- Space Exploration Technologies Corp
- Private Spaceflight
- Rocket Science and Propulsion
- Space and Astronomy
While Elon Musk’s spaceflight company repeated a spectacular catch of its powerful booster stage, the upper stage experienced a catastrophic malfunction.
- Blue Origin
- Private Spaceflight
- Bezos, Jeffrey P
- Space and Astronomy
- Rocket Science and Propulsion
The successful flight to orbit of the Amazon founder’s powerful rocket suggests it could grow into a credible competitor with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
- Deserts
- Fossils
- Paleontology
- Endangered and Extinct Species
- Research
- Communications Earth & Environment (Journal)
- your-feed-science
A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees.
- Packard, Julie (1953- )
- Aquariums
- Content Type: Personal Profile
- Appointments and Executive Changes
- Fish and Other Marine Life
- Marine Biology
- Conservation of Resources
- Oceans and Seas
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Monterey Bay (Calif)
Julie Packard discusses highlights of her four decades with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which she has led since it opened. She’s now stepping back from the role.
- Archaeology and Anthropology
- Cemeteries
- Women and Girls
- Genetics and Heredity
- Research
- Marriages
- DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
- Genealogy
- Nature (Journal)
- Dorset (England)
An ancient cemetery reveals a Celtic tribe that lived in England 2,000 years ago and that was organized around maternal lineages, according to a DNA analysis.
- Meteors and Meteorites
- Space and Astronomy
- Earth
- Security and Warning Systems
- Cameras
- Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming
- University of Alberta
- Canada
- Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island)
- Prince Edward Island (Canada)
- Meteoritical Society
Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, with the sound of an explosion included, as the space rock lands in Canada. A geologist said it was a rare recording.
- Space and Astronomy
- Moon
- Firefly Aerospace Inc
- ispace Inc
Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan parted ways early Wednesday after being launched on the same SpaceX rocket. Both are aiming for the lunar surface.
- Tattoos
- Mummies and Mummification
- Archaeology and Anthropology
- Peru
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Research
- your-feed-science
With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of members of the Chancay culture of Peru.
- Grapefruit
- Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
- Genetic Engineering
- Citrus Fruits
- Research
- New Phytologist (Journal)
- your-feed-science
Scientists have identified a gene that causes production of a substance in some citrus that interferes with many medications.
- Endangered and Extinct Species
- Whales and Whaling
- New England Aquarium
The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales.
- Global Warming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Southern California Wildfires (Jan 2025)
- Floods
- Landslides and Mudslides
- Weather
- Los Angeles (Calif)
While firefighters begin containing the Los Angeles wildfires, the land left behind is at a higher risk of floods and debris flows.
- Health Insurance and Managed Care
- UnitedHealth Group Inc
- Thompson, Brian (1974-2024)
- Company Reports
- Stocks and Bonds
- Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations
- Medicare
- Mangione, Luigi
But high medical costs contributed to results that disappointed Wall Street, and the company’s stock fell on the news that it had made less than analysts expected.
- Cancer
- Age, Chronological
- Women and Girls
- Deaths (Fatalities)
- Middle Age (Demographic)
- Cervical Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Uterine Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Colon and Colorectal Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Smoking and Tobacco
- Tests (Medical)
- Diet and Nutrition
- Hormones
- American Cancer Society
- your-feed-science
Although long considered a disease of aging, certain cancers are turning up more often in younger women, according to a new report.
- Zeldin, Lee M
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
- United States Politics and Government
- Conservation of Resources
- Environment
- Air Pollution
- Water Pollution
- Hazardous and Toxic Substances
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Global Warming
Mr. Zeldin, a Trump loyalist, would be charged with dismantling climate rules and perhaps the agency itself. He faced questions from the Senate Thursday.
