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There is no vaccine for deadly hantavirus, but this scientist is working on one

Virologist Jay Hooper is developing a vaccine for the rare rodent virus behind an outbreak on a cruise ship

US neutrino megaproject takes shape in abandoned gold mine

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will study nature's most mysterious particle a mile beneath South Dakota's Black Hills, and potentially reveal the origins of matter

Pentagon releases trove of new UFO files, but skeptics aren’t impressed

The Pentagon's first UFO file release includes photographs, videos and documents gathered as part of an effort that spans several governmental offices and agencies, including the FBI, the White House and NASA

See the Pentagon’s new UFO image release

The Pentagon has started releasing files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), also called UFOs. Here are the images released so far

Wildfire breaks out inside Chernobyl exclusion zone

A fire covering at least five square miles burned through the exclusion zone around the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster on Friday after two drones crashed into the area

Your Kids Asked the Artemis Astronauts Questions. They Answered.

RACHEL ABRAMS

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission discussed what the journey was like and what they ate for dessert in space.

What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

CHRISTINA CARON

It may look like vanity, but it’s a debilitating mental health condition.

U.F.O. Files Released by U.S. Shed Light on What the Government Knows

MICHAEL LEVENSON

The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called “new, never-before-seen” files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects.

She Tried to Help Schools Build Healthier Playgrounds. Then Her E.P.A. Grant Was Canceled.

EMILY ANTHES

Kirsten Beyer was assessing the benefits of improving school playgrounds in Milwaukee. Then her E.P.A. grant was canceled.

Hantavirus Is Nothing Like Coronavirus, but It’s Bringing Some ‘Covid P.T.S.D.’

NEIL VIGDOR

Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns of phrase have rekindled anxieties from Covid’s early days.

Trump Plans to Fire F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary

CHRISTINA JEWETT AND MAGGIE HABERMAN

Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.

Employees With Medical Conditions Challenge C.D.C. In-Office Requirement

APOORVA MANDAVILLI

The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.

Top climate research center at risk of cuts sues Trump administration

Universities that run the National Center for Atmospheric Research want to keep it from being dismantled

This organoid can menstruate—and shows how tissue can repair itself

Mini models of the uterus lining give insight into mystery of how it is shed without scarring

The leader of NASA’s Psyche mission has tips for interplanetary team building

Lindy Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator of NASA's Psyche mission, explains in her new book how lessons from interplanetary exploration can help people solve problems together