Sciences

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It

Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Thre...

NYT > Science, Dec 18, 2025 - 20:04

Proposed new rules would punish the hospitals by pulling all federal financing. ...

MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro Is Fatally Shot in His Brookline, Mass., Home

MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro Is Fatally Shot in His Broo...

NYT > Science, Dec 18, 2025 - 17:34

The professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, was pronounced dead at a hospital on Tuesday ...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed to Run NASA as Space Program Is in Peril

Jared Isaacman Confirmed to Run NASA as Space Program I...

NYT > Science, Dec 17, 2025 - 17:00

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire nominated twice to lead the agency, may draw som...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.