- Space and Astronomy
- Hague, Nick (1975- )
- Williams, Sunita L
- Wilmore, Barry E (Butch) (1962- )
- International Space Station
- Private Spaceflight
- Boeing Company
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke in their first news conference since returning to Earth two weeks ago from an unexpectedly long I.S.S. stay that lasted more than nine months.
- United States Politics and Government
- Research
- Federal Aid (US)
- Rumors and Misinformation
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Layoffs and Job Reductions
- Science and Technology
- Government Employees
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
- Microbiology
- Animal Behavior
- Evolution (Biology)
- Nature Physics (Journal)
- Research
- your-feed-science
Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.
- Edelman Fossil Park & Museum
- Paleontology
- Fossils
- Museums
- Endangered and Extinct Species
- Global Warming
- Dinosaurs
- Quarries
- Rowan University
- Lacovara, Kenneth J
- Mantua Township (NJ)
- your-feed-science
The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.
- Eclipses
- Space and Astronomy
- Sun
- Moon
- Earth
The moon slipped between the Earth and the sun on Saturday, casting a shadow on our planet in parts of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Africa.
- Gaia
- Telescopes and Observatories
- European Space Agency
- Space and Astronomy
- Milky Way Galaxy
- Stars and Galaxies
- Satellites
After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.
- Neptune (Planet)
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Sun
- Solar System
- Space and Astronomy
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Research
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier telescopes or spacecraft.
- Space and Astronomy
- Rocket Science and Propulsion
- Europe
The rocket, developed by Isar Aerospace, lifted off from Norway’s Andøya Space Center and crashed about 30 seconds later. The test flight was part of efforts to make Europe a center for private satellite launches.
- Global Warming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Freedom of Speech and Expression
- Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
- Decisions and Verdicts
- Civil Rights and Liberties
- Suits and Litigation (Civil)
- New York Times v Sullivan (Supreme Court Decision)
- First Amendment (US Constitution)
- Freedom of the Press
- Compensation for Damages (Law)
- Pipelines
- Energy Transfer Partners LP
- Greenpeace
- North Dakota
- Standing Rock Sioux Reservation (ND-SD)
A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal.
- United States Politics and Government
- Federal Aid (US)
- Research
- Colleges and Universities
- Science and Technology
- United States Economy
- Trump, Donald J
- Layoffs and Job Reductions
- Innovation
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
- United States Politics and Government
- Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
- Ivermectin (Drug)
- Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right
- State Legislatures
- Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
- Rumors and Misinformation
- Cancer
- Veterinary Medicine
- American University
- Food and Drug Administration
- Health and Human Services Department
- Biden, Joseph R Jr
- Bongino, Daniel
- Califf, Robert M
- Kennedy, Robert F Jr
- Sanders, Sarah Huckabee
- Trump, Donald J
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.
- Heart
- Lipoproteins
- Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
- Clinical Trials
- Stroke
- Deaths (Fatalities)
- Research
- Eli Lilly and Company
- New England Journal of Medicine
The Eli Lilly drug caused a major drop in the blood levels of Lp(a), but further research is needed to show that it will prevent heart attacks and strokes.
- Heart
- Wearable Computing
- Diabetes
- Stroke
- Exercise
- Hypertension
- Blood Pressure
- American Heart Assn
- Cleveland Clinic
Your average daily heart rate is a useful metric; so is your daily step count. Combining the two might be even better.
- Marks, Peter W
- Food and Drug Administration
- Appointments and Executive Changes
- Medicine and Health
- Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Rumors and Misinformation
- Measles
- Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
- Ethics and Official Misconduct
- Kennedy, Robert F Jr
- Trump, Donald J
- United States Politics and Government
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
- Synagro Technologies
- Fertilizer
- Sewers and Sewage
- PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances)
- Hazardous and Toxic Substances
- Chemicals
- Livestock
- Environment
- Pollution
- Fort Worth (Tex)
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Ranchers in Texas claim livestock was sickened by ‘forever chemicals’ in fertilizer made from sewage sludge. Now Synagro, a Goldman Sachs-backed firm, has lost a deal to manufacture there.
- Eclipses
- Space and Astronomy
- Sun
- Moon
- Earth
- Content Type: Service
If you’re on the East Coast, wake up early to try and catch the moon take a bite out of the sun on Saturday.
- Global Warming
- Gardens and Gardening
- Pennsylvania
- Flowers and Plants
- Trees and Shrubs
- Vegetables
- Spring (Season)
- Winter (Season)
- Birds
The arrival of spring brings joy, and a challenge: finding solutions to increasingly erratic weather.
- Minorities
- United States Politics and Government
- Psychology and Psychologists
- Diversity Initiatives
- Colleges and Universities
- Accreditation
- Race and Ethnicity
- Executive Orders and Memorandums
- American Psychological Assn
- United States
- your-feed-science
- your-feed-healthcare
As the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements.
