Boeing Was This Close to Launching Astronauts
The company’s years-long effort to fly astronauts for NASA has been plagued with setbacks.
‘La Niña Really Can’t Come Soon Enough’
The climate phenomenon should cool the world. But first, we have to make it through another sweltering summer.
Sweater-Eating Moths Are an Unbeatable Enemy
They will eat much more than just your clothes.
No One Really Understands Clouds
They’re one of the greatest climate mysteries left.
Washington State Has Been Sitting on a Secret Weapon Against Climate Change
Huge swaths of wetlands have been ignored by scientists for years.
Don’t Read This If You Love Oysters
Science created summer oysters. Climate change might doom them.
Cows Have Almost Certainly Infected More Than Two People With Bird Flu
Protecting dairy workers from further spread will be crucial to containing the outbreak.
Scientists Are Very Worried About NASA’s Mars Plan
We could find hints of ancient life in Martian rocks—if we can ever bring them back to Earth.
The Bird-Flu Host We Should Worry About
Pigs have a track record of hosting flu viruses that jump to us.
Meerkats Keep Dropping Dead From Heart Failure
The genomes of meerkats could help researchers solve some puzzles in human heart disease.
A Rat Purge Saved This Island
Eliminating the rodents was all it took to revive a seabird paradise.
Giant Heaps of Plastic Are Helping Vegetables Grow
Plastic allows farmers to use less water and fertilizer. But at the end of each season, they’re left with a pile of waste.
The Study-Abroad Accent Might Be the Real Deal
Our speech patterns can change with remarkable speed—if we want them to.
Should the Hawthorn Be Saved?
These trees once proliferated wildly across eastern North America, but now they’re dying out.
Asteroids Could Fuel the Clean-Energy Transition
If companies can figure out how to mine them.
Against Sunscreen Absolutism
Moderate sun exposure can be good for you. Why won’t American experts acknowledge that?
Who Really Has Brain Worms?
A scientific inquiry
Ozempic or Bust
America has been trying to address the obesity epidemic for four decades now. So far, each new “solution” has failed to live up to its early promise.
A Fundamental Stage of Human Reproduction Is Shifting
Can humans ever break free of menopause?
Hypochondria Never Dies
The diagnosis is officially gone, but health anxiety is everywhere.
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