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Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants

ELLEN BARRY

The health secretary has long complained that Americans overuse psychiatric medications. New policies he is introducing aim to change that.

In Venice, an Ocean-Inspired Exhibition Takes Visitors Under the Sea

KERIDWEN CORNELIUS

Inside a former convent on an island, immersive artworks invite visitors to “stretch their sense of self to include the vastness of the ocean.”

Humpback whales sometimes hang out with their mouth open, baffling scientists

Scientists are trying to decode why humpback whales can be observed hanging around with their mouth open, with no apparent explanation

How scientists made the discoveries behind a game-changing gene therapy for sickle cell disease and won a $3-million Breakthrough Prize

Stuart Orkin and Swee Lay Thein shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their research on genetic causes of sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia that set the stage for approved gene therapies. The treatments are not accessible to everyone, though

A decade of research reveals harms of ‘fitspiration’ content online

The Internet loves fitness-motivation content. Olympian and researcher Valerie Gruest explains why it can be so harmful

How to Catch a Meteor Shower From Halley’s Comet

KATRINA MILLER

Known for their speed, the Eta Aquarids will reach their peak on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

The Uncertain Fate of France’s Last Two Captive Orcas

ANA CASTELAIN

France must decide what to do with two orcas marooned at a deserted marine park: move them to another park, or release them into an open-water sanctuary.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin moon lander completes a crucial test as race with SpaceX heats up

NASA announced that the lander, Endurance, completed vacuum testing on Earth—a key step toward a planned launch later this year

Does a psychedelic trip change your brain? A new study offers a tantalizing clue

Scientists gave people a "heroic" dose of psilocybin and then looked at their brain. Here's what happened

Why some mathematicians think we should abandon pi

A growing minority believes it's a mistake to tie so many mathematical formulas to the famed 3.14... value. Another value, tau, could be better

Babies may ‘catch’ yawns from their mother in the womb, new study finds

Researchers found that fetuses were more likely to yawn when their mother did, suggesting humans may experience yawn contagion throughout their life

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ record high

These data come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Mauna Loa Observatory, which may soon be shut down because of proposed government budget cuts

A Medical Examiner Chases Down an Elusive Killer

JAN HOFFMAN AND BRETT CARLSEN

Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly identify the most lethal.

Hantavirus Outbreaks Are Rare, but They Aren’t Going Away and There’s No Cure

ADEEL HASSAN

Since the family of rodent-borne infections were identified in the 1950s, they have turned up all over the world.

How Ancient Centipede Ancestors Conquered the Earth

JACK TAMISIEA

A long-neglected fossil seems to show the evolutionary leap that let the ancestors of today’s many-legged arthropods crawl forth from the seas.