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New Gene-Editing Strategy Could Help Development of Treatments for Rare Diseases

New Gene-Editing Strategy Could Help Development of Tre...

NYT > Science, Nov 19, 2025 - 21:04

Instead of requiring personalized gene edits for each patient, the new approach ...

NASA Releases Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS Passing by Mars

NASA Releases Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS Passing by Mars

NYT > Science, Nov 19, 2025 - 18:49

With the government reopened, the space agency at last released pictures capture...

Clinicians Lobby for a New Way to Assess the Risk of Suicide

Clinicians Lobby for a New Way to Assess the Risk of Su...

NYT > Science, Nov 19, 2025 - 12:08

Clinicians often rely on patients to disclose thoughts of self-harm, but some ar...

Kissing Has Existed for at Least 16 Million Years, Scientists Say

Kissing Has Existed for at Least 16 Million Years, Scie...

NYT > Science, Nov 19, 2025 - 12:08

And humans are far from the only species locking lips.

A Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea

A Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea

NYT > Science, Nov 18, 2025 - 05:06

Scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring...

Parasitic Queen: Now She’s Stealing an Ant Fief

Parasitic Queen: Now She’s Stealing an Ant Fief

NYT > Science, Nov 17, 2025 - 13:24

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tr...

Video Reveals How Far Wolves Will Go to Steal a Meal

Video Reveals How Far Wolves Will Go to Steal a Meal

NYT > Science, Nov 17, 2025 - 13:24

After a wolf dragged a crab trap out of water to get a snack, some scientists sa...

Hochul Urged to Ban Horseshoe Crab Fishing

Hochul Urged to Ban Horseshoe Crab Fishing

NYT > Science, Nov 17, 2025 - 13:24

Supporters of the legislation argue it would protect a declining horseshoe crab ...

Wheelchair? Hearing Aids? Yes. ‘Disabled’? No Way.

Wheelchair? Hearing Aids? Yes. ‘Disabled’? No Way.

NYT > Science, Nov 15, 2025 - 13:35

Many older Americans shun an identity that could bring helpful accommodations, i...

Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs

Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Bi...

NYT > Science, Nov 14, 2025 - 17:54

Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler...

RFK Jr. Walks a Tightrope on Trump Deal for Obesity Drugs

RFK Jr. Walks a Tightrope on Trump Deal for Obesity Drugs

NYT > Science, Nov 14, 2025 - 12:26

The weight loss medicines are proving to be a test case for Robert F. Kennedy Jr...

How to Watch the Leonids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak

How to Watch the Leonids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak

NYT > Science, Nov 14, 2025 - 12:26

The moon is far from full this weekend, which could mean good fireball viewing f...

Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81

Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill,...

NYT > Science, Nov 14, 2025 - 10:07

An advocate for women’s reproductive health, she started one of the world’s smal...

The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse

The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse

NYT > Science, Nov 13, 2025 - 17:35

The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian e...

Blue Origin Lands Booster After Rocket Launch and Matches SpaceX’s Feat

Blue Origin Lands Booster After Rocket Launch and Match...

NYT > Science, Nov 13, 2025 - 17:35

The lower half of the New Glenn rocket set down on a platform in the Atlantic Oc...

Infant Formula Company Tied to Botulism Outbreak Had Known Problems

Infant Formula Company Tied to Botulism Outbreak Had Kn...

NYT > Science, Nov 13, 2025 - 17:35

A Pennsylvania plant run by the company, ByHeart, was shut down this year after ...

Northern Lights Bring Dazzling Views to Northeast U.S. and Across Canada, With More Possible Tonight

Northern Lights Bring Dazzling Views to Northeast U.S. ...

NYT > Science, Nov 12, 2025 - 14:00

After a colorful display overnight, the northern U.S., parts of Canada and Brita...

Northern Lights Dazzle in U.S. Skies as Far South as Alabama

Northern Lights Dazzle in U.S. Skies as Far South as Al...

NYT > Science, Nov 12, 2025 - 10:25

The night skies across the United States lit up as fast-moving charged particles...

F.D.A. Names Agency Veteran to Run Drug Division

F.D.A. Names Agency Veteran to Run Drug Division

NYT > Science, Nov 11, 2025 - 18:50

Dr. Richard Pazdur, who has been the F.D.A.’s top cancer drug regulator, represe...

Nolan Williams, Who Stimulated the Brain to Treat Depression, Dies at 43

Nolan Williams, Who Stimulated the Brain to Treat Depre...

NYT > Science, Nov 11, 2025 - 15:34

A neuroscientist, he employed a battery of high-tech tools in devising a fast-ac...

The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’

The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’

NYT > Science, Nov 11, 2025 - 06:37

Diagnosed with A.L.S., they traded stories, drank tequila and made grim jokes at...

For Parents of Children With Autism, There Are No Easy Answers

For Parents of Children With Autism, There Are No Easy ...

NYT > Science, Nov 11, 2025 - 06:37

Two reporters wanted to witness firsthand how doctors and families navigate mixe...

The DNA Helix Changed How We Thought About Ourselves

The DNA Helix Changed How We Thought About Ourselves

NYT > Science, Nov 8, 2025 - 11:00

“The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859...

Robert H. Bartlett, Father of Innovative Life-Support System, Dies at 86

Robert H. Bartlett, Father of Innovative Life-Support S...

NYT > Science, Nov 8, 2025 - 11:00

He developed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, a treatment that can ...

