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Ringing in 2026 on an Icebreaker Bound for Antarctica

Ringing in 2026 on an Icebreaker Bound for Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 3, 2026 - 17:22

Scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon welcomed 2026 with games, another time ch...

What did our photographer take to Antarctica? A lot of cables.

What did our photographer take to Antarctica? A lot of ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 3, 2026 - 17:22

The Year in Neanderthal Discoveries

The Year in Neanderthal Discoveries

NYT > Science, Jan 3, 2026 - 17:22

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty ...

Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew

Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew

NYT > Science, Jan 3, 2026 - 17:22

Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of deme...

See the First Iceberg of the Times’s Trip to Antarctica

See the First Iceberg of the Times’s Trip to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 23:50

For Antarctic veterans and novices alike, the first sighting of an iceberg on an...

Leaving London: Step one in a long commute to the bottom of the Earth.

Leaving London: Step one in a long commute to the botto...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 23:50

Why scientists are studying the Thwaites glacier.

Why scientists are studying the Thwaites glacier.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 23:50

Antarctica bound on a search for clues to Earth’s future.

Antarctica bound on a search for clues to Earth’s future.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 23:50

As vast, wild and beyond our comprehending as Antarctica may seem, its melting i...

Meet the Ship Taking Us to Antarctica

Meet the Ship Taking Us to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 15:51

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong gives a tour of the Araon, the South Korean i...

Leaving London: Step one in a long commute to the bottom of the Earth

Leaving London: Step one in a long commute to the botto...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 22:23

Why scientists are studying the Thwaites glacier

Why scientists are studying the Thwaites glacier

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 19:24

Raymond’s Biggest Question About the Trip

Raymond’s Biggest Question About the Trip

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 19:24

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong sets out on his journey to Antarctica and sha...

Studying the Melting Continent, if We Can Reach It

Studying the Melting Continent, if We Can Reach It

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 15:24

Times journalists are accompanying a group of scientists on an arduous, weekslon...

Space Events 2026: NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission, Summer Eclipse and More

Space Events 2026: NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission, Summ...

NYT > Space & Cosmos, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

In 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos ...

Overlooked Stories

Overlooked Stories

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

We look at some of our best stories from 2025 that Times editors thought deserve...

Scientists Are Coming to New Conclusions About Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Scientists Are Coming to New Conclusions About Antarcti...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting ...

Updates: Follow The Times on a Journey to Antarctica

Updates: Follow The Times on a Journey to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Our reporter Raymond Zhong and our photographer Chang W. Lee are joining scienti...

Bacterial Vaginosis Is No Longer Thought to Affect Only Women

Bacterial Vaginosis Is No Longer Thought to Affect Only...

NYT > Science, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Gynecologists long viewed bacterial vaginosis as solely a women’s issue — until ...

So You Have Bacterial Vaginosis. What Do You Do Now?

So You Have Bacterial Vaginosis. What Do You Do Now?

NYT > Science, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Now that the condition is known to spread sexually, there are steps you and your...

Before This Physicist Studied the Stars, He Was One

NYT > Science, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Brian Cox once toured as a keyboardist in major rock and pop bands. Now he’s a p...

Why This Glacier Worries Scientists the Most

Why This Glacier Worries Scientists the Most

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 29, 2025 - 21:52

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong describes how the fast-melting Thwaites Glaci...

What Times Reporters Are Taking to Antarctica

What Times Reporters Are Taking to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 29, 2025 - 21:23

Hundreds Sue Virginia Hospital and Executives Over Unneeded Surgeries

Hundreds Sue Virginia Hospital and Executives Over Unne...

NYT > Science, Dec 29, 2025 - 19:56

More than 500 women claimed that they had received unnecessary operations. Hospi...

What We’re Bringing to Antarctica

What We’re Bringing to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 29, 2025 - 15:54

What do a New York Times reporter and photographer pack for a two-month expediti...

How a Research Trip to Antarctica Deals With Time Zones

How a Research Trip to Antarctica Deals With Time Zones

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 29, 2025 - 14:54

The clocks aboard our icebreaker will be changed several times en route to Antar...

Two Times Journalists Join an Expedition to Antartica

Two Times Journalists Join an Expedition to Antartica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 27, 2025 - 12:25

Our journalists are joining scientists on a research ship sailing to the contine...

Antarctic bound on a search for clues to Earth’s future

Antarctic bound on a search for clues to Earth’s future

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 27, 2025 - 10:26

As vast, wild and beyond our comprehending as Antarctica may seem, its melting i...

