At COP29, Britain Announces Ambitious Climate Targets
The prime minister announced more ambitious climate targets, charting a very different course from the United States, which is expected…
At COP29, Keir Starmer Announces the UK’s Ambitious Climate Targets
The prime minister announced more ambitious climate targets, charting a very different course from the United States, which is expected…
‘Devious’ New Deep Sea Slug Hid Its Identity From Scientists
It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone…
At Long Last, the Surge in S.T.I.s May Be Leveling Off
Rates of gonorrhea declined in 2023, while diagnoses of syphilis and chlamydia held roughly steady, according to new C.D.C. data.After…
This ‘Ghost’ Fish Seemed Extinct, Until It Turned Up in Unexpected Places
No one saw a Mekong giant salmon carp for 15 years, but then the species was spotted in areas of…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s FDA Wish List: Raw Milk, Stem Cells, Heavy Metals
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers on health, is taking aim at the agency’s oversight…
Biden Officials Try to Reassure COP29 Climate Talks
Negotiators at the summit in Azerbaijan fear that the return of Donald Trump will sap momentum for global climate action.Diplomats…
At the Pandemic’s Start, Americans Began Drinking More. They Still Are.
Excessive drinking persisted in the years after Covid arrived, according to a new data.Americans started drinking more as the Covid-19…
Uranus Might Have Experienced a Freak Event When Voyager 2 Visited
Our understanding of Uranus might have been all wrong for nearly 40 years.In January 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft zoomed…
Why Is COP29 Being Held in Baku, Azerbaijan?
The economy of Azerbaijan, host of COP29, relies almost entirely on the fossil fuels that are the main driver of…