Science

Environmental Internationalism Is in Its Flop Era

Every major international negotiation—over biodiversity, plastics, and climate—failed to meet its goals.

A Cloud in the Deep Sky

Day 13 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

A Clash of Titans

Day 12 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

Gazing Deeply Through Time

Day 11 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

The Glow of Hot, Young Stars

Day 10 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

A Dark and Dusty Galaxy

Day 9 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar:

A Mysterious Nebula

Day 8 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

The Clue That Tracked a Butterfly Across the Atlantic Ocean

The pollen that gloms onto the insects can help reveal their secret journeys.

A Supernova Seen Thrice

Day 7 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

A Galactic Collision

Day 6 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

Elon Musk Gets His Mini-Me at NASA

Another billionaire space enthusiast could make his way into the Trump administration.

Day 5 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

Beyond the mane

Winter Is Cooked

It’s getting not only warmer but wetter.

Day 4 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

Stormy weather

Day 3 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

Ripples from a galactic merger

Day 2 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

Inside a stellar nursery

When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk

How do you know what you’re not allowed to see?

Imagine a Drug That Feels Like Tylenol and Works Like OxyContin

New research points to a future in which pleasure and pain relief can be independently controlled.

Climate Diplomacy’s $300 Billion Failure

Climate negotiations at COP29 ended in a deal that mostly showed how far the world is from facing climate change’s real dangers.

The Cancer Gene More Men Should Test For

BRCA mutations are inextricably linked with breasts, but they can also lead to cancer in the pancreas, the prostate, and maybe more parts of the body.