Sciences

3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older People

3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older P...

NYT > Science, Jan 17, 2026 - 18:24

Two regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise so...

Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80

Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, ...

NYT > Science, Jan 17, 2026 - 18:24

A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributo...

Artemis II Moon Mission: NASA Begins Rolling Giant Rocket to Launchpad

Artemis II Moon Mission: NASA Begins Rolling Giant Rock...

NYT > Science, Jan 17, 2026 - 18:24

The Space Launch System and Orion capsule are being transported to the launchpad...

No Link Between Acetaminophen in Pregnancy and Autism, a New Study Finds

No Link Between Acetaminophen in Pregnancy and Autism, ...

NYT > Science, Jan 16, 2026 - 19:24

The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that ac...

If the Volcanic Eruption Doesn’t Scare You, the Mudflow Should

If the Volcanic Eruption Doesn’t Scare You, the Mudflow...

NYT > Science, Jan 16, 2026 - 16:24

Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a la...

For Men, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

For Men, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

NYT > Science, Jan 16, 2026 - 16:24

Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting ...

NASA Astronauts Return to Earth After Medical Evacuation From International Space Station

NASA Astronauts Return to Earth After Medical Evacuatio...

NYT > Science, Jan 15, 2026 - 16:53

The members of Crew-11 — two American, one Russian and one Japanese — splashed d...

Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From the Space Station

Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From the Spac...

NYT > Science, Jan 15, 2026 - 16:53

Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in...

Weather Detours a Scientific Expedition to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Weather Detours a Scientific Expedition to Antarctica’s...

NYT > Science, Jan 14, 2026 - 16:53

Bad weather has postponed attempts to set up camp on the Thwaites Glacier. So re...

Toby Kiers, World Champion of Mycorrhizal Fungus

Toby Kiers, World Champion of Mycorrhizal Fungus

NYT > Science, Jan 14, 2026 - 16:53

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks abo...

A Scientific Expedition to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier Deals With Weather Hiccups

A Scientific Expedition to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacie...

NYT > Science, Jan 13, 2026 - 16:24

The clock is ticking. But low clouds have prevented helicopters from moving scie...

Medical Groups Will Try to Block Childhood Vaccine Recommendations

Medical Groups Will Try to Block Childhood Vaccine Reco...

NYT > Science, Jan 13, 2026 - 16:24

The groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, say the C.D.C.’s revis...

Bird Flu Viruses Raise Mounting Concerns Among Scientists

Bird Flu Viruses Raise Mounting Concerns Among Scientists

NYT > Science, Jan 12, 2026 - 15:23

Researchers are not just worried about the virus popping up on American farms. O...

F.D.A. Decisions on Abortion Pill Were Based on Science, New Analysis Finds

F.D.A. Decisions on Abortion Pill Were Based on Science...

NYT > Science, Jan 12, 2026 - 15:23

A study of more than 5,000 pages of agency documents on mifepristone over 12 yea...

The Scientists Making Antacids for the Sea to Help Counter Global Warming

The Scientists Making Antacids for the Sea to Help Coun...

NYT > Science, Jan 11, 2026 - 14:53

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal wou...

New Children’s Vaccine Schedule May Not Be the Last of RFK Jr.’s Big Changes

New Children’s Vaccine Schedule May Not Be the Last of ...

NYT > Science, Jan 11, 2026 - 12:54

Comments by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies suggest the revised schedule ma...

This Dinosaur Really Knew How to Get a Grip

This Dinosaur Really Knew How to Get a Grip

NYT > Science, Jan 11, 2026 - 12:54

A fossil of Manipulonyx reshetovi, found in a Mongolian desert, shows how the di...

Why This Fish Actually Needs a Hole in the Head

Why This Fish Actually Needs a Hole in the Head

NYT > Science, Jan 10, 2026 - 15:53

A cavity in the middle of the rockhead poacher’s skull might be used like a mara...

Joel Habener, Whose Research Led to Weight-Loss Drugs, Dies at 88

Joel Habener, Whose Research Led to Weight-Loss Drugs, ...

NYT > Science, Jan 9, 2026 - 16:53

His discovery of the protein fragment GLP-1 was crucial in the development of Oz...

Jerome Lowenstein, 92, Dies; Teaching Doctor With a Literary Sideline

Jerome Lowenstein, 92, Dies; Teaching Doctor With a Lit...

NYT > Science, Jan 9, 2026 - 14:24

When not guiding students in a compassionate approach to patient care, he led a ...

Scientists Discover Cloud-9, a Starless ‘Galaxy That Wasn’t’

Scientists Discover Cloud-9, a Starless ‘Galaxy That Wa...

NYT > Science, Jan 8, 2026 - 19:52

Astronomers announced the discovery of a starless cloud of hydrogen gas, a prist...

NASA May Return Early From International Space Station After Medical Issue

NASA May Return Early From International Space Station ...

NYT > Science, Jan 8, 2026 - 16:54

NASA said it canceled a spacewalk planned for Thursday after an astronaut had an...

Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers

Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers

NYT > Science, Jan 8, 2026 - 16:54

Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups lea...

The Icebreaker Araon Reaches the Thwaites Glacier

The Icebreaker Araon Reaches the Thwaites Glacier

NYT > Science, Jan 7, 2026 - 20:23

After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this...

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.