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How the ‘Wandering Meatloaf’ Got Its Rock-Hard Teeth

Two New Laws Restrict Police Use of DNA Search Method

Two New Laws Restrict Police Use of DNA Search Method

U.S. experts press calls for China to allow deeper inquiries into the pandemic’s origins.

One vaccine side effect has amplified a concern about birth control: Why isn’t the pill safer?

Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in June

Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in June

Chinese masks are driving U.S. companies out of business.

My beagle Hammy was used in a research lab for his first four years of life. I’m so lucky to be his therapy human.

My beagle Hammy was used in a research lab for his first four years of life. I’m so lucky to be his therapy human.

Manhattanhenge 2021: When and Where to Watch

CureVac says its vaccine passed a first analysis but it has yet to release efficacy data.

Reading Dan Frank, Book Editor and ‘Champion of the Unexampled’

Once a moon shot, 70 percent Covid vaccination may be in reach, poll finds.

Where Your Watermelon Came From

Will the Next Space-Weather Season Be Stormy or Fair?

Many scientists welcomed Biden’s call for a rigorous inquiry of a Chinese lab, but they said the theory remained unlikely.

Hanger is real

Hanger is real

President Biden calls for U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of the virus.

What to Name a Bunch of Black Holes? You Had Some Ideas.

Biden calls for U.S. agencies to ‘redouble’ investigative efforts into the origins of the virus.

Subway Swabbers Find a Microbe Jungle — And Thousands of New Species

Astronauts on Set: Space Station May Host Wave of TV Shows and Films

U.S. officials push for a more rigorous investigation of the source of the virus.

Moderna says that its vaccine is effective for 12- to 17-year-olds and that it will seek F.D.A. authorization.

When to Watch a Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon in Late Night Skies

Scientists Drove Mice to Bond by Zapping Their Brains With Light

Children with Covid inflammatory syndrome may overcome their most serious symptoms.

Scientists Partially Restored a Blind Man’s Sight With New Gene Therapy

Anxious about returning to the land of small talk? A psychology researcher explains why.

The C.D.C. is investigating a heart problem in a few young vaccine recipients.

If a satellite falls on your house, space law protects you — but there are no legal penalties for leaving junk in orbit

If a satellite falls on your house, space law protects you — but there are no legal penalties for leaving junk in orbit

Plant pandemics and how they could endanger our food supply. Scientists sound alarm on growing menace.

Plant pandemics and how they could endanger our food supply. Scientists sound alarm on growing menace.

Jerome Kagan, Who Tied Temperament to Biology, Dies at 92

Wet hot cicada summer: A timeline of Brood X

Wet hot cicada summer: A timeline of Brood X

Global Cactus Traffickers Are Cleaning Out the Deserts

Wet hot cicada summer: An endless buffet for hungry animals and scientists

Wet hot cicada summer: An endless buffet for hungry animals and scientists

A fungus could turn some cicadas into sex-crazed ‘salt shakers of death’

A fungus could turn some cicadas into sex-crazed ‘salt shakers of death’

David Wake, Expert on Salamanders and Evolution, Dies at 84

The Case of the Disappearing Cicadas

An Invitation to the Cicada Party

A cicada’s life

A cicada’s life

Scientists Find a Fossilized Ancestor of ‘Dinosaur Food’