Tsung-Dao Lee, 97, Physicist Who Challenged a Law of Nature, Dies
At 31, he and a colleague won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that subatomic particles, contrary to…
Can the Higgs Boson Become a Broadway Star?
A musical about particle physics is under development, with David Henry Hwang, the playwright behind “M. Butterfly.”On a recent Friday…
Palomar Observatory Bids Farwell to its Cosmic Restaurant
If you’re about to stay up all night atop a cold mountain, to squint through an eyepiece at shimmering, impossibly…
Peter C. Theisinger, 78, Dies; Led Mars Rover Missions for NASA
He directed a team of engineers that built Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity, mobile robots that offered astonishing glimpses into the…
At a Mountain Retreat, Wine, Lamb Kebabs and Lots of Climate Talk
Azerbaijan last week convened a special meeting of climate diplomats at a remote resort. A Times reporter was there.A few…
Inside Azerbaijan, Host of COP29
In a few short months, diplomats from nearly all the world’s countries will descend on Azerbaijan, a small petrostate on…
Archaeologists Find a 2,400-Year-Old ‘Pot of Gold’ in Turkey
An ancient hoard of Persian coins offers insights into the political landscape around the time of the Peloponnesian War.It is…
Joe Engle, Groundbreaking Test Pilot and Astronaut, Dies at 91
He touched the edge of space in one aircraft, an X-15, and ventured beyond it in another, a NASA shuttle.…
How Did Roses Get Their Thorns?
There is no rose without thorns, the old saying goes. But to botanists, there is no rose with thorns: The…
Harris Will Soon Choose a V.P. Where Do Contenders Stand on Climate?
Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors, a senator concerned by extreme heat and drought, and the…