Neurologists are exploring medications that would help the brain recover after a stroke or traumatic injury.
By Rachel E. Gross
NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI)
Scientists are steadily ruling out habitable conditions on the seven planets of the star Trappist-1. On one of the worlds, a nitrogen gas-rich veil remains a possibility.
By Robin George Andrews
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core.
By Katrina Miller
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Trilobites
Scientists cannot say for certain, but new research suggests that different people’s brains respond similarly when looking at a particular hue.
By Kenneth Chang
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If the results are promising, veterinarians hope to give the shots to wild Hawaiian monk seals, which are endangered.
By Emily Anthes and Loren Elliott
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Tech companies are displaying A.I., lasers and more as they compete for a piece of President Trump’s ambitious plan for a missile defense shield.
By Sheera Frenkel
MBARI
The bumpy snailfish, discovered 10,000 feet down off the coast of California, shows that not all denizens of the abyss are frightening.
By Alexa Robles-Gil
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Researchers hope the technique could offer a more environmentally friendly approach to cleaning up messy clothing.
By Jacey Fortin
Scientists studied how the sea creatures, also known as chimaeras or ghost sharks, ended up with one of evolution’s most bizarre appendages.
By Jack Tamisiea
Weather patterns channeling moisture into the state have led to an abundance of lightning strikes that have ignited hundreds of wildfires.
By Amy Graff
He was pivotal in discovering how sound waves are converted into signals that the brain can perceive as a whisper, a symphony or a thunderclap.
By Jeré Longman
He was only 37 when he made a discovery that challenged the existing tenets of biology and led to an understanding of retroviruses and viruses, including H.I.V.
By Gina Kolata
The New York Times
Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.
By Delger Erdenesanaa and Mira Rojanasakul
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Its vast investment in solar, wind and batteries is on track to end an era of global growth in the use of coal, oil and gas, the researchers said.
By Max Bearak
NASA
The Trump administration wants to switch off and possibly destroy the climate-monitoring technology.
By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
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Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”
By Lisa Friedman
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Texas and New York are at the leading edge of an escalating states’ rights battle over the mailing of abortion pills to patients in states with bans.
By Pam Belluck
Divyakshi Kedia
the new old age
Some researchers suspect that rising prescription drug use may explain a disturbing trend.
By Paula Span
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The upcoming U.S. Dietary Guidelines will instead be influenced by a competing study, favored by industry, which found that moderate alcohol consumption was healthy.
By Roni Caryn Rabin
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