The agency did not complete a practice countdown for a mission that would be the first to send people
around the moon in more than 50 years.
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Experts are using high-res scanners and 3-D printers to illuminate ancient ailments and injuries.
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Warm temperatures and extremely low snowfall threaten water resources for the year.
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The New Shepard rocket from Blue Origin, which brought 92 people on trips to the edge of space, will cease
flying for at least two years as the company prioritizes NASA contracts.
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AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our
DNA are still largely a mystery.
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The unexpected sighting of a waved albatross, which was thousands of miles from its typical range, earned
it a label ornithologists reserve for the unexpected: an avian “vagrant.”
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A newly discovered raptor had a knobby bump on its head, suggesting that, like some larger dinosaurs, it
engaged in competitive head bashing.
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The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human
ancestors were making tools even earlier than archaeologists thought.
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Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the
orientation of light waves.
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Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some
countries, but drug distribution to prevent and treat them was derailed in many places in 2025 after the
U.S. cut aid.
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A long-term study of 292 families linked fathers’ parenting style to their children’s heart health years
later. To researchers’ surprise, no such link was found with mothers.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said addiction is a “spiritual disease” that calls out for the
involvement of religious organizations.
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Jenna Norton, a National Institutes of Health employee, has been an outspoken critic of the
administration’s research cuts and has been on paid leave.
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Scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable glacier, though not before
getting a glimpse at the warming waters underneath.
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The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump
administration had ordered work to stop in December.
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Researchers believe increasing use of cannabis may be contributing to a rise in new cases of schizophrenia
and related disorders at younger ages.
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Ostarine held the promise of profound medical treatments. Something unexpected happened on the way to
F.D.A. approval.
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The physician work force is aging fast, and some hospitals now require that older clinicians undergo
testing for cognitive decline. Many have resisted.
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While at the federal agency, he approved the laser device for eye surgery but later warned of its
potential to cause harm.
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A decades-long study suggested that close relationships with family members during teenage years could
lead to a rich network of friendships in adulthood.
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The researchers produced a report that was central in a Trump administration effort to stop regulating
climate pollution.
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A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout
risks are rising for millions of people.
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A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a
drill that uses hot water to punch through ice.
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New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the
consequential region.
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The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism,
includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause the disorder.
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A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to
a very old age.
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Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But
researchers say the situation may be temporary.
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For John Moscato, a land developer in Las Cruces, N.M., installing gas lines at new home sites was “an
ongoing headache.” Ditching gas saved him money.
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Bonaire, a Dutch overseas territory, deserves the same protections as Europe, the ruling said. The
decision adds to a growing body of precedent worldwide.
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The case is the latest action taken by a state with an abortion ban against providers in states that
support abortion rights.
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After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the
ice, if only the weather would let them.
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The first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years is coming up. Here’s how to see it at sites
in and around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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A robust, largely unregulated online trade in isopods could pose a serious threat to some vulnerable
species, scientists warn.
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As a Navy mathematician in the 1950s and beyond, she played an unheralded but foundational role in making
possible the global satellite-based mapping system.
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His pioneering work on the origins of cancer was later overshadowed by his contrarian views, notably his
rejection of the established theory that H.I.V. causes AIDS.
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A $20 million agency project will aid companies prospecting the sea for critical minerals.
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The military tested a new approach in Venezuela and during strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
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The lawsuit accuses the companies of raising prices by working against solar and wind power and by
downplaying the risks of climate change.
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Scientists are using radar to study damaged ice both in Antarctica and, with the help of a NASA
spacecraft, on Jupiter’s ocean moon of Europa.
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