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Investigators Blame NASA and Boeing for Starliner Failures

Investigators Blame NASA and Boeing for Starliner Failures

NYT > Science, Feb 19, 2026 - 19:54

Technical and oversight problems left two astronauts aboard the International Sp...

An Antarctic Voyage

An Antarctic Voyage

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 19, 2026 - 17:26

My colleague just spent two months on a research icebreaker. It changed his pers...

Warming Climate Can Increase Avalanche Risk, Studies Show

Warming Climate Can Increase Avalanche Risk, Studies Show

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 19, 2026 - 17:26

Research has pointed to the dangers of heavier and wetter snowfall, even as the ...

How is this research funded?

How is this research funded?

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 19, 2026 - 15:56

One your most frequently asked questions, answered.

A Rare Glimpse of a Sleeper Shark in Antarctic Waters

A Rare Glimpse of a Sleeper Shark in Antarctic Waters

NYT > Science, Feb 19, 2026 - 15:56

Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands,...

On an Ambitious Antarctic Quest, One Nation Is on the Sidelines

On an Ambitious Antarctic Quest, One Nation Is on the S...

NYT > Science, Feb 19, 2026 - 15:56

None of the main research on the voyage of the Araon was funded by the U.S. Nati...

Shutdowns Don’t Usually Stop Disaster Work. FEMA Just Made It Harder.

Shutdowns Don’t Usually Stop Disaster Work. FEMA Just M...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 18, 2026 - 19:26

The agency canceled some travel to disaster sites, citing a partial government s...

Navigating Antarctic Seas? ‘Don’t Disobey the Ice.’

Navigating Antarctic Seas? ‘Don’t Disobey the Ice.’

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 18, 2026 - 16:55

Even with a sturdy ship and the help of satellite images, negotiating the frozen...

Meet the captain.

Meet the captain.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 18, 2026 - 16:55

His name is Kim Gwang-heon and he has more than 40 years of seafaring experience.

How Microbes Got Their Crawl

How Microbes Got Their Crawl

NYT > Science, Feb 18, 2026 - 16:55

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organis...

Historic Climate Rollback Makes U.S. a Global Outlier on Tailpipe Rules

Historic Climate Rollback Makes U.S. a Global Outlier ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 17, 2026 - 15:56

The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation t...

Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight

Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Po...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 17, 2026 - 15:56

A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when ...

Lake Erie’s Storm Surges Become More Extreme

Lake Erie’s Storm Surges Become More Extreme

NYT > Science, Feb 17, 2026 - 15:56

Officials are designing new ways to protect the shorelines from sudden flooding ...

Documenting a ‘Drastically Changing’ Scientific Landscape

Documenting a ‘Drastically Changing’ Scientific Landscape

NYT > Science, Feb 17, 2026 - 15:56

In the Lost Science series, scientists whose jobs or funding have been cut by th...

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 16, 2026 - 15:54

The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation t...

Three Olympic Athletes Were Just Disqualified for a Novel Reason: PFAS

Three Olympic Athletes Were Just Disqualified for a Nov...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 15, 2026 - 14:41

Their skis and snowboards tested positive for “forever chemicals,” slippery-but-...

These Unsinkable Tubes Could Help Harvest Energy From the Ocean

These Unsinkable Tubes Could Help Harvest Energy From t...

NYT > Science, Feb 15, 2026 - 14:41

Researchers developed aluminum structures that trap air bubbles, making them abl...

Alfred Blumstein, Who Transformed the Study of Crime, Dies at 95

Alfred Blumstein, Who Transformed the Study of Crime, D...

NYT > Science, Feb 14, 2026 - 21:52

An engineer by training, he used systems theory and quantitative analysis to exa...

States Miss a Big Deadline, Ending Chance for a Colorado River Water Deal

States Miss a Big Deadline, Ending Chance for a Colorad...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 14, 2026 - 15:53

After two years of negotiations, seven states failed to agree on reduced water u...

Constant Sexual Aggression Drives Female Tortoises to Walk Off Cliffs

Constant Sexual Aggression Drives Female Tortoises to W...

NYT > Science, Feb 14, 2026 - 13:54

On a remote island in North Macedonia, male Hermann’s tortoises outnumber female...

What a Times Reporter on an Antarctica Expedition Eats in a Day

What a Times Reporter on an Antarctica Expedition Eats ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 17:55

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong has spent more than a month on a South Korean...

Another Missed Deadline Casts Doubt on Colorado River Cooperation

Another Missed Deadline Casts Doubt on Colorado River C...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 17:55

After two years of negotiations, seven states are no closer to agreeing on reduc...

Floods. Smoke. Soaring Bills. Mamdani’s Climate Czar Has a Full Agenda.

Floods. Smoke. Soaring Bills. Mamdani’s Climate Czar Ha...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 15:55

Louise Yeung relishes the intricacies of policy debates and the magic of rom-com...

Meet the squad of graduate students supporting this expedition.

Meet the squad of graduate students supporting this exp...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 15:55

A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not Clear Who.

A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not...

NYT > Science, Feb 13, 2026 - 15:55

The National Science Foundation said management of the machine, used by research...

Why Living in China Is Like ‘Living in the Future’

Why Living in China Is Like ‘Living in the Future’

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

A Times correspondent talks about life in China as it outpaces the United States...

