Earth Is Spinning Faster, Making Some Summer Days Shorter
The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during…
How Much of Our ‘Math, Revealed’ Series Did You Retain? Try This Quiz.
“Math, Revealed,” our four-part series exploring the mathematics behind everyday objects and experiences, recently came to a smashing conclusion. One…
F.D.A. Posts Collection of Letters Outlining Concerns About New Drugs
The letters, many of which were already available online, detail why the regulators initially declined to approve some drugs. All…
Justice Dept. Demands Private Patient Info From Trans Youth Medicine Providers
Doctors and hospitals were subpoenaed for private information on gender-related care for minors, the latest move by the Trump administration…
This Jungle Plant Is a Good Landlord to Its Tenant Ants
While plants often have mutually beneficial relationships with insects, a tuber in Fiji grows separate compartments for multiple ant species.On…
James B. Maas, Guru of Slumber, Is Dead at 86
An author and a professor, he taught a popular and entertaining psychology course at Cornell that focused on the importance…
Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World
A rare mosaic death mask made of jadeite and vessels in the shapes of an owl, a monkey and coati-mundi…
Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts Are Hurting Rural, White Americans, Too
The N.I.H. has terminated hundreds of diversity grants awarded to young scientists, many of whom come from the very places…
Sonoran Desert Toads, With Their Psychedelic Powers, Appear to Be in Decline
New research suggests Sonoran Desert toads went into steep decline after stories of their mind-bending chemical properties began circulating among…
Trump Names Sean Duffy as Interim Head of NASA
President Trump had pulled the nomination of a close associate of Elon Musk to lead the agency in May. The…