Science
The Planet Can’t Sustain Rapid Growth Much Longer
Economic data expert Gaya Herrington says overconsumption has brought the world...
New York City Is Sinking. It’s Far From Alone
The Big Apple is subsiding under its own weight. But other coastal cities are also...
How NASA Plans to Melt the Moon—and Build on Mars
Scientists are testing ways to construct buildings on Mars and the moon without...
New Alzheimer’s Drugs Offer Subtle Benefits—With Real Risks
Antibody treatments clear amyloid protein from patients’ brains, slowing the progression...
How to Close the Gender Health Gap
Women’s health care and outcomes have long come a poor second to those of men. But...
This Is Not an Extraterrestrial Signal. This Is Just a...
You too could be Jodie Foster as astronomers organize a practice run in communicating...
Seagrass: A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean’s...
Restoring seagrass meadows is one tool that coastal communities can use to address...
Study Offers New Twist in How the First Humans Evolved
A new genetic analysis of 290 people suggests that humans emerged at various times...
The Spiny Mouse Has Been Hiding Its Armored Tail All This...
Researchers just discovered that the spiny mouse was concealing bony plates beneath...
The Daring Robot Surgery That Saved a Man’s Life
Two doctors, separated by thousands of miles, carried out a lifesaving operation...
The Looming El Niño Could Cost the World Trillions of Dollars
Warming waters in the Pacific can trigger droughts, wildfires, and extreme rainfall...
Hippos Are in Trouble. Will ‘Endangered’ Status Save Them?
Animal welfare groups are pushing the US to restrict the import of hippo parts....
Primitive Asgard Cells Show Life on the Brink of Complexity
As researchers race to cultivate these intriguing cells from the deep seafloor,...
Axiom’s Second Flight Paves the Way for a Commercial Space...
The spaceflight sets the stage for the aging International Space Station's private...
Deal Is Reached to Keep Colorado River From Going Dry,...
The agreement on cuts, aided by a wet winter and $1.2 billion in federal payments,...
A Saber-Toothed Permian Predator From Long Before Evolution...
As an extinction crisis wiped out species at the end of the Permian Period, a predatory...
