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Science

News and updates from the science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.

Humanity’s return to the moon is a deeply religious mission

Space barons like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk don’t seem religious. But their quest to colonize outer space is.

By Sigal Samuel

The thread that ties the recent chemical spills together

The growing oil and gas industry means more incidents like East Palestine.

By Rebecca Leber

The number of uninsured Americans is about to jump dramatically

By Dylan Scott March 31

Why don’t we have vaccines for fungal infections?

By Keren Landman March 24

Yes, there was just a tornado near Los Angeles. Is climate change to blame?

By Li Zhou March 23

How the US can stop the spread of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus

By Nicole Narea March 23

The Highlight

How will we feed Earth’s rising population? Ask the Dutch.

The Netherlands’ hyper-efficient food system is both a triumph and a cautionary tale.

By Kenny Torrella March 23

Why the news is so negative — and what we can do about it

By Dylan Matthews March 22

We need the right kind of climate optimism

By Hannah Ritchie March 21

The gas stove wars are far from over

By Rebecca Leber March 21

UN climate scientists are running out of ways to warn us

By Rebecca Leber and Umair Irfan March 20

Save the “massive, living, beautiful, breathing, majestic boxes of carbon” known as whales

By Rachel DuRose March 18

Why is it so hard to charge electric vehicles on the road?

By Umair Irfan March 18

What is life? Scientists still can’t agree.

By Brian Resnick March 16

Pescetarians are responsible for many more animal deaths than regular meat eaters

By Garrison Lovely March 16

You probably have “forever chemicals” in your body. Here’s what that means.

By Benji Jones March 15

3 unexplainable mysteries of life on Earth

By Brian Resnick March 15

Why all that rain in California won’t solve its drought

By Umair Irfan March 10

What the Ohio train derailment teaches us about poisoning public trust

By Benji Jones March 8

How Havana syndrome helps us rethink the brain

By Noam Hassenfeld March 7

We can overcome vaccine hesitancy. Just look at the HPV shot.

By Rachel DuRose March 4

Why it’s so hard to get answers on long Covid

By Keren Landman March 4

The FBI and Energy Department think Covid-19 came from a lab. Now what?

By Umair Irfan March 1

People living near the Ohio train derailment will have to watch their health for years

By Umair Irfan February 25

Yes, the Ohio train wreck is an environmental disaster. No, it’s not Chernobyl.

By Benji Jones February 18

How bad of a norovirus wave is the US in for?

By Keren Landman February 17

The East Palestine, Ohio, train wreck didn’t have to be this bad

By Umair Irfan February 16

Why the balloon and UFO affairs are a Sputnik moment

By Jonathan Guyer February 13

A key to consciousness could lie in “perceptual diversity”

By Oshan Jarow February 11

Nobody but your doctor should know your menstrual history

By Keren Landman February 10

It doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public health

By Umair Irfan February 9

We know where the next big earthquakes will happen — but not when

By Umair Irfan February 9

Insulin is way too expensive. California has a solution: Make its own.

By Dylan Scott February 7

Eggs are expensive for all the wrong reasons

By Marina Bolotnikova February 7

Obesity in the age of Ozempic

By Julia Belluz February 7

Can you get bird flu?

By Keren Landman and Benji Jones February 6

What an abortion hotline reveals about reproductive care after Roe

By Marin Cogan and Victoria Chamberlin February 6

Climate disasters hit poor people hardest. There’s an obvious solution to that.

By Sigal Samuel February 3

Palm oil is actually not that bad (anymore)

By Benji Jones February 2

The 747 is out. Green airplanes are in.

By Adam Clark Estes February 2

What should be kept off-limits in a virology lab?

By Kelsey Piper February 1

What can the world learn from China’s “zero-Covid” lockdown?

By Rachel DuRose January 31