Sciences

The Climate Factors Driving Hurricane Erin

The Climate Factors Driving Hurricane Erin

NYT > Science, Aug 20, 2025 - 18:53

Global warming is changing the way storms behave.

Newly Discovered Moon Around Uranus Was Hiding Outside Its Rings

Newly Discovered Moon Around Uranus Was Hiding Outside ...

NYT > Science, Aug 20, 2025 - 12:00

The 29th moon found to be orbiting the solar system’s 7th planet is about six mi...

Onionlike Space Explosion May Be a New Type of Supernova

Onionlike Space Explosion May Be a New Type of Supernova

NYT > Science, Aug 20, 2025 - 12:00

The rare blast peeled back the inner layers of a dying star, offering clues to h...

Are Marathons and Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer?

Are Marathons and Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer?

NYT > Science, Aug 20, 2025 - 09:06

A small, preliminary study found that marathoners were much more likely to have ...

Origami Bloom Patterns Could Help Build Folding Structures in Space

Origami Bloom Patterns Could Help Build Folding Structu...

NYT > Science, Aug 19, 2025 - 19:25

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to...

These Majestic Seabirds Never Stop Pooping

These Majestic Seabirds Never Stop Pooping

NYT > Science, Aug 18, 2025 - 12:50

Streaked shearwaters keep a very regular rhythm throughout their daily foraging ...

H.H.S. Resurrects Vaccine Safety Panel Disbanded Decades Ago

H.H.S. Resurrects Vaccine Safety Panel Disbanded Decade...

NYT > Science, Aug 14, 2025 - 18:51

Anti-vaccine groups had sought the revival of the task force.

Study Finds Planet Around Trappist-1 Star Shows No Signs of Life

Study Finds Planet Around Trappist-1 Star Shows No Sign...

NYT > Science, Aug 14, 2025 - 17:55

Astronomers had hoped to observe an atmosphere on one of the seven planets known...

For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible

For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible

NYT > Science, Aug 14, 2025 - 12:05

In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tri...

Treating Chronic Pain is Hard. An Experimental Approach Shows Promise.

Treating Chronic Pain is Hard. An Experimental Approach...

NYT > Science, Aug 14, 2025 - 05:10

A guitarist in a death metal band was one of several people who found that perso...

Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Disparities

Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Dispar...

NYT > Science, Aug 13, 2025 - 16:56

In its campaign against “woke” science, the N.I.H. has closed down studies and p...

With Deep N.I.H. Cuts, Research Into Health Disparities Falters

With Deep N.I.H. Cuts, Research Into Health Disparities...

NYT > Science, Aug 13, 2025 - 11:11

In its campaign against “woke” science, the Trump administration has closed down...

Kennedy’s Next Target: the Federal Vaccine Court

Kennedy’s Next Target: the Federal Vaccine Court

NYT > Science, Aug 12, 2025 - 21:03

The system for compensating people injured by vaccines needs significant reform....

How Rick Perry Became a Fervent Advocate for the Psychedelic Ibogaine

How Rick Perry Became a Fervent Advocate for the Psyche...

NYT > Science, Aug 12, 2025 - 11:38

The former Texas governor and Trump energy secretary has now dedicated his life ...

Barry Bonds Beats Babe Ruth! Statistical Model Crowns a New ‘Greatest’ in Baseball

Barry Bonds Beats Babe Ruth! Statistical Model Crowns a...

NYT > Science, Aug 12, 2025 - 06:06

A new ranking methodology places Barry Bonds over Babe Ruth as the game’s best p...

Why Young Children May Not Get Covid Shots This Fall

Why Young Children May Not Get Covid Shots This Fall

NYT > Science, Aug 11, 2025 - 20:52

Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal officials may withdraw an endorsement for t...

Space Rock That Punched Through Roof Almost Struck Resident

Space Rock That Punched Through Roof Almost Struck Resi...

NYT > Science, Aug 11, 2025 - 13:11

Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth as part of a mysterious daytime fire...

