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Friday, February 5, 2016

Every week, we’ll bring you stories that capture the wonders of the human body, nature and the cosmos.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

In Vermont, a Soccer Team That Plays for the Planet

By Cara Buckley and Kelly Burgess

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The Vermont Green Football Club champions environmental work and draws sold-out crowds, with the help of free ice cream.

This Reviled Pest Is the Unsung Hero of Every Major City in the World

By Ben Crair

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The European wood pigeon helped me appreciate its omnipresent city cousins.

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home

By Eli Saslow and Erin Schaff

Sunday, June 22, 2025

From a lone clinic in Texas to an entire school district in North Dakota, the virus is upending daily life and revealing a deeper crisis of belief.

Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech

By Karen Zraick and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Sunday, June 22, 2025

The firms say their First Amendment rights are being violated when cities and states sue and accuse them of spreading misinformation about climate change.

War, Inflation and Now Drought Are Hitting Global Food Supplies

By Somini Sengupta

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Staples including wheat, beef and coffee are all being affected by the lack of rainfall. In some cases, prices are climbing to record highs.

People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug

By Gina Kolata

Friday, June 20, 2025

Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may not suit those with more manageable type 1 diabetes.

Insurers Pledge to Ease Controversial Prior Approvals for Medical Care

By Reed Abelson

Friday, June 20, 2025

Major companies had faced mounting pressure to stop denying or stalling authorization of coverage for treatments and prescriptions.

How Astronomers Will Deal With 60 Million Billion Bytes of Imagery

By Kenneth Chang and Irena Hwang

Friday, June 20, 2025

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like the big data-sorting exercises of contemporary genetics and particle physics.

What Is Tapping, and Can It Really Improve Mental Health?

By Christina Caron

Friday, June 20, 2025

Proponents say that manually stimulating acupressure points can ease a variety of maladies.

Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds

By Christina Kelso

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them.

Edward Anders, Who Duped Nazis and Illuminated the Cosmos, Dies at 98

By Michael S. Rosenwald

Thursday, June 19, 2025

His research unraveled mysteries about the solar system and the demise of the dinosaurs. In retirement, he turned his attention to the Holocaust.

The Universe’s Darkest Mysteries Are Coming Into Focus

By Katrina Miller and Marcos Zegers

Thursday, June 19, 2025

As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark energy and cosmic phenomena that go “bang!”

SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes Before Test

By John Yoon

Thursday, June 19, 2025

The Starship experienced a “major anomaly” before starting its 10th flight test. Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket has a mixed record of success.

Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals

By Roni Caryn Rabin

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks.

Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection

By Apoorva Mandavilli

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The drug could change the course of the AIDS epidemic. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries.

Mysterious Ancient Humans Now Have a Face

By Carl Zimmer

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull. The key? Tooth plaque.

When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere

By Carl Zimmer

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration.

Starry Skies May Guide Bogong Moths Home

By Alexa Robles-Gil

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

A new study suggests that these Australian insects may be the first invertebrates to use the night sky as a compass during migration.

Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds

By Ellen Barry

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely to have thoughts of suicide or to harm themselves.

Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’

By Apoorva Mandavilli

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Dr. Fiona Havers is influential among researchers who study immunizations. The wholesale dismissal of the agency’s scientific advisers crossed the line, she said.

Elon Musk’s A.I. Company Faces Lawsuit Over Gas-Burning Turbines

By Hiroko Tabuchi

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The company, xAI, has installed several dozen turbines in Memphis without proper permits, the group said, polluting a nearby community.

Eight Arms to Taste Your Microbiome

By Sofia Quaglia

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Scientists discovered that octopuses use their limbs to sample the microbiomes on the surfaces they touch.