Do Chimps Who Pee Together Stay Together?
Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important…
Trump Plans to Order U.S. Exit From World’s Main Climate Pact
The White House on Monday said that President Trump would withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the pact…
Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged
At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels…
F.A.A. Temporarily Halts Launches of Musk’s Starship After Explosion
The agency launched an investigation into the “space vehicle mishap” on Thursday night that forced commercial flights to divert and…
RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in…
Trump Picks Ex-Congressman to Manage U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
Brandon Williams served aboard a nuclear submarine and represented a New York congressional district for one term, but has said…
Readers Share Their Near-Death Experiences
In early 1988, the British neuropsychiatrist Dr. Peter Fenwick, an expert on near-death experiences, appeared in the BBC documentary “Glimpses…
Rain-Collecting Rattlesnakes Give New Meaning to ‘Thirst Trap’
A new study reveals the surprising ways rattlesnakes have evolved to collect water in the desert.You are in a desert…
A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door
Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, with the sound of an explosion included, as the space rock lands…
Biden Administration Withdraws Protections for Endangered Whales
The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with rare North Atlantic right whales.The Biden administration on…