Sciences

Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies at 98

Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies ...

NYT > Science, Oct 5, 2025 - 16:04

Hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science, she found ways to study...

Why Brittle Bones Aren’t Just a Woman’s Problem

Why Brittle Bones Aren’t Just a Woman’s Problem

NYT > Science, Oct 4, 2025 - 11:01

More men are now living long enough to develop osteoporosis. But few are aware o...

How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research

How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research

NYT > Science, Oct 4, 2025 - 05:04

Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising co...

Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures

Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures

NYT > Science, Oct 3, 2025 - 16:35

The primatologist gained scientific acclaim for her work with chimpanzees and th...

Autism, A.D.H.D., Anxiety: Can a Diagnosis Make You Better?

Autism, A.D.H.D., Anxiety: Can a Diagnosis Make You Bet...

NYT > Science, Oct 3, 2025 - 11:06

As our diagnostic categories expand to include ever milder versions of disease, ...

Can a Diagnosis Make You Better?

Can a Diagnosis Make You Better?

NYT > Science, Oct 3, 2025 - 06:11

As our diagnostic categories expand to include ever milder versions of disease, ...

Two Comets Are Moving Into Your Night Skies in October: How to Watch

Two Comets Are Moving Into Your Night Skies in October:...

NYT > Science, Oct 3, 2025 - 06:11

The comets A6 (Lemmon) and R2 (SWAN) are visitors from the chilly fringes of our...

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower...

NYT > Science, Oct 2, 2025 - 19:52

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who was on administrative leave, alleged that the Trump adm...

What a Phosphine Signal in a Brown Dwarf’s Clouds Means for the Search for Life

What a Phosphine Signal in a Brown Dwarf’s Clouds Means...

NYT > Science, Oct 2, 2025 - 15:01

The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help a...

Jane Goodall, Revered Chimpanzee Expert and Conservationist, Dies at 91

Jane Goodall, Revered Chimpanzee Expert and Conservatio...

NYT > Science, Oct 2, 2025 - 11:09

Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in ...

Edward T. Blake, 80, Dies; Forensic Expert Sparked Innocence Movement

Edward T. Blake, 80, Dies; Forensic Expert Sparked Inno...

NYT > Science, Oct 1, 2025 - 18:37

He was the first to use PCR testing on crime-scene DNA, inspiring a practice tha...

Jane Goodall Dead: Eminent Chimpanzee Expert Was 91

Jane Goodall Dead: Eminent Chimpanzee Expert Was 91

NYT > Science, Oct 1, 2025 - 16:21

Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new...

Do Vaccines Cause Autism? And Other Questions, Answered.

Do Vaccines Cause Autism? And Other Questions, Answered.

NYT > Science, Oct 1, 2025 - 11:45

It can be hard to sort through the conflicting and evolving information about va...

This Leech Had an Appetite for Something Other Than Blood

This Leech Had an Appetite for Something Other Than Blood

NYT > Science, Oct 1, 2025 - 08:38

A 437-million-year-old fossil from a deposit in Wisconsin could be the oldest sp...

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Inf...

NYT > Science, Sep 30, 2025 - 18:53

The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk...

Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing

Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food a...

NYT > Science, Sep 29, 2025 - 05:49

One year after Hurricane Helene, people in the hard-hit western region of North ...

Medical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors

Medical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors

NYT > Science, Sep 26, 2025 - 16:53

The United States depends heavily on physicians trained abroad. The Trump admini...

Louise Vincent, 49, Drug User Who Led Harm-Reduction Movement, Dies

Louise Vincent, 49, Drug User Who Led Harm-Reduction Mo...

NYT > Science, Sep 26, 2025 - 02:37

She was instrumental in helping to promote wider use of needle exchanges, naloxo...

Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence

Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence

NYT > Science, Sep 24, 2025 - 16:05

Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline p...

How Did Maria Branyas Morera, Who Was the World’s Oldest Person, Live So Long?

How Did Maria Branyas Morera, Who Was the World’s Oldes...

NYT > Science, Sep 24, 2025 - 13:05

Spanish researchers say Maria Branyas Morera won a genetic lottery. But experts ...

NASA Launches IMAP and Space Weather Missions on SpaceX Rocket

NASA Launches IMAP and Space Weather Missions on SpaceX...

NYT > Science, Sep 24, 2025 - 10:35

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are ...

NASA Launches IMAP and Space Weather Missions on SpaceX Rocket: How to Watch

NASA Launches IMAP and Space Weather Missions on SpaceX...

NYT > Science, Sep 24, 2025 - 08:14

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are ...

NASA to Launch IMAP and Space Weather Missions on SpaceX Rocket: How to Watch

NASA to Launch IMAP and Space Weather Missions on Space...

NYT > Science, Sep 24, 2025 - 05:36

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft are heading to space atop a single...

Trump Pushes Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism

Trump Pushes Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism

NYT > Science, Sep 23, 2025 - 19:23

Top U.S. health officials urged pregnant women not to use acetaminophen, the act...

F.D.A. to Relabel Leucovorin for Autism Treatment

F.D.A. to Relabel Leucovorin for Autism Treatment

NYT > Science, Sep 22, 2025 - 18:53

The F.D.A. announced Monday that it would change the drug’s label to reflect pot...

Trump Announcement Said to Focus on Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism

Trump Announcement Said to Focus on Unproven Link Betwe...

NYT > Science, Sep 22, 2025 - 17:04

A federal report on Monday is expected to point to acetaminophen, the active ing...

NASA Picks 10 New Astronauts as Focus Shifts to the Moon and Mars

NASA Picks 10 New Astronauts as Focus Shifts to the Moo...

