On January 13, when an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica’s immense George VI Ice Shelf, scientists in a nearby research vessel did something nobody had ever done.

Keep up with the latest breakthroughs in science and explore new areas of interest by signing up for these free email newsletters from Science News, including the newsletters featured below.

For years the idea of time travel has been brushed off as completely fictional — until now, as scientists believe that it may theoretically be possible after all. It would seem the answer may be ...

UCLA scientists have developed a molecule, PP405, that may reverse hair loss by reactivating dormant follicles. Early trials show promising results, and more testing is underway, with FDA approval ...

Discover how Trump-era policies are driving US scientists abroad, with insights on funding cuts, academic instability, and relocation trends. Learn about the growing exodus of researchers. Under ...

A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained by federal immigration officials for failing to declare frog embryos, according to her attorney who said the feds are ...

Most breakthroughs, from the basic science discoveries that reveal the causes of diseases to the development of effective treatments and cures, can take years. Real-time progress can be hard to ...

A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School was detained at Boston Logan International Airport on February 16 when she was attempting to return from a trip to Paris. Kseniia Petrova ...

Now, King County scientists say they have made a “potential breakthrough” in how to save them. Preliminary results from a recently completed study show certain soil mixes can effectively ...

The social-science research that he co-leads at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia had enough funding from a large US Department of Defense project to tide him over for two more years.

It wasn’t a balloon. Scientists had exploded a nuclear device hundreds of meters below the Nevada desert, equivalent to thousands of tons of TNT. The ensuing fireball reached pressures and ...

If arXiv were to stop functioning, scientists from every corner of the planet would suffer an immediate and profound disruption. “Everybody in math and physics uses it,” Scott Aaronson ...