Cannabis Poisonings Are Rising, Mostly Among Kids

Cannabis Poisonings Are Rising, Mostly Among Kids

NYT > Science, Aug 10, 2025 - 05:30

As products like weed gummies proliferate, more children and teens are suffering...

A Guide to Finding Insurance at 26

A Guide to Finding Insurance at 26

NYT > Science, Aug 9, 2025 - 05:30

It’s a difficult rite of passage for young adults without job-based insurance. H...

How to Watch the Perseids, the Strongest Meteor Shower of the Summer

How to Watch the Perseids, the Strongest Meteor Shower ...

NYT > Science, Aug 9, 2025 - 05:30

The summer’s most active shower, the Perseids, is reaching its peak Tuesday nigh...

Astronaut James Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13, Dies at 97

Astronaut James Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13, Dies at 97

NYT > Science, Aug 8, 2025 - 17:01

He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space i...

Enmeshment: When a Relationship Is Too Close

Enmeshment: When a Relationship Is Too Close

NYT > Science, Aug 8, 2025 - 12:16

If you’ve lost yourself in a relationship, it may be time to untangle your ident...

Possible Planet Spotted Around Alpha Centauri A by NASA’s James Webb Telescope

Possible Planet Spotted Around Alpha Centauri A by NASA...

NYT > Science, Aug 8, 2025 - 10:39

Astronomers found strong evidence that a gassy Jupiter-size world is orbiting Al...

Nicholas Clapp, 89, Dies; ‘Real-Life Indiana Jones’ Pursued a Lost City

Nicholas Clapp, 89, Dies; ‘Real-Life Indiana Jones’ Pur...

NYT > Science, Aug 7, 2025 - 17:52

A documentary filmmaker and amateur archaeologist, he was consumed by the desire...

NASA’s Acting Administrator Calls for a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

NASA’s Acting Administrator Calls for a Nuclear Reactor...

NYT > Science, Aug 4, 2025 - 23:23

The acceleration of nuclear development is part of the Trump administration’s ef...

Bird Flu May Be Airborne on Dairy Farms, Scientists Report

Bird Flu May Be Airborne on Dairy Farms, Scientists Report

NYT > Science, Aug 4, 2025 - 17:30

In unpublished research, researchers found live virus on equipment, in wastewate...

When Earth’s Surface Shifts, the New NISAR Satellite Will See It

When Earth’s Surface Shifts, the New NISAR Satellite Wi...

NYT > Science, Aug 4, 2025 - 10:17

NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday,...

Radioactive Wasps Found at Nuclear Site in South Carolina Could Be a ‘Red Flag,’ Expert Says

Radioactive Wasps Found at Nuclear Site in South Caroli...

NYT > Science, Aug 1, 2025 - 15:23

Four radioactive wasp nests may indicate previously undetected environmental con...

Searching for Hellbenders, North America’s Largest Salamanders, in Appalachia

Searching for Hellbenders, North America’s Largest Sala...

NYT > Science, Aug 1, 2025 - 05:07

These rare salamanders, which can grow to over two feet long, lurk in the wild r...

Mary Gaillard, Who Broke a Ceiling in Subatomic Research, Dies at 86

Mary Gaillard, Who Broke a Ceiling in Subatomic Researc...

NYT > Science, Aug 1, 2025 - 01:00

Overcoming discrimination in a mostly male preserve, she did groundbreaking work...

New Implant Offers Hope for Easing Rheumatoid Arthritis

New Implant Offers Hope for Easing Rheumatoid Arthritis

NYT > Science, Jul 31, 2025 - 17:00

The device stimulates the vagus nerve, signaling the body to tamp down the infla...

Mary K. Gaillard, 86, Physicist Who Probed the Subatomic Universe, Dies

Mary K. Gaillard, 86, Physicist Who Probed the Subatomi...

NYT > Science, Jul 31, 2025 - 15:51

Although she faced discrimination from her mostly male colleagues, she did groun...

Scientists are Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life

Scientists are Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life

NYT > Science, Jul 31, 2025 - 14:06

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that ma...

