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Plants move to get away from their decaying brethren

A new discovery reveals how plants protect themselves from microbes in rotting material

RFK Jr. Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group’s Goals. Here’s What He’s Doing.

CHRISTINA JEWETT

The health secretary is quietly taking steps that public health experts fear will reduce immunization rates further.

A Reporter Who Saw Covid Coming Has Died

JERÉ LONGMAN

Helen Branswell recognized the threat of the pandemic ahead of the vast majority of journalists and even medical experts. She was 69.

For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe

WILLIAM J. BROAD AND ANDRES KUDACKI

At Sotheby’s, a feast of rare science books includes volumes from Copernicus, Galileo and Newton that together revolutionized human understanding of the cosmos.

The New Science of Stuttering

JACK TAMISIEA

Experts are reaching consensus on what the condition is. Now they’re debating how best to treat it.