cosmology — that the vast majority of the universe’s antimatter, matter’s ...

In 2021, plastics recycling got a whole new vibe. At least that’s the way Bert Weckhuysen, an inorganic chemist at Utrecht University, puts it. The scientific community has known for years that ...

I entered 2020 thinking of myself as a science writer. I ended the year less sure. While the first sparks of the COVID-19 pandemic ignited at the end of 2019, I was traipsing through a hillside in ...

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Some sea slugs dump their bodies and crawl around, head only, until they generate new, parasite-free bodies. That was just one wild discovery in the animal kingdom reported in 2021 → Giant tortoises ...

As 2021 began, scientists, along with the rest of us, confronted many of the same issues that dominated 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the continued disruption of school and work.

Engineers created a new type of battery that weaves two promising battery sub-fields into a single battery. The battery uses both a solid state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode, making it a ...

Joe Spring, Bridget Alex, Riley Black, Dan Falk and Katrina Miller This year the news cycle was dominated again by stories about Covid-19, and rightly so, but other big discoveries were made ...

2021 was another trying year for Earth and its inhabitants. The pandemic has lingered on, and yet again, there were disappointing climate responses from global powers. But there’s still reason to be ...

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The coronavirus outbreak has underscored the prominent role that science news and information can play in public life, and there are signs that Americans are now paying more attention to science news.