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Hideki Shirakawa, Who Helped Turn a Lab Error Into a Nobel, Dies at 90

DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN

The Japanese chemist played a key role in the discovery of electricity-conducting plastics, largely by accident.

The Brains of F1 Drivers Are Indeed Strange

ERIK VANCE

They are moving too fast for the normal mind to keep up, but elite drivers have more densely packed brain cells where it counts and use their minds more efficiently.

The World’s First Bugs Had Way More Legs

KATE GOLEMBIEWSKI

Meet the earliest known insects. Shaking hands with them will take a while.

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.

Mathematicians discover the worst way to hang a painting

New solutions found to picture-hanging problems

New brain scan tool could help treat Huntington’s disease, a devastating genetic condition

Huntington's disease is an inherited condition that gradually robs people of their ability to move, speak and even think clearly—there is no cure

Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists

BENJAMIN MUELLER AND GLENN THRUSH

As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.

Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out.

BECKY FERREIRA

Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.