A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington's Rank and File
Efforts to block research on climate change don't just come from the Trump political appointees on top. Lower managers in government are taking their cues, and running with them.
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The Pandemic Claims New Victims: Prestigious Medical Journals
Two major study retractions in one month have left researchers wondering if the peer review process is broken.
When 511 Epidemiologists Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again
Experts give their opinion on what risks are worth it in the age of coronavirus.
The End of College As We Knew It?
Restaurants get eulogies. Airlines get bailouts. Shakespeare gets kicked when he's down.
How You Should Read Coronavirus Studies, or Any Science Paper
Published scientific research, like any piece of writing, is a peculiar literary genre.
Eat Rat, Make New Body: Easy Stuff for Pythons
The extreme metabolism of some snakes could provide leads on how to regenerate human tissue.
He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19.
The man behind Trump's favorite unproven treatment has made a great career assailing orthodoxy. His claim of a 100 percent cure rate shocked scientists around the world.
As States Rush to Reopen, Scientists Fear a Coronavirus Comeback
Officials are under pressure to restart the economy, but many states are moving too quickly, researchers say. The costs may be measured in lost lives.
What the Proponents of 'Natural' Herd Immunity Don't Say
Try to reach it without a vaccine, and millions will die.
Flattening the Truth on Coronavirus
All your questions about the pandemic, answered. Sort of.
College Campuses Must Reopen in the Fall. Here's How We Do It.
It won't be easy, but there's a path to get students back on track. Higher education will crumble without it.
Coronavirus Is Forcing Medical Research to Speed Up
What does it mean for science - and public health - that scientific journals are now publishing research at warp speed?
25,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Crisis
Far more people have died over the past month than have been officially reported, a review of mortality data in 11 countries shows.
How Scientists Could Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts
Researchers believe they could pre-emptively create vaccines and drugs to fight a wide range of viral threats - if they can get sufficient funding.
Relying on Science and Politics, Merkel Offers a Cautious Virus Re-entry Plan
Shorn of any bravado, her announcement seemed again to make Germany, Europe's biggest economy, a de facto leader on the Continent and something of an example for Western nations. The chancellor, a physicist by training, focused on the science as she announced the government’s cautious step-by-step plan.
Why the Big Bang Produced Something Rather Than Nothing
How did matter gain the edge over antimatter in the early universe? Maybe, just maybe, neutrinos.
Coronavirus Tests Science's Need for Speed Limits
Preprint servers and peer-reviewed journals are seeing surging audiences, with many new readers not well versed in the limitations of the latest research findings.
This 3-D Simulation Shows Why Social Distancing Is So Important
We visualized a cough to show how far respiratory droplets can spread. If you haven't been keeping your distance to fight the coronavirus, this may persuade you.
Obituary: E. Margaret Burbidge, Astronomer Who Blazed Trails on Earth, Dies at 100
Obituary: E. Margaret Burbidge, Astronomer Who Blazed Trails on Earth, Dies at 100
She was denied access to a telescope because of her sex, but Dr. Burbidge forged ahead anyway, going on to make pathbreaking discoveries about the cosmos.
The Rising Heroes of the Coronavirus Era? Nations' Top Scientists
Scientists in Europe are becoming household names, fulfilling societies' emotional and practical need for the truth.
COVID-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together
Never before, scientists say, have so many of the world's researchers focused so urgently on a single topic. Nearly all other research has ground to a halt.
Infected but Feeling Fine: The Unwitting Coronavirus Spreaders
The C.D.C. director says new data about people who are infected but symptom-free could lead the agency to recommend broadened use of masks.
How the Virus Got Out
Scientists analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven't been enough.
Search for Coronavirus Vaccine Becomes a Global Competition
The United States, China and Europe are battling to be the first to find a cure, bringing a nationalist element to a worldwide crisis.
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