It’s been a big year for discoveries, so we thought we’d give readers one more chance to read our most popular science stories from 2025! From a new titanosaur discovered in Patagonia to the 750-year-old shoe found in a vulture nest, here are the ones readers loved most. 

—William O’Connor, Newsletter Editor 

When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what they could mean. Four years of underwater research revealed a lost world.

Today’s newsletter was edited and curated by William O'Connor and produced by Alisher Egamov. Let us know if you have suggestions and sign up here to get the Photo of the Week on Sundays.