A Shark’s Sounds Are Recorded for What Is Believed to Be the First Time
Researchers in New Zealand have recorded what they believe is the first instance of a shark actively making noise.Audio of…
Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way
From ancient star streams to the innards of white dwarfs, the Gaia space telescope has seen it all.On Thursday, mission…
Measles Cases in Kansas May Be Linked to Texas Outbreak
State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide.Measles cases in Kansas more than doubled…
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Spots Auroras on Neptune for the First Time
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier…
Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services
States were told Monday that they could no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.The…
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.The Trump administration…
Masaki Kashiwara, Japanese Mathematician, Wins 2025 Abel Prize
Masaki Kashiwara received the honor, often regarded as the Nobel Prize in mathematics, for work that combined different mathematical fields…
Why These Islanders Hunt Dolphins
The call of a conch shell roused the dolphin hunters from their beds. Under moonlight, the six men shuffled to…
Living Car-Free in Arizona, on Purpose and Happily
Last year, when Andre Rouhani and Gabriela Reyes toured Culdesac Tempe, a rental development outside of Phoenix, the place looked…