FDA Approves Biogen’s Drug for Rare Form of ALS
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the first drug for a rare genetic form of the neurological disorder A.L.S., despite uncertainty about the...
Untangling Rosalind Franklin’s Role in DNA Discovery, 70 Years On
On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published a landmark paper in Nature, proposing the double helix as the long elusive structure of...
Can Africa Get Close to Vaccine Independence? Here’s What It Will Take.
Just 3 percent of all Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered in 2021 went to Africa, home to a fifth of the world’s population, according to the...
For Many Young Voters, Biden’s Support of Drilling in Alaska Casts Pall
WASHINGTON — In the past three weeks, President Biden’s administration has proposed regulations to speed the transition to electric vehicles, committed $1 billion to help...
To Display 500,000 Ants, No Simple Ant Farm Will Do
When the American Museum of Natural History’s new insectarium opens on May 4, a half-million leafcutter ants will share the title of star attraction. The...
Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story
Early in 2020, on the same day that a frightening new illness officially got the name Covid-19, a team of scientists from the United States...
¿La inteligencia puede separarse del cuerpo?
¿Qué relación hay entre la mente y el cuerpo? Es posible que la mente sea como el control de un videojuego; desplaza el cuerpo por...
Carnivorous Plants Use a Smelly Trick to Catch Their Prey
Pitcher plants supplement their diets with this one strange trick: eating flesh. Usually found growing in relatively poor soil, the plants sprout pitcher-shaped cups with...
Many States Are Trying to Restrict Gender Treatments for Adults, Too
Missouri this month became the first state in the country to severely restrict gender treatments for people of all ages, following a series of quieter...
They May Be Just Acquaintances. They’re Important to You Anyway.
Ilze Earner, 67, retired last year after 25 years of teaching at Hunter College in Manhattan. Life in rural Claverack, N.Y., had its satisfactions and...
SpaceX Was Probably Behind the Mysterious Spiral in the Alaska Sky
At first, Ronnie Cole thought the bright light in the sky over southern Alaska was an airplane. Mr. Cole, a tour guide with Alaska Photo...
For Earth Day, 7 Inspiring Reads
For the past 53 years, April 22 has been Earth Day. It started as a call for a regeneration of a polluted environment and has...
Can Intelligence Be Separated From the Body?
What is the relationship between mind and body? Maybe the mind is like a video game controller, moving the body around the world, taking it...
The Drug in ‘Tranq Dope’ Is Great for Horses but Horrific for Humans
Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache. An exam...