The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests they were more closely related to Greeks.
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We explain the administration’s cuts to research.
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Carnivorous caterpillars discovered on the Hawaiian island of Oahu have a freaky fashion sense.
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Females reign supreme in bonobo society by working together to keep males in their place.
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A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the Roman Empire.
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Scientists used fluid dynamics to learn how to get the most flavor from pour-over coffee.
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Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too.
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The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
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While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.
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After 20 percent of the agency’s work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and review firings to fill gaps in critical roles.
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A $56 million grant to train emergency responders and supply them with the overdose reversal spray, plus other programs that address addiction, could be eliminated.
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A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral resources in shared waters.
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The decades-long research effort has contributed to thousands of research papers, altering medical care for women around the world.
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A tiny division responsible for overseeing services for people with disabilities and older Americans is being dismantled as part of an overhaul by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.
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Acadia Healthcare’s chief executive was awarded a $1.8 million bonus to respond to “unprecedented governmental inquiries” into allegations of holding psychiatric patients against their will.
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The measure will require geolocation data to show that beans aren’t linked to deforestation. Farmers say they need more time to prepare.
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Vermont was the first state to try to hold polluters accountable for climate disasters. New research aims to assign specific responsibility.
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The few domestic companies that still make protective gear for health care workers have clamored for federal intervention. But they worry President Trump’s trade war with China won’t help.
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Two major proposals led by Jared Kushner and a new airport championed by the Albanian government focus on an area prized for its biodiversity. Are they a sign of things to come?
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Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is making the most of it.
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Weakening or rolling back longstanding environmental regulations would worsen the problem, the American Lung Association assessment says.
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Despite a 1 percent increase in 2024, U.S. birthrates remained in a historic slump, a trend that worries demographers and cultural critics.
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Growing case numbers suggest that the national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019.
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A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions.
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Timberline Knolls, a mental health center owned by Acadia Healthcare, skimped on staff. Then came a series of tragedies.
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Nine states have set goals to conserve 30 percent of their land by 2030. Maryland got there first.
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A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation.
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Every year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs.
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Simple, affordable initiatives like rain gardens are helping to soak up water in New Orleans.
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A leading sociologist, he explored American society up close — living in a Levittown at one point — to gain insight into issues of race, class, the media and even the Yankees.
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The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply.
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Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.
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For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”
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During his life, Willy Ley predicted the dawn of the Space Age with remarkable accuracy. How did his remains end up forgotten in a co-op on the Upper West Side?
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An artist imagines the flora of distant, nonexistent worlds.
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An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
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The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s predawn skies on Wednesday.
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A professional skeptic, he took on hundreds of mysteries, offering rational explanations for the Loch Ness monster, the Shroud of Turin and countless hauntings.
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The White House has thrown its weight behind the lab leak theory, an idea that has divided intelligence agencies.
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