Bats surf storm fronts, and public perception of preprints

On the trail with a truffle-hunting dog, and why we should save elderly plants and animals

Top online stories of the year, and revisiting digging donkeys and baby minds

Science’s Breakthrough of the Year, and psychedelic drugs, climate, and fusion technology updates

Making Latin American science visible, and advances in cooling tech

Leaf-based computer chips, and evidence that two early human ancestors coexisted

Testing whales’ hearing, and mapping clusters of extreme longevity

Resurrecting a ‘flipping ship,’ and solving the ‘bone paradox’ in ancient remains

Watching continents slowly break apart, and turbo charging robotic sniffers

The challenges of studying misinformation, and what Wikipedia can tell us about human curiosity

Paleorobotics, revisiting the landscape of fear, and a book on the future of imagination

How to deal with backsliding democracies, and balancing life as a scientist and athlete

Graphene’s journey from hype to prime time, and harvesting lithium from briny water

Scientific evidence that cats are liquids, and when ants started their fungus farms

Burying trees to lock up carbon, notorious ‘Alzheimer’s gene’ fuels hope, and a book on virtual twins

Looking for life on an icy moon, and feeling like a rat

Hail finally gets its scientific due, and busting up tumors with ultrasound

Linking long lives with smart brains, and India’s science education is leaning into its history and traditions—but at what cost?

A fungus-driven robot, counting snow crabs, and a book on climate capitalism

Saving wildlife with AI, and randomized trials go remote