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Heart Association Revives Theory That Light Drinking May Be Good for You

Heart Association Revives Theory That Light Drinking Ma...

NYT > Science, Dec 16, 2025 - 14:23

The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the ...

How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak

How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak

NYT > Science, Dec 15, 2025 - 17:02

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experim...

A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia

A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ i...

NYT > Science, Dec 15, 2025 - 06:06

Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative mixed into fentanyl, has sent thousands to h...

MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.

MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 13, 2025 - 17:26

A split is emerging within Trump’s base as health activists accuse Mr. Zeldin of...

Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in the Race to Harness It.

Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in t...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 13, 2025 - 05:10

Beijing is pouring vast resources into fusion research, while the U.S. wants pri...

Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit

Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of...

NYT > Science, Dec 12, 2025 - 07:57

Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks ...

This Squid Is Playing Peekaboo at the Bottom of the Ocean

This Squid Is Playing Peekaboo at the Bottom of the Ocean

NYT > Science, Dec 12, 2025 - 07:57

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe...

How to Watch the Geminids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak

How to Watch the Geminids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak

NYT > Science, Dec 12, 2025 - 07:57

The moon will be about one-third full as one of the year’s last meteor showers b...

Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants

Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resili...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 11, 2025 - 19:24

A Thursday ruling said the Trump administration cannot eliminate the Building Re...

New Eli Lilly Drug Retatrutide Brought Major Weight Loss in Trial

New Eli Lilly Drug Retatrutide Brought Major Weight Los...

NYT > Science, Dec 11, 2025 - 17:31

The maker of Zepbound reported results from a study of retatrutide, which target...

A Hot Plant’s Irresistible Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It

A Hot Plant’s Irresistible Signal Makes Beetles Pollina...

NYT > Science, Dec 11, 2025 - 17:31

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared.

100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise

100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rive...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 11, 2025 - 15:34

Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous regi...

A Hot Plant’s Mysterious Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It

A Hot Plant’s Mysterious Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It

NYT > Science, Dec 11, 2025 - 15:34

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared.

How Long Should You Take Antidepressants?

How Long Should You Take Antidepressants?

NYT > Science, Dec 11, 2025 - 07:38

Clinical guidelines are vague, so we asked psychiatrists what to consider when d...

A Surrogacy Firm Told Parents-to-Be Their Money Was Safe. Suddenly, It Vanished.

A Surrogacy Firm Told Parents-to-Be Their Money Was Saf...

NYT > Science, Dec 10, 2025 - 17:27

Surro Connections held itself out as a reliable business. Now, clients have lost...

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reasse...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 10, 2025 - 15:10

A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, u...

How Can I Stop My Wife From Badgering Our Friends About Climate Change?

How Can I Stop My Wife From Badgering Our Friends About...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 10, 2025 - 10:36

A reader’s wife is angry about what she sees as insufficient commitment to the c...

Not All Drilling in Texas Is About Oil

Not All Drilling in Texas Is About Oil

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 9, 2025 - 22:03

The state has become a hub of innovation for creating electricity using geotherm...

A Rare Bright Spot for U.S. Solar: Subscriptions

A Rare Bright Spot for U.S. Solar: Subscriptions

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 9, 2025 - 15:34

The solar company Sunrun has managed to thrive despite President Trump’s crackdo...

Why Some Doctors Say There Are Cancers That Shouldn’t Be Treated

Why Some Doctors Say There Are Cancers That Shouldn’t B...

NYT > Science, Dec 8, 2025 - 16:55

Statistics show a clear spike in eight cancers in younger people, but that has b...

California Discourages Wild Mushroom Foraging After Fatal Outbreak

California Discourages Wild Mushroom Foraging After Fat...

NYT > Science, Dec 8, 2025 - 14:41

Officials said one person was killed and 20 others were poisoned after eating de...

Cancer Is Surging, Bringing a Debate About Whether to Look for It

Cancer Is Surging, Bringing a Debate About Whether to L...

NYT > Science, Dec 8, 2025 - 12:21

Statistics show a clear spike in eight cancers, but some experts say that many c...

Hamilton O. Smith, Who Made a Biotech Breakthrough, Is Dead at 94

Hamilton O. Smith, Who Made a Biotech Breakthrough, Is ...

NYT > Science, Dec 5, 2025 - 18:56

A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork f...

Shigeru Ban: How Architects Can Respond to Natural Disasters

Shigeru Ban: How Architects Can Respond to Natural Disa...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 5, 2025 - 11:41

Architects are uniquely positioned to help people displaced by natural disasters.

An Alaskan Village Confronts Its Changing Climate: Rebuild or Relocate?

An Alaskan Village Confronts Its Changing Climate: Rebu...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 5, 2025 - 05:38

After a devastating storm, the people who fled a remote coastal village face an ...

When a Murder Hornet Becomes a Tasty Meal

When a Murder Hornet Becomes a Tasty Meal

NYT > Science, Dec 4, 2025 - 01:05

A researcher found that a Japanese pond frog is impervious to the stings of the ...

Sterile Neutrino Prediction Muddled by Latest Experiments

Sterile Neutrino Prediction Muddled by Latest Experiments

NYT > Science, Dec 3, 2025 - 12:36

Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutri...

