E.P.A. to Tighten Limits on Mercury and Other Pollutants From Power Plants
“By presenting all of those rules at the same time to the industry,” Mr. Regan said at an oil and gas conference last year, “the...
NASA Names Diverse Astronaut Crew for Artemis II Moon Mission
HOUSTON — For the first time in more than half a century, NASA has named a crew of astronauts headed to the moon. Humans have...
Outsiders Solve Problems. Just Ask Goats.
Fair or not, goats have not earned a reputation for their problem-solving abilities. Crows and chimpanzees are better known for deftly tackling new and unusual...
Moderate Drinking Has No Health Benefits, Analysis of Decades of Research Finds
For decades, scientific studies suggested moderate drinking was better for most people’s health than not drinking at all, and could even help them live longer....
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Files for Bankruptcy
Virgin Orbit, a satellite launch company whose fortunes have sunk since one of its rockets failed to reach orbit in January, filed for bankruptcy protection...
Mass Yellowstone Hunt Kills 1,150 Bison
HELENA, Mont. — An unusually harsh winter that buried Yellowstone National Park under a heavy blanket of snow and ice this year pushed a large...
New Marburg Outbreaks in Africa Raise Alarm About the Deadly Virus’s Spread
Two concurrent outbreaks of the Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola that can kill as many as 90 percent of the people it infects,...
What to Know About Bacteria and Eye Drops
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned people to stop using “artificial tear” eye drops sold by EzriCare or Delsam Pharma, noting that...
Canada Earns a Spot Among NASA’s Artemis II Crew
The space program in Canada may not have a whopping budget, but it does have one thing that other countries don’t: a spot aboard NASA’s...
Meet the 4 Astronauts of Artemis II
NASA on Monday announced a crew of four astronauts who will head to the moon within the next two years. The crew will travel around...
April Space Events: Artemis Astronauts, a Journey to Jupiter and More
Follow our live updates of NASA’s Artemis II moon mission announcement. If you’re looking for space news in April, you won’t have to wait long....
April 3: NASA will announce the astronauts flying on Artemis II.
Humans have not flown to the moon since 1972. As early as 2024, the Artemis II mission will fly around the moon before heading back...
California Salmon Stocks Are Crashing. A Fishing Ban Looks Certain.
This week, officials are expected to shut down all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off California for 2023. Much will be canceled off neighboring Oregon,...
Drug-Resistant Bacteria Tied to Eyedrops Can Spread Person to Person
A highly drug-resistant bacteria that was linked to eyedrops imported from India and that spread from person to person in a Connecticut long-term care center...