April 19, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Science news this week includes the hints of life on a distant planet and a "useless" female organ that is anything but. | Credit: Apperson, K.D. et al., 2017; A. Smith, N. Madhusudhan (University ...

This new evidence adds a bit more to the narrative that the planet could have life on it. But we have to be careful because these are very early signs. This is a major step in the path of searching ...

On Sunday, thousands of scientists and supporters gathered in Boston's Copley Square to "stand up for science" under the Trump administration. Their signs were, predictably, quite clever.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett during House hearing slams the Trump administration and Republicans for 'implementing the most dangerous public health agenda in modern American history.' Trump: I agree with ...

The international community has a golden opportunity to start reining in the escalating, mostly ignored global burden of chronic kidney disease. The genetic bases of the seven pairs of contrasting ...

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

April 17, 2025 How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible April 17, 2025 • Imagine you’re diving into a cell. You’re paddling around in the cytoplasm, you’re climbing up a ...

leading science policy thinkers warn in a new report from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "We could for the first time have a combination of two effects, one being a ...

The Past 35 Years of Science and Technology from Our Editor Gary Stix’s Perspective Hear takeaways from 35 years at Scientific American from Gary Stix, our recently retired mind and brain editor.