- Global Warming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Vegetarianism
- Veganism
- Diet and Nutrition
- Factory Farming
- Food
- Processed and Ultraprocessed Foods
- Meat
- Beyond Meat Inc
- Impossible Foods Inc
After being targeted by the meat industry, swept up in the culture wars and pummeled in sales, two plant based meat companies are reinventing themselves.
- Private Spaceflight
- Space and Astronomy
- Rocket Science and Propulsion
- Blue Origin
- Bezos, Jeffrey P
- Cape Canaveral (Fla)
- Global Warming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Southern California Wildfires (Jan 2025)
- Hazardous and Toxic Substances
- Air Pollution
- Altadena (Calif)
- Fires and Firefighters
- Pollution
- Asthma
- Respiratory Diseases
- Chronic Condition (Health)
- California
- Los Angeles (Calif)
- Los Angeles County (Calif)
Health hazards from soot and smoke blown indoors onto furniture and walls can linger for months, researchers say: “Wind will get through every crack.”
- Conflicts of Interest
- Ramaswamy, Vivek (1985- )
- Government Efficiency Department (US)
- Musk, Elon
- United States Politics and Government
- Trump, Donald J
- High Net Worth Individuals
- Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
- Roivant Sciences Ltd
- Biotechnology and Bioengineering
- Computers and the Internet
- Stocks and Bonds
Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk’s partner in an effort to cut government costs, could make decisions that ultimately make him and his investors richer.
- Dyes and Dyestuffs
- Food Additives
- Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
- Cancer
- Recalls and Bans of Products
- Rats
- Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
- Consumer Protection
- Environmental Working Group
- Food and Drug Administration
Consumer and food safety groups have long urged the agency to revoke the use of this dye and others. The F.D.A. says studies have shown that it causes cancer in rats, but not in humans.
- Global Warming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- United States Politics and Government
- International Trade and World Market
- Energy and Power
- Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline
- Natural Gas
- Energy Department
- State Department
- Pyatt, Geoffrey
- Rubio, Marco
When it comes to gas exports and competition with China, the two administrations share a similar vision, the top U.S. energy diplomat says.
- United States Politics and Government
- Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
- Nicotine
- Smoking and Tobacco
- Medicine and Health
- Biden, Joseph R Jr
- Califf, Robert M
- Trump, Donald J
- Food and Drug Administration
- Reynolds American Inc
In the final days of the Biden administration, the F.D.A. is moving ahead with a proposal to require companies to produce a less addictive product for traditional smokers.
- Wright, Chris (1965- )
- Appointments and Executive Changes
- Presidential Transition (US)
- Energy Department
- Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline
- Natural Gas
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- United States Politics and Government
- Trump, Donald J
- Senate
- Global Warming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Developing Countries
Wright, the founder of a fracking firm, testified that he would back all forms of low-carbon energy as well as gas, oil and coal.
- Moon
- Private Spaceflight
- Historic Buildings and Sites
- World Monuments Fund
The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated.
- Income Inequality
- Mental Health and Disorders
- Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Psychiatry and Psychiatrists
- Research
- Telemedicine
- Black People
- JAMA Psychiatry (Journal)
- Olfson, Mark (1958- )
- United States
- your-feed-healthcare
- your-feed-science
Digital mental health platforms were supposed to expand access for the neediest patients. Researchers say that hasn’t happened.
- Weight
- Obesity
- Fat Tissue
- GLP-1 RAs (Drug)
- Research
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
- Labeling and Labels (Product)
- Diet and Nutrition
- Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
- Food
- Sugar
- Diabetes
- Calories
- Weight
- Processed and Ultraprocessed Foods
- Medicine and Health
- Containers and Packaging
- Food and Drug Administration
- Califf, Robert M
The agency issued designs for front-of-package lists that food companies would be required to include.
- Israel-Gaza War (2023- )
- Civilian Casualties
- Deaths (Fatalities)
- Research
- Palestinians
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Gaza Strip
Analysis found that more than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war.