Bound for Antarctica: A Trip to Study the Thwaites Glacier Is Underway

Bound for Antarctica: A Trip to Study the Thwaites Glac...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 27, 2025 - 10:26

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists...

What’s this trip about? Here’s an overview.

What’s this trip about? Here’s an overview.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 27, 2025 - 10:26

Why We Are Going to the Fastest-Melting Glacier

Why We Are Going to the Fastest-Melting Glacier

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 26, 2025 - 21:54

How much time does the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have left? Our reporter Ra...

What to pack for a trip to the bottom of the world.

What to pack for a trip to the bottom of the world.

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

More Rain Heading for Southern California, Heightening Flood Risk

More Rain Heading for Southern California, Heightening ...

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

More rain was forecast for the Los Angeles Area on Friday, adding to wet weather...

Journey to Antarctica Part 3

Journey to Antarctica Part 3

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 25, 2025 - 18:24

What do you pack for a two-month expedition to Antarctica? Our climate reporter ...

Who’s the Parasite Now? This Newly Discovered ‘Fairy Lantern’ Flower.

Who’s the Parasite Now? This Newly Discovered ‘Fairy La...

NYT > Science, Dec 25, 2025 - 14:56

Found in a forest outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the plant steals nutrients fro...

Journey to Antarctica Part 2

Journey to Antarctica Part 2

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

To get to the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica, flying on a helicopter over...

Frequently Asked Questions About The New York Times’s Trip to Antarctica

Frequently Asked Questions About The New York Times’s T...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 24, 2025 - 11:08

A Times reporter and photographer are joining scientists on a research expeditio...

Journey to Antarctica Part 1

Journey to Antarctica Part 1

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 23, 2025 - 21:30

Abandoning ship, negotiating fires or hitting an iceberg are all risks when trav...

How do you train for Antarctica? Go jump in a pool.

How do you train for Antarctica? Go jump in a pool.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 23, 2025 - 21:30

Democratic Governors Are Fighting Trump’s War on Wind Energy

Democratic Governors Are Fighting Trump’s War on Wind E...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 23, 2025 - 18:51

Leaders in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island are racing to s...

Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate Policies

Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 23, 2025 - 16:29

The Trump administration has aggressively pulled America away from its global ro...

In a First, a Wheelchair User Joins a Short Flight to Space

In a First, a Wheelchair User Joins a Short Flight to S...

NYT > Space & Cosmos, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

A paraplegic engineer was part of a crew that made a suborbital journey on a spa...

Why Scientists Are Performing Brain Surgery on Monarchs

Why Scientists Are Performing Brain Surgery on Monarchs

NYT > Science, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

Scientists in Texas are studying monarch butterflies to understand how they navi...

This City’s Best Winter Show Is in Its Pitch-Dark Skies

This City’s Best Winter Show Is in Its Pitch-Dark Skies

NYT > Science, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

A heritage of dark sky preservation means residents of Flagstaff welcome the sea...

Trump May Give SpaceX Some Land In A Texas Wildlife Refuge

Trump May Give SpaceX Some Land In A Texas Wildlife Refuge

NYT > Science, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

In exchange for the land in Texas, the rocket and satellite company would give t...

A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue

A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts C...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

News of the breakup of a leading science institution rippled through an annual g...

How to Watch the Ursids Winter Solstice Meteor Shower

How to Watch the Ursids Winter Solstice Meteor Shower

NYT > Science, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

The Ursids this weekend are a winter solstice light show.

Museum of the Earth and Its Fossil Collection Fight Their Own Extinction

Museum of the Earth and Its Fossil Collection Fight The...

NYT > Science, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Ins...

Hochul Repeals Rule Allowing New Customers Free Gas Hookups

Hochul Repeals Rule Allowing New Customers Free Gas Hoo...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

Gov. Kathy Hochul struck down a decades-old provision that raised gas bills for ...

The Meek Really Did Inherit the Earth, at Least Among Ants

The Meek Really Did Inherit the Earth, at Least Among Ants

NYT > Science, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

How did ants take over the world? The answer may be skin deep.

NASA Webb Telescope Discovers Lemon-Shaped Planet, the ‘Stretchiest’ Ever Seen

NASA Webb Telescope Discovers Lemon-Shaped Planet, the ...

NYT > Science, Dec 18, 2025 - 21:55

An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in ...