While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.
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Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.
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An artist imagines the flora of distant, nonexistent worlds.
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The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s predawn skies on Wednesday.
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Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
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An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs.
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A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves.
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The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial number of job reductions.
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One pet octopus suddenly became more than four dozen. They went viral. Then it all went south.
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A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions.
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Timberline Knolls, a mental health center owned by Acadia Healthcare, skimped on staff. Then came a series of tragedies.
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Nine states have set goals to conserve 30 percent of their land by 2030. Maryland got there first.
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A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation.
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Every year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs.
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Simple, affordable initiatives like rain gardens are helping to soak up water in New Orleans.
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A leading sociologist, he explored American society up close — living in a Levittown at one point — to gain insight into issues of race, class, the media and even the Yankees.
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The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply.
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For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”
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During his life, Willy Ley predicted the dawn of the Space Age with remarkable accuracy. How did his remains end up forgotten in a co-op on the Upper West Side?
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An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
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A professional skeptic, he took on hundreds of mysteries, offering rational explanations for the Loch Ness monster, the Shroud of Turin and countless hauntings.
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The White House has thrown its weight behind the lab leak theory, an idea that has divided intelligence agencies.
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The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”
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Eli Lilly reported promising results from a study of its experimental oral drug that could rival popular injections to treat obesity and diabetes.
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The shift to cleaner power needs resources from China. An export ban just cut off some supplies.
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Surges in Mennonite communities near the U.S. border may complicate containment efforts, experts say.
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Eli Lilly said clinical results of its GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs.
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Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.
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Extreme weather disasters, increasing as the planet warms, can curb blood donations while increasing demand, a new analysis found.
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The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.
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The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors scientists say are likely contributing to rising rates of the condition.
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The rulings are setbacks to Trump’s efforts to halt climate and environmental funding approved under the Biden administration.
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The devastating stimulant has been hitting Portland, Maine hard, even competing with fentanyl as the street drug of choice. Although a fentanyl overdose can be reversed with Narcan, no medicine can reverse a meth overdose. Nor has any been approved to treat meth addiction.Unlike fentanyl, which sedates users, meth can make people anxious and violent. Its effects can overwhelm not just users but community residents and emergency responders.Here are voices from one troubled neighborhood.
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The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that can swiftly reverse a meth overdose and none approved to treat meth addiction.
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A powerful stimulant that keeps users sleepless for days and can ignite psychosis and violence has been rattling Portland and its safety networks.
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President Trump directed his administration to help states import drugs from Canada. But a proposal to alter a Medicare program to reduce costs could wind up raising prices.
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While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.”
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Fast fashion retailers rely heavily on shipping by air. The president’s tariffs could change that.
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In the first clinical trial of its kind, an A.I. chatbot eased mental health symptoms among participants. The technology may someday help solve the provider shortage.
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