As 2025 winds to a close, let's look back on another big year in science news, both globally and here in Australia.

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

The revelation of DNA’s chemical structure made it possible to understand how it might replicate and direct the growth of ...

Knowable Magazine reports 2025 faced turmoil in U.S. science amid job cuts and budget slashes, yet saw advances in gene ...

Accurately predicting complex agronomic traits remains a major bottleneck in crop breeding. This study demonstrates how ...

The erasure of women in science also marked Canadian scientist and U of T alumnus Maud Menten’s career. Frederick Banting, ...

This separation of sexes in plants is called dioecy. One reason why dioecy may evolve is because of the negative effects that ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

A research team has found that compounds in the nucleic acids derived from food can inhibit the growth of certain cancer cells. When people eat, they ingest the nucleic acids that reside in all living ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

The Harvard Business School professor’s new book provides a roadmap on how to find courage in uncertain times.