Science
News and updates from the science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.
It takes forever to get drugs on the market. AI could help speed up the process.
With India’s moon landing and other recent attempts, there’s a risk of creating a cosmic junkyard.
The 15th human foot in a decade washed up in Washington State. Don’t be alarmed.
The rules of elite running say no one can start a race faster than 0.1 seconds. Scientists say that’s wrong.
The limitations of our process for defending scientific research.
After years of extreme drought, the Western US has finally caught a break. But it may be a short one.
The new science of meditation is just getting started.
FEMA’s role in the Maui wildfire response, climate-fueled disasters, and other questions answered.
Including how you can help.
A large hurricane, drought, and perhaps even invasive grasses have fueled the devastating fires in Hawaii.
No, incandescent lightbulbs aren’t banned.
Oppenheimer’s Trinity Site is where the end began.
But there are several other better studies that do.
Oceans are at record high temperatures, but El Niño is keeping a lid on tropical storms in the Atlantic.
A clinical trial suggests the drug could help people avoid the world’s leading cause of death.
A Harvard professor accused of research fraud brings a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the university and her accusers. What comes next?
This painful, mosquito-borne virus could spread even more if new innovations can’t scale.
Nature is healing.
A neuroscientist explains how history, mood, and surprise can make life feel like a slog — or go by in a blur.
Postpartum depression has long been overlooked. A new pill expands potential treatment options.
The superconductor frenzy, explained.
Neanderthals are extinct. But their molecules are back and they just might save our lives.
Scientists are reporting increasing insecticide resistance among American Culex mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus to humans.
Where biomedicine gets it wrong about primate research.
Why cases of alpha-gal syndrome are on the rise.
Tinder for these insects is actual tinder.
Wildfires can be devastating, but for some animals, they’re an opportunity.
Temperature records are falling around the world, but those records aren’t equally meaningful.
Bronny James’s heart reportedly stopped during practice. Incidents like this are rare but explainable.
The cases, identified in Florida and Texas, raise a lot of questions.
13 questions about bird flu, answered.
Raising the consequences for animal testing experiments gone wrong.
Climate risks are becoming increasingly expensive. Not just locally, but globally.
Antarctica isn’t immune to the recent heat baking much of the planet. It could affect the rest of the world.
“We’re steadily marching toward an uninsurable future.”
Animals don’t have AC. But they have beavers.
One of them rhymes with shmimate range.
The new treatment approved by the FDA is a big deal. Can the US health system handle it?
Heat waves like those in Texas and Europe are likely to get worse on the whole, not better.