NOAA Forecasts Highly Active Hurricane Season Will Continue
This year’s hurricane season could rank among the busiest on record, according to an update from the National Oceanic and…
Ship Brings Clues in Mantle to Life’s Origins Up From Ocean’s ‘Lost City’
Scientists in an expedition to the Mid-Atlantic ocean ridge lifted almost a mile of precious rocks from beneath an exotic…
Engineered Virus Steals Proteins From H.I.V., Pointing to New Therapy
After promising results in monkeys, scientists plan to test the new treatment in a few people with H.I.V.Scientists have developed…
Sea Lions With Cameras Are Mapping Australian Ocean Floor
Daphne, Phoebe, Iris and Pasithea demonstrated how marine mammals can help scientists understand mysterious places that humans may never visit.Scientists…
NASA Says Boeing Starliner Astronauts May Fly Home on SpaceX in 2025
The agency had insisted for a couple of months that it was confident that Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore would…
After Breaking Free, World’s Largest Iceberg Is Stuck Spinning in Circles
Round and round a 1,600-square-mile iceberg goes, stuck in a vortex over an underwater mountain. When it will stop, nobody…
Heat Raises Fears of ‘Demise’ for Great Barrier Reef Within a Generation
A new study found that temperatures in the Coral Sea have reached their highest levels in at least four centuries.This…
How Glue Helps Frogs Out of Sticky Situations
You’ve heard of a “frog in your throat,” but probably not like this.On a hike through a sweaty Peruvian jungle…
E.P.A. Pulls Pesticide Dacthal From the Market Over Health Concerns
The herbicide, used widely on crops including broccoli and onions, can cause low birth weight and impaired brain development, regulators…
Tropical Storm Debby Is Dangerous Because It Is Slow and Full of Water
In its brief time this week as a hurricane, Tropical Storm Debby only reached Category 1, not enough to be…