Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said.
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Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions.
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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke in their first news conference since returning to Earth two weeks ago from an unexpectedly long I.S.S. stay that lasted more than nine months.
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Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.
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Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
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The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.
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Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
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After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.
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A growing body of research suggests that preventing the viral infection can help stave off cognitive decline.
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A new survey found that 11 percent of Americans said they could not pay for medication and medical treatments.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing homes.
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Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, pressed Dr. Oz on transgender care and abortion, and now says he will vote for the physician’s confirmation to become head of Medicare and Medicaid.
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The United States was a key supplier of contraceptives in many developing countries. The Trump administration has ended that support.
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The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically overhaul the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal.
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Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.
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The Eli Lilly drug caused a major drop in the blood levels of Lp(a), but further research is needed to show that it will prevent heart attacks and strokes.
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The rocket, developed by Isar Aerospace, lifted off from Norway’s Andøya Space Center and crashed about 30 seconds later. The test flight was part of efforts to make Europe a center for private satellite launches.
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The moon slipped between the Earth and the sun on Saturday, casting a shadow on our planet in parts of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Africa.
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Your average daily heart rate is a useful metric; so is your daily step count. Combining the two might be even better.
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Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
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Ranchers in Texas claim livestock was sickened by ‘forever chemicals’ in fertilizer made from sewage sludge. Now Synagro, a Goldman Sachs-backed firm, has lost a deal to manufacture there.
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If you’re on the East Coast, wake up early to try and catch the moon take a bite out of the sun on Saturday.
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The arrival of spring brings joy, and a challenge: finding solutions to increasingly erratic weather.
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As the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements.
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David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.
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The showdown catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level.
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Referring to a little-known provision, it said power plants and others could write to seek exemptions to mercury and other restrictions and that “the president will make a decision.”
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The best-selling author “got a little emotional” while talking with The Times about tuberculosis. Listen to the conversation.
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Researchers in New Zealand have made what they believe is the first recording of a shark actively making noise.
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State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide.
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Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.
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The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier telescopes or spacecraft.
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States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.
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