John Noble Wilford, Times Reporter Who Covered the Moon Landing, Dies at 92
He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world. NYT > Science More...
When a Murder Hornet Becomes a Tasty Meal
A researcher found that a Japanese pond frog is impervious to the stings of the northern giant hornet, even when it goes down the hatch. NYT > Science More...
Could Weight Loss Drugs Turn Fat Cats Into Svelte Ozempets?
GLP-1 drugs for pets could be the next frontier for the blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs. NYT > Science More...
NASA Rover Discovers Lightning on Mars
The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the red planet’s atmosphere. NYT > Science More...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo
With the help of A.I., a historian has identified the killer in a 1941 image that defined the savagery of the Nazi regime. NYT > Science More...
Did the Giant Heads of Easter Island Once Walk?
Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation. NYT > Science More...
New Studies of Dog DNA Shed Light on Pets and People
New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them. NYT > Science More...
Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer
Thousands of the endangered primates end up on the dinner plates of people in the upper rung of the country’s society who have money to spare. NYT > Science More...
The Moon Was an Inside Job
New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun. NYT > Science More...
A Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea
Scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain. NYT > Science More...