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A Newer Kind of Gene Editing Promises to Edit ‘Nurture’ Over ‘Nature’

EMILY BAUMGAERTNER NUNN

Traditional gene editing rewrites DNA. But a new approach, called epigenome editing, aims to treat the molecular scars we collect throughout our lives.

U.S. to Loan $1.9 Billion to Restart a Shuttered Nuclear Plant in Iowa

BRAD PLUMER

No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so.

California’s Ambitious Plan for Textile Waste

RACHEL CERNANSKY

A recycling law coming into force now could change fashion.

Fog may be hiding secret ecosystems

There's more to fog than meets the eye

The science of friendship and loneliness

Assistant professor of psychology Jessica Ayers's new research challenges assumptions about the kind of friendships we need

Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming

Up and down the Pacific coast, dead gray whales are mysteriously washing ashore—and scientists think they know why

SpaceXAI’s Colossus data center is fueling a massive backlash

Dozens of temporary gas turbines are powering SpaceXAI's expansion—and fights over permits and pollution

Scientists unlock new clues to what Denisovans, a mysterious ancient human ancestor, looked like

An analysis of ancient bones found in a Chinese cave offer glimpses of how Denisovans lived more than 130,000 years ago

New maps reveal hidden landscapes inside a prehistoric supercontinent

Gondwana was much bigger than we thought, according to the new analysis

Astronomers reveal a new type of celestial object that has been hiding in plain sight for decades

It's unclear what these objects actually are, but evidence for them has been detected by NASA's Chandra space telescope for years

The Heart Drug Pelacarsen Fails, Shocking Novartis and Cardiologists

GINA KOLATA

Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.

A New Drug Lifts the Fog of Sleepiness for Those With Narcolepsy

CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON

The first-of-its-kind drug offers a reprieve for people who live with the debilitating sleep disorder.

Toxic PFAS Cleanups at Military Sites Face Decades of Delay

HIROKO TABUCHI

The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in Congress.

Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth

BECKY FERREIRA

A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.

States File 2 Lawsuits Over Trump’s Cuts to Endangered Species Act

MAXINE JOSELOW

Two lawsuits seek to reverse the Trump administration’s moves to open the habitats of imperiled wildlife to commercial activities.