NYT > Science, Sep 22, 2025 - 14:35

The astronaut candidates will begin two years of training before becoming eligib...

Why the U.S. Might Lose the Space Race

Why the U.S. Might Lose the Space Race

NYT > Science, Sep 20, 2025 - 05:31

The United States and China are in a new space race to the moon. Eric Lipton, an...

Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots

Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid ...

NYT > Science, Sep 19, 2025 - 21:24

The panel recommended that people consult a health professional before receiving...

Pregnant Women Should Not Use Cannabis, New Medical Guidelines Say

Pregnant Women Should Not Use Cannabis, New Medical Gui...

NYT > Science, Sep 19, 2025 - 17:57

Marijuana during pregnancy is linked to poor birth outcomes and developmental de...

A Tiny Quasi-Moon is Following Earth Around the Sun

A Tiny Quasi-Moon is Following Earth Around the Sun

NYT > Science, Sep 19, 2025 - 15:55

The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us fo...

Fired C.D.C. Director Describes Clashes With Kennedy and Turmoil at Agency

Fired C.D.C. Director Describes Clashes With Kennedy an...

NYT > Science, Sep 18, 2025 - 15:36

At a Senate health committee hearing, Dr. Susan Monarez painted a picture of Hea...

Questions Are Raised About Vaccine Panel’s Reliability as Policy Review Gets Underway

Questions Are Raised About Vaccine Panel’s Reliability ...

NYT > Science, Sep 18, 2025 - 15:36

Senator Bill Cassidy warned against any new restrictions, and insurers suggested...

Do Reptiles Have Moods, Too?

Do Reptiles Have Moods, Too?

NYT > Science, Sep 18, 2025 - 12:37

Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotio...

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee to Vote on Hepatitis B and Covid Shots

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee to Vote on Hepatitis B and ...

NYT > Science, Sep 18, 2025 - 07:07

The advisory committee, which will meet on Thursday and Friday, is expected to r...

How Did Hands Evolve? Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

How Did Hands Evolve? Look to Your Anus, a New Study Su...

NYT > Science, Sep 17, 2025 - 12:13

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older gene...

Trump Wants States to Force More Drug Users Into Rehab: What to Know

Trump Wants States to Force More Drug Users Into Rehab:...

NYT > Science, Sep 17, 2025 - 10:17

The president wants to enforce involuntary commitment laws for severe drug use. ...

‘People Are Losing Hope’: Suicide Risk Is Rife in ICE Detention Centers

‘People Are Losing Hope’: Suicide Risk Is Rife in ICE D...

NYT > Science, Sep 16, 2025 - 11:36

Immigrant detainees are not receiving proper mental health care, lawyers and adv...

Pig Organ Transplants May Pose a Dilemma for Some Jews and Muslims

Pig Organ Transplants May Pose a Dilemma for Some Jews ...

NYT > Science, Sep 16, 2025 - 11:36

The taboo against pork is deeply entrenched in both religious traditions. But th...

Patrick McGovern, the ‘Indiana Jones of Ancient Alcohol,’ Dies at 80

Patrick McGovern, the ‘Indiana Jones of Ancient Alcohol...

NYT > Science, Sep 14, 2025 - 15:26

An archaeologist, he discovered and analyzed the residue of beverages imbibed by...

Mark Norell, 68, Discoverer of Links Between Dinosaurs and Birds, Dies

Mark Norell, 68, Discoverer of Links Between Dinosaurs ...

NYT > Science, Sep 14, 2025 - 01:55

His expeditions, including many to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, yielded rare fin...

Mark Norell, Who Studied Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds, Dies at 68

Mark Norell, Who Studied Link Between Dinosaurs and Bir...

NYT > Science, Sep 13, 2025 - 15:01

His expeditions, including many to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, yielded rare dis...

Targeting Hims & Hers, F.D.A. Takes on a New Type of Drug Advertiser

Targeting Hims & Hers, F.D.A. Takes on a New Type of Dr...

NYT > Science, Sep 12, 2025 - 19:23

Regulators sent about 100 warning letters this week to drug advertisers, includi...

Building an Octopus Dictionary, One Arm Movement at a Time

Building an Octopus Dictionary, One Arm Movement at a Time

NYT > Science, Sep 11, 2025 - 11:35

Scientists set out to understand all the ways the animals use their eight append...

2025 Lasker Awards Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers

2025 Lasker Awards Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fib...

NYT > Science, Sep 11, 2025 - 09:08

Many winners of the annual Lasker Awards have gone on to win a Nobel Prize in me...

The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of Kennedy’s Agenda

The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of Kennedy’s Agenda

NYT > Science, Sep 11, 2025 - 06:44

The health secretary has begun a full-on assault against vaccines but has taken ...

NASA Rover Findings ‘Could be the Clearest Sign of Life’ on Mars

NASA Rover Findings ‘Could be the Clearest Sign of Life...

NYT > Science, Sep 10, 2025 - 13:32

The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian micro...

Happy 10th Birthday to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Now Drop Dead.

Happy 10th Birthday to the Laser Interferometer Gravita...

NYT > Science, Sep 10, 2025 - 11:35

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer ...

Was There Life on Mars? A Rock Found by NASA Keeps Getting More Interesting.

Was There Life on Mars? A Rock Found by NASA Keeps Gett...

NYT > Science, Sep 10, 2025 - 11:35

NASA is still not saying it has found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis ...

RFK Jr. Releases Childhood Health Report

RFK Jr. Releases Childhood Health Report

NYT > Science, Sep 9, 2025 - 14:11

The report, which follows a draft leaked last month, demonstrates both the ambit...