Everyone’s Asking How Comet 3I/ATLAS Got to Our Solar System

Everyone’s Asking How Comet 3I/ATLAS Got to Our Solar S...

NYT > Science, Nov 8, 2025 - 07:07

Scientists who study comets are struggling to keep up with popular speculation t...

Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before

Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any S...

NYT > Science, Nov 8, 2025 - 07:07

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular ...

James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97

James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA,...

NYT > Science, Nov 7, 2025 - 18:52

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of t...

What Trump’s New Drug Pricing Deal Means for People With Obesity

What Trump’s New Drug Pricing Deal Means for People Wit...

NYT > Science, Nov 6, 2025 - 19:04

The president’s agreement with drug companies involves a range of prices, depend...

Past Arctic Sea Ice Levels Recreated by Traces of Cosmic Dust

Past Arctic Sea Ice Levels Recreated by Traces of Cosmi...

NYT > Science, Nov 6, 2025 - 15:31

Extraterrestrial particles found at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean could unlock ...

Big Food’s Fight Against Kennedy Is Heating Up

Big Food’s Fight Against Kennedy Is Heating Up

NYT > Science, Nov 6, 2025 - 06:32

A new industry group wants to set aside the piecemeal state-by-state approach im...

Trump Again Names Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA After Pulling His Nomination

Trump Again Names Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA After Pul...

NYT > Science, Nov 6, 2025 - 02:04

The nomination of the billionaire entrepreneur, private astronaut and Elon Musk ...

Radiation May Be Unnecessary for Many Breast Cancer Patients

Radiation May Be Unnecessary for Many Breast Cancer Pat...

NYT > Science, Nov 5, 2025 - 21:03

Doctors have already begun reducing radiation treatment for women at low risk of...

Tom Brady Says He Cloned His Dog. Cue the Critics.

Tom Brady Says He Cloned His Dog. Cue the Critics.

NYT > Science, Nov 5, 2025 - 10:31

Mr. Brady became the latest celebrity to try to preserve a pet’s genetics, a mov...

Tom Brady Says He Cloned His Dog

Tom Brady Says He Cloned His Dog

NYT > Science, Nov 4, 2025 - 23:03

Mr. Brady became the latest celebrity to try to preserve a pet’s genetics, a mov...

In Search of the Simpsonville Massacre

In Search of the Simpsonville Massacre

NYT > Science, Nov 4, 2025 - 04:03

In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and kill...

Moon Duchin on the Math of Gerrymandering

Moon Duchin on the Math of Gerrymandering

NYT > Science, Nov 3, 2025 - 06:32

Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex.

What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain

What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain

NYT > Science, Nov 1, 2025 - 13:05

Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain polluta...

This Genetically Engineered Fungus Could Help Fix Your Mosquito Problem

This Genetically Engineered Fungus Could Help Fix Your ...

NYT > Science, Nov 1, 2025 - 08:11

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t r...

Volunteers Work for NOAA to Ensure Hurricane Data Is Collected

Volunteers Work for NOAA to Ensure Hurricane Data Is Co...

NYT > Science, Oct 30, 2025 - 16:30

Staffing cuts and a federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ abili...

R.F.K. Jr. Adviser Calley Means Has Left the White House

R.F.K. Jr. Adviser Calley Means Has Left the White House

NYT > Science, Oct 30, 2025 - 11:39

Mr. Means quietly departed his federal role about a month ago. His sister has be...

The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked

The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked

NYT > Science, Oct 30, 2025 - 11:39

Did certain small tyrannosaur fossils belong to “teen rex” or another species? N...

Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glowing Green Bats?

Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glo...

NYT > Science, Oct 30, 2025 - 05:35

Six species of North American bats emit a glow at almost identical wavelengths, ...

F.D.A. Moves to Speed Approvals for Cheaper Copycat Drugs

F.D.A. Moves to Speed Approvals for Cheaper Copycat Drugs

NYT > Science, Oct 29, 2025 - 17:52

The agency announced moves to cut regulatory obstacles for the makers of biosimi...

Why Spiders Are the Ultimate Interior Decorators

Why Spiders Are the Ultimate Interior Decorators

NYT > Science, Oct 29, 2025 - 16:02

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known ...

Life Lessons from (Very Old) Bowhead Whales

Life Lessons from (Very Old) Bowhead Whales

NYT > Science, Oct 29, 2025 - 13:37

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extr...

Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive — With Side Effects

Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive — Wit...

NYT > Science, Oct 28, 2025 - 15:12

There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won’t cove...

Radiation Fears Bring MAHA and MAGA Movements Into Conflict

Radiation Fears Bring MAHA and MAGA Movements Into Conf...

NYT > Science, Oct 28, 2025 - 06:36

The Trump administration is considering tighter safety rules on the weak radiati...

Pig Kidney Removed From Transplant Patient After Nine Months

Pig Kidney Removed From Transplant Patient After Nine M...

NYT > Science, Oct 27, 2025 - 17:07

Tim Andrews, 67, lived with a genetically modified organ longer than any other r...

Vaccine Skepticism Comes Come for Pet Owners

Vaccine Skepticism Comes Come for Pet Owners

NYT > Science, Oct 27, 2025 - 11:39

Anti-vaccine sentiment is spilling over into veterinary medicine, making some ow...

What To Know About Vaccinating Your Dog or Cat

What To Know About Vaccinating Your Dog or Cat

NYT > Science, Oct 27, 2025 - 11:39

Vaccine hesitancy is on the rise among pet owners. Here are answers to some comm...