This Pesticide May Be Too Dangerous to Use. Farmers Say They Need It.
California announced that it’s phasing out paraquat, a pesticide widely used in the United States that is linked to Parkinson’s disease.
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The Perseids, Summer’s Strongest Meteor Shower, Will Peak Tonight
Unlike the total solar eclipse that swept across Europe, the Perseids can be seen at night by anyone in the Northern Hemisphere.
Telescope Spots Two Black Holes on the Cusp of Merging
New images from the James Webb telescope show a galaxy with a trio of supermassive black holes. Two of them appear to be locked in a tight t…
A.I. Is Finding Sperm Where Doctors Couldn’t
New technology may make it easier for men with extremely low sperm counts to have biological children.
Summer’s Strongest Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here’s How to Watch.
The Perseids will be most active on Wednesday into Thursday morning, on the moonless night after a total solar eclipse.
Get Ready for Europe’s First Total Solar Eclipse in Decades
We’re answering some questions about the solar eclipse on Aug. 12, and providing a place for you to ask more of them.
Maura L. Gillison, Who Linked Throat Cancers to HPV, Dies at 61
She challenged the conventional view that most head and neck cancers resulted from cigarette smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.
This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them…
James R. Urbaniak, Master of Stitching Back Fingers, Dies at 90
He was among the first to perform microscopic surgery in the 1970s and revolutionized techniques to treat traumatic injuries.
A Promising Heart Drug Fails, Challenging a Long-Held Theory of Disease
The drug targeted inflammation, and its shocking failure has experts questioning whether inflammation really does cause heart disease.
Butterflies Take Flight in Face of Climate Change and Extreme Weather
In 32 of the countries included in a recent study, at least a quarter of the native butterfly species had moved to new areas.
A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but Maybe No One Saw It
Although amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site, there were no obvious signs of a collision — at…
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