Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From the Space Station
Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in the Pacific Ocean after a medical issue prompted NASA to move up their return to Earth.
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CreditNASA, via Associated Press For the World’s Food Supply, Federal Funding Cuts Have Long-Term Impacts
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back.
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Toby Kiers, World Champion of Fungus
This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus.
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What a Wolf Pup’s Stomach Revealed About the Woolly Rhino’s Extinction
Scientists prepared a high-quality sequence of the giant mammal’s genome based on a specimen preserved in Siberian permafrost.
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The Sea Lions of the Galápagos Are Not Ready to Give Up Mother’s Milk
Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back to nurse even after they can hunt, mate and fend for themselves.
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CreditRémi Demarthon TrilobitesWhy This Fish Actually Needs a Hole in the Head
A cavity in the middle of the rockhead poacher’s skull might be used like a maraca to produce sound, new research suggests.
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CreditDaniel Geldof, LSU Advanced Microscopy and Analytics Core TrilobitesThis Dinosaur Really Knew How to Get a Grip
A fossil of Manipulonyx reshetovi, found in a Mongolian desert, shows how the dinosaur used its specialized claw to snatch eggs.
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CreditJoschua Knüppe TrilobitesCongress Is Rejecting Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science
After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives said they wanted to safeguard and even boost funds for basic research.
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CreditKendrick Brinson for The New York Times Google’s Former C.E.O. Wants to Build a Cosmic Search Engine
Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground observatories.
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Lost Science
More in Lost Science ›Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.
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CreditWill Warasila for The New York Times She Tracked the Health of Fish That Coastal Communities Depend On
Ana Vaz monitored crucial fish stocks in the Southeast and the Gulf of Mexico until she lost her job at NOAA.
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CreditDado Galdieri for The New York Times She Studied Mosquitoes to Prevent Malaria
Jenny Carlson Donnelly traveled to malaria-affected countries to test mosquitoes and save lives. Then she lost her job at U.S.A.I.D.
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CreditCheriss May for The New York Times His Group Made World-Class Measurements of Atomic Elements
Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air.
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CreditMoriah Ratner for The New York Times She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat
“There was no warning, no conversation,” said Jane Clougherty, an environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year.
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Math, Revealed
More in Math, Revealed ›What the Golden Ratio Says About Your Belly Button
The secret beauty in apples, stars and the center of you.
By Steven Strogatz and
CreditJens Mortensen for The New York Times How a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling
A story of bowling pins, patterns and medical miracles.
By Steven Strogatz and
CreditJens Mortensen for The New York Times Where Pi Equals 4 and Circles Aren’t Round
In the world of taxicab geometry, even the Pythagorean theorem takes a back seat.
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CreditJens Mortensen for The New York Times How Bees, Beer Cans and Data Solve the Same Packing Problem
Trying to fit it all in? There’s a trick to it, even in 24 dimensions.
By Steven Strogatz and
Credit Teach Triangular Numbers With Steven Strogatz and The New York Times
Invite students to uncover how a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain.
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Origins
More in Origins ›For Real, a Natural History of Misinformation
It’s not just humans who suffer from leading one another astray. So do fish, flies and even bacteria.
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CreditRob Stewart/Image Bank Film, via Getty Images Life Lessons From (Very Old) Bowhead Whales
A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging humans become more resilient?
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CreditKelvin Aitken/VWPics, via Alamy Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too.
Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes.
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CreditJon G. Fuller/VWPics, via Associated Press How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You.
The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests.
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CreditPablo Bou Mira/Alamy Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright
A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism.
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More in Trilobites ›Scientists Discover Oldest Poison, on 60,000-Year-Old Arrows
Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.
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CreditIsaksson et al., Science Advances, 2026 Who’s the Parasite Now? This Newly Discovered ‘Fairy Lantern’ Flower.
Found in a forest outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the plant steals nutrients from subterranean fungi.
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CreditMohd Faizal The Meek Really Did Inherit the Earth, at Least Among Ants
How did ants take over the world? The answer may be skin deep.
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CreditJulian Katzke When the Bones Were Good, These Bees Buried Their Babies
A cave in the Dominican Republic concealed thousands of years worth of animal bones that had been turned into nests by prehistoric bees.
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CreditMachuky Paleoart Penguins Become Prey for the Pumas of Patagonia
In Argentina, the return of pumas brought top predators back to the landscape — much to penguins’ dismay.
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Climate and Environment
More in Climate and Environment ›How Hot Was Your Town Last Year? Look Up Where You Live.
2025 was the third hottest year on record, but thousands of cities saw record heat and one broke a record for cold.
By Harry Stevens and
CreditThe New York Times 2025: A Year of Fire and Floods
Last year was Earth’s third hottest globally, but temperature is just one measure of climate change’s influence.
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CreditPhilip Cheung for The New York Times Walking On Antarctic Sea Ice: ‘A Universe of White’
Bad weather has postponed attempts to set up camp on the Thwaites Glacier. So researchers got onto the sea ice and met a local.
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CreditChang W. Lee/The New York Times E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
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CreditAlyssa Schukar for The New York Times We Asked for Environmental Fixes in Your State. You Sent In Thousands.
Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.
By Cara Buckley and
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In a Setback for Trump, Judge Says N.Y. Wind Farm Can Resume Construction
A federal judge said the Empire Wind project off Long Island would suffer “irreparable harm” if the Trump administration continued to hold up work.
By Lisa Friedman
Global HealthU.S. Cuts Health Aid and Ties It to Funding Pledges by African Governments
The Trump administration has signed $11 billion in agreements with African nations, in deals tied to foreign policy goals.
By Stephanie Nolen
TimesVideoFour Astronauts Splash Down on Earth After Early Return
Two American astronauts and others from Japan and Russia landed in the Pacific Ocean after an early journey home from the International Space Station because one of them was ill.
By Axel Boada
Who is left on the International Space Station?
This was featured in live coverage.
By Kenneth Chang
How NASA deals with astronauts’ medical needs on the I.S.S.
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By Kenneth Chang
What happens during the astronauts’ return to Earth?
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By Kenneth Chang
Is it risky to fly a sick astronaut home to Earth?
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By Kenneth Chang
Astronauts Are Safe After NASA Medical Evacuation From Space Station
The members of Crew-11 — two American, one Russian and one Japanese — splashed down after one became ill, prompting an early return.
By Kenneth Chang
Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From the Space Station
Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in the Pacific Ocean after a medical issue prompted NASA to move up their return to Earth.
Kaiser Permanente Settles Medicare Fraud Claims for $556 Million
The Justice Department and whistle-blowers accused the major health insurer of overbilling the government for about $1 billion under the private plans.
By Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz
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