Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome
More than 20 years after scientists first released a draft sequence of the human genome, the book of life has been given a long-overdue rewrite....
‘A Bit Spooky’: The New Shark Species With Bright, White Eyes
What has long, bright white eyes, swims along the deep waters off Australia and attaches its eggs to coral? A new species of shark, called...
W.H.O. Ends Mpox Global Emergency
Why It Matters: The sharp decline is a victory. The W.H.O.’s declaration is an acknowledgment that the world successfully managed an international outbreak even while...
F.D.A. Eases Ban on Blood Donations From Gay and Bisexual Men
The News The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it had formally ended the agency’s wide-ranging prohibition on blood donations from gay and...
How Hammerhead Sharks Stay Warm Will Take Your Breath Away
Hammerhead sharks like it warm, but for a good meal they’re willing to get cold. The flat-headed predators dive more than 2,600 feet from tropical...
D.O.E.’s Loan Program Has a Lot More Climate Capital to Give
The hotel ballroom was packed before breakfast as Jigar Shah took the stage at the oil and gas industry’s annual conference in Houston this spring....
Families of Those Lost to Covid Wrestle With Mixed Emotions as Emergency Ends
Shannon Cummings, 53, has tried to push forward after her husband, Larry, a college professor, died of Covid-19 in March 2020. She flew from her...
E.P.A. Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants
By 2030, the proposed standards would prevent about 1,300 premature deaths, more than 800 hospital and emergency room visits, more than 300,000 cases of asthma...
Public Health Lessons Learned From the Coronavirus Pandemic
A lot went wrong during the coronavirus pandemic as the virus tore through a polarized nation and public health leaders, policymakers and elected officials struggled...
As Emergency Ends, a Look at Covid’s U.S. Death Toll
Since the coronavirus pandemic began more than three years ago, the United States has suffered wave after wave of loss. The expiration of the federal...
Stanley Deser, Whose Ideas on Gravity Help Explain the Universe, Dies at 92
“He was understandably upset,” Dr. Duff, the British physicist, said. “I think they could have erred on the side of generosity and included Stanley as...
Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds
Despite the continuing rise in opioid overdose deaths, one of the most effective treatments for opioid addiction is still drastically underprescribed in the United States,...
In a Climate Trade-Off, Biden Backs Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Plan
The White House on Wednesday endorsed a plan by Senator Joe Manchin III to speed the approval of some fossil fuel projects in order to...
New Mammogram Advice: What to Know
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of experts that issues guidelines about preventive care, has recommended all women start routine breast cancer screening...