Susan Monarez Faces Daunting Challenges as C.D.C. Director

Susan Monarez Faces Daunting Challenges as C.D.C. Director

NYT > Science, Jul 30, 2025 - 18:21

The agency’s new leader must contend with reduced budgets, mass layoffs, politic...

UnitedHealth’s Profits Fall as Costs of Care Continue to Rise

UnitedHealth’s Profits Fall as Costs of Care Continue t...

NYT > Science, Jul 29, 2025 - 09:07

In the latest quarter, higher costs were felt across the company’s vast health i...

How to Watch Twin Meteor Showers Peak on the Same Night

How to Watch Twin Meteor Showers Peak on the Same Night

NYT > Science, Jul 29, 2025 - 05:37

The Southern Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids are not the best showers of t...

This Test Tells You More About Your Heart Attack Risk

This Test Tells You More About Your Heart Attack Risk

NYT > Science, Jul 27, 2025 - 20:33

Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, offering a more p...

This Test Can See a Heart Attack in Your Future

This Test Can See a Heart Attack in Your Future

NYT > Science, Jul 26, 2025 - 09:30

Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, offering a more p...

The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier Reef

The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barri...

NYT > Science, Jul 25, 2025 - 05:39

Inside a bold — and controversial — effort to cool the water around this beloved...

For 1st Time, Fires Are Biggest Threat to Forests’ Climate-Fighting Superpower

For 1st Time, Fires Are Biggest Threat to Forests’ Clim...

NYT > Science, Jul 24, 2025 - 10:09

Forests play a major role pulling planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmos...

What Happens When Your Therapist Falls Ill or Dies Unexpectedly?

What Happens When Your Therapist Falls Ill or Dies Unex...

NYT > Science, Jul 24, 2025 - 05:37

Therapists are cautious about sharing personal information. When they fall ill o...

Hints of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b Recede Even Further

Hints of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b Recede Even Further

NYT > Science, Jul 24, 2025 - 05:37

New observations fail to confirm signs of life in the atmosphere of the distant ...

E.P.A. Proposes Allowing Use of Dicamba Weedkiller on Some Crops

E.P.A. Proposes Allowing Use of Dicamba Weedkiller on S...

NYT > Science, Jul 23, 2025 - 19:53

Last year, a federal court banned some uses of the herbicide, which can drift in...

Grand Canyon Fossils Offer Clues of When Complex Life Appeared

Grand Canyon Fossils Offer Clues of When Complex Life A...

NYT > Science, Jul 23, 2025 - 14:05

Rocks gathered along the Colorado River contained evidence of a bustling communi...

Zelig Eshhar, Who Engineered Immune Cells to Fight Cancer, Dies at 84

Zelig Eshhar, Who Engineered Immune Cells to Fight Canc...

NYT > Science, Jul 23, 2025 - 11:05

He made a conceptual leap in immunotherapy by creating a hybrid T-cell, known as...

New Global Atlas Highlights Surprising Hot Spots of Fungal Biodiversity

New Global Atlas Highlights Surprising Hot Spots of Fun...

NYT > Science, Jul 23, 2025 - 11:05

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversi...

Something Like Feathers Grew on a 247-Million-Year-Old Reptile

Something Like Feathers Grew on a 247-Million-Year-Old ...

NYT > Science, Jul 23, 2025 - 11:05

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change ho...

Sarah Morlok Cotton, Quadruplet Who Knew Fame and Suffering, Dies at 95

Sarah Morlok Cotton, Quadruplet Who Knew Fame and Suffe...

NYT > Science, Jul 22, 2025 - 16:00

She was the last of four identical sisters who were a national sensation even be...

Hundreds of NASA Employees Condemn Trump Administration Cuts in Public Letter

Hundreds of NASA Employees Condemn Trump Administration...

NYT > Science, Jul 22, 2025 - 12:38

The signatories of the “Voyager Declaration” warned the space agency’s leadershi...

When Betelgeuse Explodes, It’s Going to Take Out Another Star

When Betelgeuse Explodes, It’s Going to Take Out Anothe...

NYT > Science, Jul 22, 2025 - 09:35

The tempestuous star in Orion’s shoulder has a buddy, and neither of their futur...