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DOJ indicts former Fauci adviser David Morens on charges related to COVID pandemic

Former National Institutes of Health official David Morens is accused of evading record requests related to the COVID pandemic's origins and gain-of-function research

What happened after the fall of Rome? Ancient genomes offer new clues

A genomic analysis of people buried on the border of the ancient Roman Empire show how distinct groups combined after the empire's fall

A giant hailstorm just killed an emu at a Missouri zoo

A hailstorm of these proportions is "unusual" but not unheard of in Missouri at this time of year, one expert says

Measles outbreaks can end, but the danger of the disease doesn’t

The recent measles outbreak in South Carolina sickened nearly 1,000 people before public health officials got it under control. Vaccination can effectively prevent further spread

Peter Raven Dies at 89; Botanist Warned of Perils of Climate Change

KEITH SCHNEIDER

He transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into an international research hub and laid out the existential threats posed by deforestation and unchecked development.

Targeted Hunts Were Supposed to Curb ‘Zombie Deer Disease.’ Now What?

JIM ROBBINS AND JULIA RENDLEMAN

In Illinois and other states, officials hoped that culls could halt the progress of chronic wasting disease. Now they are losing hope.

What’s faster than light? Darkness

A recent experiment revealed that individual dark points on a light wave can move faster than the wave itself

Should schools limit kids’ screen time? The science is murky

Los Angeles public schools are limiting computer use in classrooms over health concerns. But experts say that approach is missing the problem

Infamous geneticist and decoder of the human genome J. Craig Venter dies at 79

Scientist and medtech entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics

Former Fauci Adviser Indicted on Covid-Related Charges

BENJAMIN MUELLER

Prosecutors accused Dr. David Morens, a former adviser to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, of hiding records related to the onset of the pandemic.

Pioneering geneticist and decoder of the human genome J. Craig Venter dies at age 79

Scientist and medical technology entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics

JWST discovers ‘red monster’ galaxy that challenges astronomers’ understanding of the early universe

Researchers are perplexed by a galaxy that seems too large and too dusty for its place in cosmic history, less than a half-billion years after the big bang

Could At-Home Brain Stimulation Reduce Psychiatry’s Reliance on S.S.R.I.s?

RACHEL E. GROSS

A headset recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration uses a weak electric current to shock the brain. Some researchers hope it could challenge the current pill-centric paradigm.

J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79

NICHOLAS WADE

A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.

The effort to rescue ‘Timmy’ the humpback whale just took a risky turn

Rescuers had called off the effort to save "Timmy," a humpback whale that had stranded in the Baltic Sea last month. But now a last-ditch attempt to move the creature by barge is underway