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Big Insurers Try to Shift Blame for High Health Costs to Hospitals and Drug Makers
At two congressional hearings, lawmakers slammed executives of major companies, saying they were failing to rein in the cost of medical care for consumers.
RFK Jr. Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked
A planned U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine drew widespread condemnation from researchers. Now the host country says it cannot proceed.
Energy Dept. Says It Is Canceling $30 Billion in Clean Energy Loans
Many of the cancellations had been known for months, but the announcement underscored the drastic change in the energy landscape under President Trump.
Trump Administration Cuts Off Funding for Fetal Tissue Research. Again.
The prohibition halts support for projects both inside and outside the N.I.H. President Biden had restored funding after an earlier ban by President Trump during his first term.
Sonic Booms and Seismic Waves Can Reveal Where Space Junk Crash-Lands
The sensors used to listen for earthquakes could help protect people from the hazards created by falling spacecraft.
A 67,800-Year-Old Handprint May Be the World’s Oldest Rock Art
“It was hiding in plain sight all this time,” one researcher said.
Some Immune Systems Defeat Cancer. Could That Become a Drug?
Researchers found an antibody that seems to play a role in people with better lung cancer prognoses, but turning it into a treatment could be difficult.
Rising Global Temperatures May Affect Choices for Winter Olympic Venues
Future games will need to be held at higher altitudes, and spread over multiple venues in order to adapt to a changing climate, new research suggests.
What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars.
The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.
Scientists Set Up Camp on Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica
Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge of Antarctica.
Democrats Seek Investigation of $3.5 Million Deal by Interior Official’s Husband
Records show that Karen Budd-Falen, a top Interior Department official, didn’t disclose a contract between her husband and the developers of a mine approved by the agency.
Thing-Like Robotic Hand Makes Life Resemble ‘The Addams Family’
The very capable robotic picker-upper can grasp things on both sides and roam around freely.
How to Cut an Infinitely Large Pancake into as Many Pieces as Possible
A team of mathematicians seeks to cut an infinitely large pancake into as many pieces as possible, in a new take on an old puzzle.
Will ‘Psychiatry’s Bible’ Add a Postpartum Psychosis Diagnosis?
Leaders of the D.S.M., the world’s most influential psychiatric manual, have been split for more than five years over whether to recognize postpartum psychosis as a distinct disorder.
A Bite-Size Column About Delight and Wonder in Science
In Trilobites, reporters aim to share new findings in the science world, be it interspecies friendships or discoveries of ancient fossils.
Filoplumes Are Nature’s Super Feather
Filoplumes may be tiny, but these hairlike feathers enable nonstop flights that span thousands of miles.
Cows Use Tools, Too, New Study Finds
A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say.
A Look Through a Century of Times Reporting From Antarctica
Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing relationship with the most mysterious continent.
Artemis II Moon Mission: NASA Begins Rolling Giant Rocket to Launchpad
The Space Launch System and Orion capsule are being transported to the launchpad before an astronaut mission that could launch as soon as Feb. 6.
Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80
A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.
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