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Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His New Silence on the Issue

CHRISTINA JEWETT AND SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority.

Sucker fish are hiding in manta rays’ ‘butthole,’ new study reveals

The practice of "cloacal diving" could help remoras hide from predators—it could also be a feeding strategy or help the fish hitchhike

Strange crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test

The Trinity bomb test left behind a unique form of matter, and now, scientists have discovered a new chemical structure inside it

Trump Nominates Cameron Hamilton to Lead FEMA

SCOTT DANCE

President Trump chose Cameron Hamilton to direct federal disaster response. As acting head of FEMA last year, he had opposed abolishing the agency and was ousted.

Is the U.S. in a new era of political violence? Experts say it’s complicated

Researchers who study political violence say that the U.S. is in a period of more intense political rhetoric, but there have been far darker periods in the nation's history

Gemstones on Mars—why the Red Planet could be harboring rubies, opals, and more

NASA's Mars rovers have found traces of minerals akin to those that make up precious gems on Earth. But their appearance and abundance on Mars is likely very different, experts say

NASA’s Apollo moon missions relied on this computer scientist and differential equations

Margaret Hamilton designed safety features for NASA inspired in part by her four-year-old

PCOS just got a new name—here’s what to know

A multiyear effort to rename polycystic ovary syndrome finally revealed the condition's new name: polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome

China’s Yangtze River has been ‘pirating’ water from the Yellow River for more than a million years, scientists reveal

For the last 1.7 million years, China's Yangtze River has been stealing water from the Yellow River, new research shows

Building Nests Is Hard. That’s Why Some Birds Steal.

SARA NOVAK

When researchers used GPS devices to monitor the nests of Hawaiian honeycreepers, they found dozens of cases of brazen avian burglary.

See SpaceX Starship V3 megarocket on the launchpad as it gears up for its next test flight

This test flight comes at a pivotal moment for Elon Musk's SpaceX as the company pushes to go public this year and show it's ready for NASA's planned 2027 Artemis III mission

A Taxidermist Gives Dead Animals a New Life

JORDAN KISNER AND SASHA ARUTYUNOVA

The creation, care and keeping of creatures is a responsibility the last full-time museum taxidermist in the U.S. takes both seriously and joyfully.

Math reveals the one game of chance you should always accept

Probability theory and the Saint Petersburg paradox can help you determine whether the stakes of a game are too great

Trump’s FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns

Makary, a face of Trump's Make America Healthy Again agenda, oversaw the embattled agency as it dealt with vaping, abortion and other issues

Ivermectin prescriptions spiked after Mel Gibson touted it for cancer on Joe Rogan’s podcast

There is no hard evidence that ivermectin can treat cancer, but that hasn't stopped people from trying it