See Photos of the July Supermoon
Stargazers and astrophiles from Los Angeles to Istanbul rushed outdoors to see the first supermoon of the year on Monday night. It did not disappoint....
India’s Space Business Is Catching Up Fast
When it launched its first rocket in 1963, India was a poor country pursuing the world’s most cutting-edge technology. That projectile, its nose cone wheeled...
U.S. Sees First Cases of Local Malaria Transmission in Two Decades
Why It Matters: A resurgence in travel could lead to more cases. The United States eradicated malaria decades ago, but globally there were nearly 250...
A New Kind of Disaster Aid: Pay People Cash, Before Disaster Strikes
Disasters can push the world’s poorest deeper into poverty. Now aid agencies are trying something new. They’re giving small bits of cash to people just...
A Blood Test Predicts Pre-eclampsia in Pregnant Women
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test that can identify pregnant women who are at imminent risk of developing a severe form...
Michigan, a Climate Laggard, Plans to Catch Up, Fast
From toxic algal blooms in the Great Lakes to sewage pouring into Detroit basements to choking wildfire smoke that drifted south from Canada, Michigan has...
Study Finds Rise in Texas Births After Abortion Law. But Questions Remain.
For more than a year, since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, pregnant women have faced a radically altered landscape of challenges...
What the 3 Body Problem Means for Nuclear War
Isaac Newton was baffled. He was already famous for discovering how gravity holds the universe together and for using that knowledge to predict the movements...
Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved by Gavi
Why It Matters: Combining vaccines could offer longevity. Oral polio vaccines, administered in droplet form, have driven down polio cases by more than 99 percent...
Climate Change Is Common Thread for Heat and Smoke Crises
Between the dangerous heat baking Texas and the Southeast, and the wildfire smoke filling the skies throughout the Upper Midwest and into the Mid-Atlantic, people...
Swarms of Bugs Are Alarming New Yorkers Rattled by Smoky Skies
It’s been described as a plague and a sign of the end times, turning New York City into the “Bug Apple.” Insects may descend on...
Heat Wave and Wildfire Smoke Affecting Huge Portions of North America
A treacherous one-two punch of heat and fire, aggravated by the burning of oil and gas, scorched a large swath of North America on Thursday,...
Why Some Americans Buy Guns
In 2020, while many communities were under Covid lockdowns, protesters were flooding the streets and economic uncertainty and social isolation were deepening, Americans went on...
July 1: The Euclid telescope could launch to space.
A European Space Agency mission, the Euclid telescope will help scientists build a 3-D map of the universe as they study the mysteries of dark...