
The Biggest Party of 2021 Is About to Start
Billions of bugs will soon burst out of the ground to begin the mass gathering of a lifetime. It’s hard not to feel jealous.
Billions of bugs will soon burst out of the ground to begin the mass gathering of a lifetime. It’s hard not to feel jealous.
With the right partners, scientists don’t have to visit their study sites to get good data.
And yet it took a 19th-century naturalist, a 21st-century grad student, and some Brazilian fishers to crack the mystery.
No, not COVID-19. Many, many viruses can infect humans without making us sick, and how they do that is one of biology’s deepest mysteries.
A hint of warmth from our sun helped reveal a mysterious comet’s secrets.
The stories you hold on to will be colored by your own experience—but also by the experiences of those around you.
Vaccinated and unvaccinated people are getting more lax with behavior at a time when vigilance really matters.
Scientists think it’s valuable, but they’re not quite sure why.
Antibodies that cross the placenta or end up in milk could give infants temporary immunity to COVID-19.
“If it actually looks seriously like the world is gonna cut carbon emissions in half by 2030, you could, overnight, see fire sales of fossil-fuel assets.”
The only way to give them the space they need might be to seek them out.
For the moment, reports of a very rare, dangerous blood disorder among recipients cannot be ignored.
Vaccine small talk has given America something to chat about again.
The conventional wisdom about how to spot a liar is all wrong.
A perfect confluence of events created a stealth killer.
Millions of years ago, whiteflies pilfered a plant defense, and they have been benefiting ever since.
People with long COVID were left out of vaccine trials. They are now navigating the new shots on their own.
A spacecraft on its way to Jupiter made a surprising discovery about interplanetary dust.
A one-of-a-kind Washington nonprofit has become a hit with musicians selling crypto-art.
Recent speculations in physics reveal that believers and nonbelievers may have more in common than they think.
Everyone wants to end “chick culling.” So what’s the holdup?
After 62 years, the space agency will have to wait a little longer for its first female leader.