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Children's Health Defense
- Health and Human Services Department
- Vaccine (Journal)
- Cassidy, Bill (1957- )
- Kennedy, Robert F Jr
- Trump, Donald J
David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.
- Abortion
- Abortion Drugs
- States (US)
- Law and Legislation
- Decisions and Verdicts
- Suits and Litigation (Civil)
- Extradition
- Telemedicine
- Doctors
- Carpenter, Margaret Daley
- Bruck, Taylor (1990- )
- Paxton, Ken
- James, Letitia
- Ulster County (NY)
- New York State
- Texas
- your-feed-healthcare
The showdown catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level.
- Global Warming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- United States Politics and Government
- Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
- Air Pollution
- Law and Legislation
- Coal
- Hazardous and Toxic Substances
- Clean Air Act
- Environment
- Mercury (Metal)
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Zeldin, Lee M
Referring to a little-known provision, it said power plants and others could write to seek exemptions to mercury and other restrictions and that “the president will make a decision.”
- Green, John (1977- )
- Tuberculosis
- Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Book)
- Books and Literature
- Foreign Aid
- Disease Rates
- Poverty
- Antibiotics
- United States Politics and Government
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- Epidemics
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Bacteria
- Drug Resistance (Microbial)
- Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
- Africa
- Kenya
- Sierra Leone
- Content Type: Personal Profile
The best-selling author “got a little emotional” while talking with The Times about tuberculosis. Listen to the conversation.
- Fish and Other Marine Life
- Acoustics
- Research
- Noise
- Academic and Scientific Journals
- University of Auckland
- New Zealand
- Royal Society Open Science (Journal)
- Sharks
Researchers in New Zealand have made what they believe is the first recording of a shark actively making noise.
- your-feed-science
- Measles
- Disease Rates
- Epidemics
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Children and Childhood
- Medicine and Health
- States (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Kansas
- Ohio
- Texas
- New Mexico
State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide.
- Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
- Epidemics
- Disease Rates
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Research
- United States Politics and Government
- Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
- Health and Human Services Department
- Kennedy, Robert F Jr
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.
- Federal-State Relations (US)
- States (US)
- Trump, Donald J
- Federal Aid (US)
- United States Politics and Government
- Medicine and Health
- Health and Human Services Department
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
- Disease Rates
- your-feed-healthcare
- your-feed-science
States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.
- Trump, Donald J
- Foreign Aid
- United States International Relations
- United States Politics and Government
- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- Developing Countries
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Malaria
- Medicine and Health
- United States Agency for International Development
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
- Kashiwara, Masaki
- Abel Prize
- Mathematics
- Awards, Decorations and Honors
- Japan
- Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- Content Type: Personal Profile
- your-feed-science
Masaki Kashiwara received the honor, often regarded as the Nobel Prize in mathematics, for work that combined different mathematical fields to solve challenging problems.
- Hunting and Trapping
- Global Warming
- Oceans and Seas
- Solomon Islands
- Dolphins and Porpoises
- Economic Conditions and Trends
The residents of Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, say the lucrative hunts will help them buy land elsewhere and move off their sinking home.
- Area Planning and Renewal
- Pedestrian Malls
- Urban Areas
- Parking
- Sustainable Living
- Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
- Transit Systems
- Arizona
- Tempe (Ariz)
- Mixed-Use Developments
One community near Phoenix is taking a “completely different” approach to development.
- Geothermal Power
- Heating
- Hot Springs
- Boise (Idaho)
- Aquifers
- renewable energy
Nearly 500 buildings in the state capital get their heat from a clean, renewable source located deep in the ground.
- Global Warming
- Environment
- Gardens and Gardening
- Forests and Forestry
- Trees and Shrubs
- Conservation of Resources
- Native Hawaiians
- Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- Hawaii
- Oahu (Hawaii)
A neglected parcel of land was restored by volunteers and patients at a community medical center. Along the way, their health also improved.
- your-feed-science
- Measles
- Rumors and Misinformation
- Vitamin A
- Diet and Nutrition
- Disease Rates
- Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Epidemics
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
- Foie Gras
- Geese
- Ducks
- Physics
- Biology and Biochemistry
- Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare
- Physics of Fluids (Journal)
- Inventions and Patents
- Research
- your-feed-science
While not sparing the lives of ducks and geese, the technique lets the birds eat and grow normally.
- Space and Astronomy
- Private Spaceflight
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp
- Musk, Elon
- Europe
Frozen fuel from the Falcon 9 rocket launched Monday created a luminous display for several minutes, and was seen by people from England to Eastern Europe.
- Deserts
- Flowers and Plants
- Cable Cars and Trams
- Snow and Snowstorms
- Hikes and Hiking
- Travel and Vacations
- Forests and Forestry
- Biodiversity
- Mountaineering
- Palm Springs (Calif)
The Cactus to Clouds ascent just outside Palm Springs, Calif., is grueling, but natural treasures, and a speedy trip down, await anyone who is up to the challenge.
