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Trump CDC pick Erica Schwartz confirmed to lead nation’s top public health agency

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't had a full-time leader in almost a year

F.D.A. Approves Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine

CHRISTINA JEWETT

The agency had initially refused to even review the application but reversed course after a public outcry.

A SpaceX Rocket Will Soon Crash Into the Moon

KENNETH CHANG

The second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, which sent two private landers to the moon last year, will collide with the moon early Wednesday morning.

Urban landscapes can boost storms—or break them up

New work shows how different storm types are shifted by cities' microclimates

The Scientific American guide to 2026’s total solar eclipse

Here's everything you need to know about this eclipse, from the weather to the best viewing locations

Can quantum computers solve math’s hardest problem?

A million-dollar math mystery may someday be resolved in a physics lab. A new study brings this vision one step closer.

U.S. lawmakers vote to hold Biden's former medical advisor Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress

Fauci previously served as the chief medical officer to President Joe Biden and led the U.S. COVID pandemic response effort

U.S. approves Moderna's mRNA vaccine for flu—the first of its kind

The flu shot, mFlusiva, was shown in a clinical trial to be up to 27 percent more effective than a standard flu jab

CDC warns of Salmonella outbreak tied to jalapeño peppers sold to Chipotle and QDOBA

As cases of a parasite-caused disease tied to shredded iceberg lettuce continue to climb, the nation's top public health body is warning of a new foodborne illness

Physicists harness sunlight for quantum entanglement

A proof-of-principle experiment used concentrated sunlight to produce entangled photons

Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Lift Freeze on Wind Power

BRAD PLUMER

Since April, the Defense Department has halted all military reviews for wind projects, stalling dozens of projects nationwide.

This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature

CARL ZIMMER

Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.

How much of our existence do we owe to sugar?

It may be time to rethink our relationship with the sweet stuff

OpenAI’s latest math breakthroughs commit research misconduct, experts say

OpenAI released 10 AI-generated results over the weekend. Some mathematicians are unhappy with their approach

James R. Urbaniak, Master of Stitching Back Fingers, Dies at 90

JERÉ LONGMAN

He was among the first to perform microscopic surgery in the 1970s and revolutionized techniques to treat traumatic injuries.