Science
News and updates from the science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.
A wave of magnetized particles from the sun will strike Earth over the next few days and light up the skies.
More water cuts are coming as the nation’s largest reservoirs continue to dry up in the worst drought in 1,200 years.
Why it’s spreading like an STI through gay men’s sexual networks, why women are at risk — and why condoms might help.
Monkeypox is a viral disease that’s a much milder cousin of smallpox.
Some heat waves are way worse than others. We need a way to rate them.
And why even the phrase “reproductive health” might be kind of misleading.
The new climate law is more than just tax credits.
What’s in the “game changer” climate legislation nobody saw coming.
Farming often harms the environment. Biden’s inflation bill could help blunt its impact.
The climate act is also a health care act (and it does a few things on taxes, too).
The megadrought is costing us megawatts.
How a polio case in New York — and genetic evidence of under-the-radar spread — affects US risk and global eradication efforts.
Yet another downside to fossil fuel dependence.
An expert explains how the community has learned to take care of itself when governments won’t.
Scientists are measuring whale heartbeats to unravel one of biology’s biggest mysteries.
The AC is about a century old. What comes next?
Floods and droughts are devastating the United States.
We have safe, effective options — but in short supply.
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would funnel millions of dollars into saving overlooked species.
Covid-19 cases are rising again, but redesigned vaccines are on the horizon.
What shark attacks in 1916 could tell us about the midterms in 2022.
Utility disconnections during a heat wave can be deadly. They’re also preventable.
Democrats say the reason is over unrelated pending bills.
With Paxlovid rebound cases, the risk of spread is the biggest concern.
More than 2,000 species worldwide are considered lost. Could finding them avert extinctions?
Public health leaders are weighing significant trade-offs to ACAM2000, including the vaccine’s side effects.
Scientists are designing vaccines that could potentially cover all Covid-19 variants.
Russia’s war against Ukraine has ramifications for space.
Despite increased cases, public health officials’ plans seem muted, at best.
A “public health emergency of international concern” is the organization’s loudest alarm bell. Here’s what it can accomplish.
Russia’s weaponization of natural gas is putting Europe on edge — and forcing leaders to prepare for winter, now.
What Biden meant when he called climate change an emergency.
The JWST can simply see more of the universe than the Hubble Space Telescope could.
The world wasn’t built for this heat.
The extraordinary heat wave in Europe is showing what’s possible already, and what lies ahead under climate change.
A controversy over the value of deworming interventions shows the need for effective altruists to reason under uncertainty.
The omicron subvariant is tuned to evade immunity, even from previous omicron infections.
The rise of the latest subvariant, explained.
Germany’s decision to restart old coal plants rather than extend the life of its nuclear power facilities reflects a failure of environmental priorities.