Henry Petroski, Whose Books Decoded Engineering, Dies at 81
Henry Petroski, who demystified engineering with literary examinations of the designs and failures of large structures like buildings and bridges, as well as everyday items...
Alvin Submersible Dive Reveals Wonder and Danger of Risky Pursuits
We fell for an hour, the views out of our observation ports fading slowly to pitch darkness. That made it all the more interesting when,...
Lab-Grown Meat Approved to Sell for the First Time in the U.S.
The Agriculture Department approved the production and sale of laboratory-grown meat for the first time on Wednesday, clearing the way for two California companies to...
Is a Harmful Algae Killing Hundreds of Sea Lions in California?
The calls came in, one after the other, with reports of sea lions swaying their heads back and forth, foaming at the mouth, or slumped,...
Endangered Species Act to Be Strengthened
The Biden administration moved on Wednesday to make it easier to protect wildlife from climate disruptions and other threats, restoring protections to the Endangered Species...
New York Passes Bill to Shield Abortion Providers Sending Pills to States With Bans
The New York State Legislature gave final approval on Tuesday to legislation that provides legal protection for New York doctors to prescribe and send abortion pills...
Some Pharmacies Are Offering Unauthorized Ozempic Alternatives
When Carrie Davis found out that her health insurance wouldn’t cover Ozempic, she sought an alternate route to getting the diabetes drug, which is increasingly...
Should Medicine Still Bother With Eponyms?
Beginning in 2000, after hearing a rumor that Dr. Friedrich Wegener had ties to National Socialism, Dr. Matteson and a colleague spent years combing through...
Collective Force of Head Hits Increases Odds of CTE, Study Says
When Jeffrey Vlk played running back in high school in the 1990s and then safety in college, he took and delivered countless tackles during full-contact...
Rising Temperatures Speeding Up Himalayan Glacier Loss
New research from scientists in Nepal confirms that ice and snow in the world’s highest mountains are disappearing as a result of rising temperatures and...
Donald Triplett, ‘Case 1’ in the Study of Autism, Dies at 89
Donald Triplett, who as a child was “Case 1” in the history of autism diagnosis and as an adult became an influential case study in...
Northern India Endures Heat Wave, and a Wave of Deaths
An unusually intense heat wave has swept across northern India in the last four days, with some hospitals in the state of Uttar Pradesh recording...
Why a New Coal Plant in Bangladesh Keeps Running Out of Coal
One of the world’s newest, most contested coal-burning power plants began operation in December. By January, it had ground to a halt for a month....
Biden Says He Plans to Appoint Mandy Cohen as C.D.C. Director
Why It Matters: Dr. Cohen will oversee the C.D.C.’s response to public health crises. The appointment does not require Senate confirmation, meaning Dr. Cohen can...