Wild axolotls are facing extinction. That’s the bad news. But take heart: Cutie-pie axolotls bred in captivity may be able to ...

From gene therapy restoring hearing to AI-driven discoveries and Martian biosignatures, 2025 delivered science breakthroughs that sounded unreal — and permanently changed medicine, space research, and ...

As space scales into daily infrastructure, which moments in 2026 will still feel new -and which will quietly change ...

Researchers created a gas that doesn’t experience resistance or diffusion when cooled to freezing, proving it’s possible for ...

Archaeologists in Poland uncovered two massive tombs hidden within megalithic structures often referred to as “Polish pyramids,” dating back roughly 5,500 years. Built by the Funnelbeaker culture, ...

AI-driven scientific innovation accelerated in 2025 — fueling major progress in fields ranging from robotics to health care.

In this week’s edition of The Prototype we look at the biggest tech breakthroughs of 2025–and the year’s best music.

Remember when the latest tech was a pedometer that counted your steps? Those days are long gone. Now, your workout gear can analyze muscle fatigue like a team of PhDs. Wearable sensors track your ...

This report identifies innovative, emerging scientific advances for making the U.S. food and agricultural system more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. This report explores the availability of ...

If you’re scrolling through this story on a smartphone, you’re holding a product that harnesses one of the boldest investments the United States ever made into science. In 1947, researchers at Bell ...

Not every experiment leads to a breakthrough. For every headline-making innovation, there are countless smaller steps that quietly map the limits of what is possible. Every “aha” is preceded by a ...