El futuro de los telescopios gigantescos está en el Atacama
OBSERVATORIO LAS CAMPANAS, Chile — Caminar entre los domos del observatorio del desierto de Atacama es como si tu cabellera rozara las estrellas. El desierto...
China Is on Track to Become Nuclear Superpower, Ushering in New Age
WASHINGTON — On the Chinese coast, just 135 miles from Taiwan, Beijing is preparing to start a new reactor the Pentagon sees as delivering fuel...
Those Seaweed Blobs Headed for Florida? See How Big They Are.
Scientists say they spotted more than 13 million tons of Sargassum, a yellowish-brown seaweed, drifting in the Atlantic Ocean last month — a record for...
Covid May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Researchers Find
People infected with the coronavirus were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes within a year of their infection, compared with those...
Texas Judge Invalidates FDA Approval of the Abortion Pill Mifepristone
A federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary ruling invalidating the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, an unprecedented order...
FDA Authorizes Another Covid Booster Shot for People Over 65
The News The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an additional round of bivalent booster shots for adults who are 65 and over as...
Tracking the Chemicals in the East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment and Fire
When a freight train carrying more than 100,000 gallons of hazardous chemicals derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, this year, it set off a...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Soon to Announce White House Run, Sows Doubts About Vaccines
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood before the Lincoln Memorial in January 2022 and condemned the federal government’s coronavirus response by railing against totalitarianism....
This Elephant Taught Herself to Peel Bananas
Pang Pha is an elephant of discriminating taste. Offer her a yellow or green banana and she will hoover it up whole, peel and all....
New Mars Map Lets You ‘See the Whole Planet at Once’
A new global map of Mars offers a fresh perspective on the planet. The map, released earlier this month, was pieced together from 3,000 pictures...
CoolSculpting Promised to Zap Fat. For Some, It Brought Disfigurement.
Confidentiality agreements can also make patients think twice before talking about P.A.H. even with friends — let alone on social media, an important forum for...
What Happens Next in the Mifepristone Abortion Drug Case
WASHINGTON — Even as a federal appeals court said late Wednesday that it would allow the abortion pill mifepristone to remain on the market, it...
Michigan Paper Mill Fungal Infection Leaves 1 Dead and Nearly 100 Sickened
At least one person has died and nearly 100 people have gotten sick in a rare fungal outbreak at a paper mill in Michigan, the...
Europe’s Juice Mission Launches to Jupiter and Its Moons
Jupiter, king of the solar system, will be getting a new robotic visitor. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or Juice, launched on Friday morning from...