Canada Turns to the World’s Polar Bear Capital to Defend its Arctic

Canada Turns to the World’s Polar Bear Capital to Defen...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 3, 2025 - 06:18

The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastr...

What Is ‘Masking,’ and Is It Harmful?

What Is ‘Masking,’ and Is It Harmful?

NYT > Science, Dec 3, 2025 - 06:18

“Masking” is part of life, especially for those with autism or A.D.H.D. But hidi...

At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo

At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust P...

NYT > Science, Dec 2, 2025 - 23:40

With the help of A.I., a historian has identified the killer in a 1941 image tha...

Could Weight Loss Drugs Turn Fat Cats Into Svelte Ozempets?

Could Weight Loss Drugs Turn Fat Cats Into Svelte Ozemp...

NYT > Science, Dec 2, 2025 - 05:21

GLP-1 drugs for pets could be the next frontier for the blockbuster weight loss ...

Solving the Home Care Quandary

Solving the Home Care Quandary

NYT > Science, Dec 2, 2025 - 03:09

Paid home care is buckling under the surging demands of an aging population. But...

It’s No Dodo, But This Newly Discovered Bird Could Share the Same Fate

It’s No Dodo, But This Newly Discovered Bird Could Shar...

NYT > Science, Dec 2, 2025 - 00:38

The slaty-masked tinamou, found in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That c...

Female Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Unlocking the Male Fortress

Female Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Unlocking the Male Fort...

NYT > Science, Nov 29, 2025 - 06:31

Less than 10 percent of heart and lung surgeons in the United States are women. ...

A Different Type of Dementia is Changing What’s Known About Cognitive Decline

A Different Type of Dementia is Changing What’s Known A...

NYT > Science, Nov 28, 2025 - 15:35

On its own, LATE dementia is less severe than Alzheimer’s, but in combination, i...

The New York Neighborhoods That Best Protect Against Extreme Heat

The New York Neighborhoods That Best Protect Against Ex...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 27, 2025 - 06:07

The city’s new climate budgeting program is investing billions in keeping the ci...

To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder

To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder

NYT > Science, Nov 27, 2025 - 06:07

In a small study, pet cats greeted male owners with more vocalizations than they...

Paul Ekman, Who Linked Facial Expressions to Universal Emotions, Dies at 91

Paul Ekman, Who Linked Facial Expressions to Universal ...

NYT > Science, Nov 26, 2025 - 17:35

Often called the world’s most famous face reader, he inspired the TV show ‘Lie t...

NASA Rover Discovers Lightning on Mars

NASA Rover Discovers Lightning on Mars

NYT > Science, Nov 26, 2025 - 12:40

The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the re...

The Broken Circle

The Broken Circle

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 26, 2025 - 06:02

Farmers in Northwest China confront their drying landscape by planting trees as ...

The Tourism Slump Squeezes Navajo Nation Parks Like Monument Valley

The Tourism Slump Squeezes Navajo Nation Parks Like Mon...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 26, 2025 - 06:02

Things were looking up last year at pandemic-battered Navajo Nation parks like M...

He’s Beautiful, but He Has a Huge Blind Spot

He’s Beautiful, but He Has a Huge Blind Spot

NYT > Science, Nov 25, 2025 - 20:01

Males of two species of pheasants seem to trade attractiveness for the ability t...

Tentative Signs of Hope as the Amazon Burns

Tentative Signs of Hope as the Amazon Burns

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 25, 2025 - 15:05

This year’s U.N. climate negotiations were seen by activists as a letdown. But a...

Seal Milk Is the Cream of the Molecular Crop

Seal Milk Is the Cream of the Molecular Crop

NYT > Science, Nov 25, 2025 - 13:06

You won’t be drinking it any time soon, but the aquatic mammal’s milk is much mo...

Mapping the Brain’s Sense of What Goes On Inside the Body

Mapping the Brain’s Sense of What Goes On Inside the Body

NYT > Science, Nov 25, 2025 - 13:06

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body...

Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise Older Than the San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141

Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise Older Than the San Diego Z...

NYT > Science, Nov 25, 2025 - 13:06

Gramma, who died at the zoo on Thursday, was believed to have been born in 1884,...

Cassidy Got Pledges From RFK Jr. on Vaccines. They Haven’t Stuck.

Cassidy Got Pledges From RFK Jr. on Vaccines. They Have...

NYT > Science, Nov 24, 2025 - 17:00

Before casting a crucial vote for the health secretary, the top Senate Republica...

New Studies of Dog DNA Shed Light on Pets and People

New Studies of Dog DNA Shed Light on Pets and People

NYT > Science, Nov 24, 2025 - 17:00

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longs...

Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise at the San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141

Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise at the San Diego Zoo, Dies...

NYT > Science, Nov 24, 2025 - 17:00

She traveled through her long life at her own pace.

At the Great Lakes, Unearthing the Submerged History

At the Great Lakes, Unearthing the Submerged History

NYT > Science, Nov 24, 2025 - 14:05

Tamara Thomsen, a maritime archaeologist and diving instructor, has helped uncov...