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How will NASA’s Roman Space Telescope see exoplanets?

NASA's newest major observatory will include the most advanced planet-imaging tech ever flown in space. Here's how it works

GTA has always raised anxieties over video games and violence—here’s what the science actually says

The evidence in favor of and against video games promoting aggressive behavior is murkier than you might think

How the brain learns to read is an evolutionary mystery—a new study offers clues

Reading hasn't been around for long, evolutionary speaking. Instead, the brain recruits systems evolved for other purposes

How changes to Endangered Species Act regulations could hurt wildlife

Recent changes to the implementation of the Endangered Species Act could put wildlife at risk

See last night’s ‘blood moon’ eclipse from around the world

In a near-total lunar eclipse, the moon turned red-orange for viewers in North America, Europe and Africa

Alpha School’s AI teaching model is expanding. Does it work?

The fast-growing private-school network is handing much of instruction over to artificial intelligence. Researchers say the science is far from settled

Top 10 Roman Space Telescope science breakthroughs

NASA's Roman Space Telescope will open a whole new window on the cosmos. Here are 10 things it's likely to show us

F.D.A. Approves the Drug Daraxonrasib That’s Poised to Transform Pancreatic Cancer

GINA KOLATA, REBECCA ROBBINS AND CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON

In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.

An Experimental Single-Time Treatment Slashed Cholesterol for a Year

CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON

A small gene-editing study significantly reduced LDL cholesterol levels, and the results have stuck a year later.

Dolly Parton’s Other Legacy: A Fortune Given Away, Dollar by Dollar

DAVID GELLES

The country star supported early childhood literacy, disaster relief, the development of the Covid-19 vaccine and more.

A.I. Brings Big Gains to Hurricane Forecasts, Google Researchers Say

WILLIAM J. BROAD

Analysis by the company’s DeepMind unit suggests that an A.I.-enabled model delivers accurate forecasts a day or more before conventional models can.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Promises a Breakthrough in Cosmic Exploration

KATRINA MILLER

NASA’s latest offering to the stars comes from a legacy of great observatories that enabled decades of discovery and unearthed new mysteries about the universe.

Narwhals Have Stunning Spiraled Tusks. That’s Not the Only Twist.

TAYLOR MITCHELL BROWN

X-rays revealed that the tusks have an internal opposing twist, which may help explain how they grow so straight — the only tusks like them in nature.

A Melting Glacier in Nepal Was a Time Bomb. There Are More to Come.

JASON GULLEY

A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common.

Where are all the aliens? A new book explores possible answers

Seven Rasmussen, an astrobiologist and author of the new book Cloudy with a Chance of Starships, gives readers a tour of the astonishing science behind modern searches for alien life