The 2026 Breakthrough Prize honored advances in dark matter, quantum physics, gene editing and nonlinear mathematics.

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Letter: Gillian Morriss-Kay explains why she was also a formidable advocate for women ...

Explore summer at the Saint Louis Science Center with the traveling exhibition The Blue Whale Story, OMNIMAX® films, SciFest, McDonnell Planetarium shows and hands-on STEM fun for all ages.

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, but new discoveries and fresh debate are reigniting calls to restore its ...

Paleontologists believe these early cephalopods were ‘huge, intelligent’ creatures that crushed prey with their powerful ...

Archaeologists have uncovered six previously unknown Bronze Age mines in southwestern Spain, offering a striking new clue ...

Kalhor recognized for his work developing technologies to aid understanding of how early-life biological signals influence ...