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How One Woman With a Very Rare Disease Secured a Clinical Trial

GINA KOLATA

Through sheer determination, Neena Nizar has become the first patient in a clinical trial testing a treatment for her disease — one so rare it affects just 30 people worldwide.

Moderna, Merck Say mRNA Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning

CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON

Moderna and Merck say the experimental vaccine prevented the return and spread of the cancer in high-risk melanoma patients.

Should you be taking testosterone?

Testosterone is a longtime favorite of the bodybuilding crowd, but now the hormone is being touted for perimenopause, "looks maxxing," and more

China’s Chang’e-7 moonshot will seek water ice at the lunar south pole

The country's latest mission, Chang'e-7, will be the first to ever land directly at the moon's south pole. Whatever it finds there could radically reshape a new space race

Life’s ‘last universal common ancestor’ may predate life itself

A groundbreaking study hints at a hazy boundary between "life" and "non-life," as well as two distinct origins of biology on Earth

Moderna’s Shift to Cancer Company Lifts Stock Up 177%

REBECCA ROBBINS

The company’s fortunes cratered as demand for Covid-19 vaccines plummeted. But it was busy working on something else.

Orbital data centers could transform our night sky forever

Without drastic interventions, data centers in space could disrupt scientific observations and fragile ecosystems by adding almost innumerable new "stars" to the heavens above

Europe’s summer of wildfires is just a taste of what’s to come

The area of Europe affected by wildfires is due to triple, a new study finds

Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests

LISA FRIEDMAN AND MAXINE JOSELOW

The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.

China’s solar power rollout is harming birds, a new analysis finds

A new study finds that China's solar energy boom is hurting bird diversity

Physicists pinpoint the perfect crystal site for an ultra-accurate nuclear clock

Growing crystals "like alchemy," researchers plotted out the ideal site within the lattice to build a nuclear clock

This Skeleton is the First Confirmed Death by Trebuchet

K. R. CALLAWAY

Researchers believe a young man buried inside a Scottish castle was a victim of the long-feared siege weapon, more powerful than a typical catapult.

Climate: Trump vs. California

MAXINE JOSELOW

At least a half-dozen federal agencies have moved to undermine the state’s environmental efforts.

Climate: Saving Old Trees Might Save Lives

ALEXANDER NAZARYAN

We know that trees are good for cities. A new study finds that mature trees are especially good.

Trump Announces a New Policy for a ‘Golden Age of Space Transportation’

KENNETH CHANG

The policy aims to greatly increase the number of spacecraft launches and re-entries.