- your-feed-science
- Esophageal Cancer
- Cancer
- Deaths (Fatalities)
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Labeling and Labels (Product)
- Diabetes
- Breast Cancer
- Cirrhosis
- Stroke
A federal analysis that will shape the influential U.S. Dietary Guidelines questions alcohol’s overall benefits.
- Sewers and Sewage
- PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances)
- Hazardous and Toxic Substances
- Water Pollution
- Chemicals
- Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Fertilizer
- Waste Materials and Disposal
- Agriculture and Farming
- Livestock
- Food Contamination and Poisoning
- Dairy Products
Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders of magnitude,” the agency said.
- Space and Astronomy
- Moon
- Planets
- Names, Organizational
- Stars and Galaxies
- Badgley, Penn
- Gooding, Celia Rose
- Nasser, Latif
- Nye, Bill
- Estonia
- New Mexico
- Contests and Prizes
- WNYC
- International Astronomical Union
The WNYC science program “Radiolab” partnered with the International Astronomical Union to solicit nearly 3,000 submissions. The Roman goddess of doorways and transitions won out.
- Karplus, Martin
- Deaths (Obituaries)
- Chemistry
- Nobel Prizes
- Computers and the Internet
- Physics
Proving skeptics wrong, he shared a Nobel Prize in 2013 for using computers to better understand chemical reactions and biological processes.
- Dementia
- Research
- Elderly
- Black People
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Medicine and Health
- your-feed-science
- your-feed-healthcare
By 2060, new dementia cases per year could double to one million because of the growing population of older Americans, a study predicts.
- Allergies
- Microbiology
- Kennedy, Robert F Jr
- Milk
- Dairy Products
- Immune System
- Research
Despite the serious risks of drinking it, a growing movement — including the potential health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — claims it has benefits. Should we take them more seriously?
- Poliomyelitis
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Children and Childhood
- Disease Rates
- Paralysis
- Medicine and Health
- Rumors and Misinformation
- Viruses
- Preventive Medicine
- Kennedy, Robert F Jr
- Siri, Aaron
- your-feed-science
In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West.
- your-feed-science
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Disease Rates
- Whooping Cough
- German Measles (Rubella)
- Children and Childhood
- Mumps
- Coughs
Outbreaks among the unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even vaccinated adults may be vulnerable to some illnesses.
- Moon
- Mars (Planet)
- Comets
- Space and Astronomy
On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s closest approach to the sun.
- Chronic Condition (Health)
- Research
- Pain
After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned.
- Pain
- Chronic Condition (Health)
- Brain
As many as two billion people suffer from it — including me. Can science finally bring us relief?
- Stoddart, James Fraser
- Deaths (Obituaries)
- Chemistry
- Research
- Nobel Prizes
- Sauvage, Jean-Pierre
- Feringa, Bernard Lucas
He grew up playing with model construction sets. As an adult, he tinkered with molecules instead, creating nanomachines and winning a Nobel Prize.
- Wildfires
- Southern California Wildfires (Jan 2025)
- Air Pollution
- Global Warming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Respiratory Diseases
- Medicine and Health
- Deaths (Fatalities)
- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif)
Researchers see a growing health danger from the vast plumes of pollution spawned by wildfires like the ones devastating Los Angeles.
- Blue Origin
- Rocket Science and Propulsion
- Private Spaceflight
- Bezos, Jeffrey P
- Space and Astronomy
If New Glenn lifts off on Monday as planned, the Amazon founder’s rocket company will be on track to give Elon Musk’s SpaceX some genuine competition.
- Photography
- Aurora Borealis
- Cellular Telephones
- Eyes and Eyesight
- Travel and Vacations
As astrotourism booms, the northern lights get a boost from digital photography.
- Global Warming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Wildfires
- Fires and Firefighters
- Flame Retardants
- Hazardous and Toxic Substances
- Pollution
- Environment
- California
It’s widely used because it can slow flames in ways that water can’t. But it also contains heavy metals and other harmful compounds.
