As 2025 ends, we remember prominent individuals who called Iowa home, whether for a lifetime or a brief chapter.

"Onyx Tempest." Discovery of the Year (Gold Category Winner) - Animals. In Onyx Tempest, I wanted to capture the intensity of a Friesian skidding into a sharp turn. The backlit dust, flying mane, and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers in Germany recently accomplished a truly audacious feat ...

MINNEAPOLIS — An enormous horticulture exhibit is set to seed Dakota County with millions of visitors from around the world — in about five years. But Twin Cities suburban area leaders are already ...

How some of the world’s most precise clocks missed a very small beat. By Mike Ives and Adeel Hassan Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected ...

Many world leaders whined Saturday over the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, claiming the clandestine US mission was an unnecessary use of force — despite a legal precedent ...

This explores how alien worlds with extreme temperatures and chemistries could support silicon based organisms. It also considers how such life would change our understanding of habitability and ...

More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly through motion. That insight laid the foundation for thermodynamics, the ...

Researchers across the globe put on their sleuthing hats this year to provide answers to questions that have lingered from decades to centuries. The thought-provoking findings offer new ways of ...

The White House isn’t just the home of the sitting president of the United States—it’s also known as the people’s house, a symbol of democracy at work. Vanity Fair’s Chris Whipple took readers inside ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...