El Niño May Be Back This Summer, Bringing Drought and Floods

El Niño May Be Back This Summer, Bringing Drought and F...

NYT > Science, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

The powerful weather pattern is expected to shift into gear again around June, N...

An Elephant Is Blind Without Its Whiskers

An Elephant Is Blind Without Its Whiskers

NYT > Science, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to ...

‘Kramer/Fauci’ Revisits a Sparring Match During the AIDS Crisis

‘Kramer/Fauci’ Revisits a Sparring Match During the AID...

NYT > Science, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

At the heart of Daniel Fish’s verbatim staging of a C-SPAN segment is a complex ...

This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward.

This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating B...

NYT > Science, Feb 11, 2026 - 21:54

The unusual event, never seen before, might be a way small comets are “blown to ...

Four States Sue Administration Over Loss of Public Health Funds

Four States Sue Administration Over Loss of Public Heal...

NYT > Science, Feb 11, 2026 - 19:23

The states, all led by Democrats, claim the cuts were intended as retribution an...

‘Finding Harmony’ Documentary on King Charles Shows His Longtime Concern for Environment

‘Finding Harmony’ Documentary on King Charles Shows His...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 11, 2026 - 17:52

Environmentalism may have gone out of fashion on Wall Street and in the White Ho...

Portland Lawsuit Alleges Tear Gas Use by ICE Is a Health Threat

Portland Lawsuit Alleges Tear Gas Use by ICE Is a Healt...

NYT > Science, Feb 11, 2026 - 17:52

A novel lawsuit in Portland argues the chemicals are a health threat that have s...

Lost Soviet Luna 9 Moon Lander May Have Been Found

Lost Soviet Luna 9 Moon Lander May Have Been Found

NYT > Space & Cosmos, Feb 10, 2026 - 17:24

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first ...

Seals Are Recruited to Study the Ocean Under Antarctic Glaciers

Seals Are Recruited to Study the Ocean Under Antarctic ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 10, 2026 - 17:24

The environment is changing rapidly around the melting Thwaites Glacier. Seals c...

‘Galileo’ Musical, Starring Raúl Esparza, Will Open on Broadway

‘Galileo’ Musical, Starring Raúl Esparza, Will Open on ...

NYT > Science, Feb 10, 2026 - 17:24

The musical, called “Galileo,” will star Raúl Esparza, and is scheduled to open ...

A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’

A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears N...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 9, 2026 - 22:23

A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all gove...

The Latest Victim of a Snowless West: Dog Sledding

The Latest Victim of a Snowless West: Dog Sledding

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 9, 2026 - 17:53

Organizers of the Idaho Dog Sled Challenge said they would no longer hold a majo...

Can Mountain Lions Survive as Humans Close In? California Is Trying to Find a Way.

Can Mountain Lions Survive as Humans Close In? Californ...

NYT > Science, Feb 9, 2026 - 17:53

A giant freeway crossing for wildlife is due to open outside Los Angeles this ye...

Students had Antarctica questions. We answered them.

Students had Antarctica questions. We answered them.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 9, 2026 - 17:27

Students sent in questions about our reporter’s journey to Antarctica, covering ...

These Birds Are of Different Feathers, but They Flock Together

These Birds Are of Different Feathers, but They Flock T...

NYT > Science, Feb 9, 2026 - 17:27

Researchers and volunteers in Texas documented birds of different species preeni...

Can Mountain Lions Survive as Humans Close In?California Is Trying to Find a Way.

Can Mountain Lions Survive as Humans Close In?Californi...

NYT > Science, Feb 9, 2026 - 17:27

A giant freeway crossing for wildlife is due to open outside Los Angeles this ye...

2 to 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. But Not if It’s Decaf.

2 to 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. B...

NYT > Science, Feb 9, 2026 - 17:27

One to two cups of caffeinated tea per day helps too, researchers found after fo...

How Are Health Care Costs Affecting You?

How Are Health Care Costs Affecting You?

NYT > Science, Feb 9, 2026 - 17:27

We want to hear from readers who are trying to manage their medical bills and th...

Contentious Weedkiller Gets a Green Light, in a Blow to the MAHA Agenda

Contentious Weedkiller Gets a Green Light, in a Blow to...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

The chemical, dicamba, is used to control weeds on genetically engineered crops....

What’s Behind the Weird Weather That’s Dominated 2026

What’s Behind the Weird Weather That’s Dominated 2026

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

While iguanas were stunned by freezing cold in Florida, would-be skiers were loo...

NASA Eyes March Artemis II Launch After Hydrogen Leaks Delay Moon Mission

NASA Eyes March Artemis II Launch After Hydrogen Leaks ...

NYT > Space & Cosmos, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

The agency did not complete a practice countdown for a flight that would be the ...

At Ukraine’s Request, Starlink Denies Internet Access to Russian Troops

At Ukraine’s Request, Starlink Denies Internet Access t...

NYT > Space & Cosmos, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

It’s unclear what effect the change will have on Russia’s ability to wage war, b...

A First Look Below Antarctica’s Most Menacing Glacier

A First Look Below Antarctica’s Most Menacing Glacier

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

Scientists on the Thwaites Glacier attempted to install equipment beneath the ic...

Japan Ocean-Mining Test Successfully Hauls Up Potentially Valuable Mud

Japan Ocean-Mining Test Successfully Hauls Up Potential...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for ...