The Biggest Party of 2021 Is About to Start
Billions of bugs will soon burst out of the ground to begin the mass gathering of a lifetime. It’s hard not to feel jealous.
Billions of bugs will soon burst out of the ground to begin the mass gathering of a lifetime. It’s hard not to feel jealous.
With the right partners, scientists don’t have to visit their study sites to get good data.
After the massive telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed late last year, American astronomers now must rely on China. Things are already getting complicated.
We still don’t know who’s most at risk of getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine blood clots.
So are theories to explain it.
Some people’s bodies aren’t set up for vaccines.
Disturbingly light is the head that wears the crown.
A pause is just that—a pause—in which health officials can reevaluate the data at hand.
This is the only climate bill coming. Also: Why methane levels surged last year.
A volcano erupting on the island is a living replica of what once happened on Mars.
And yet it took a 19th-century naturalist, a 21st-century grad student, and some Brazilian fishers to crack the mystery.
No, not COVID-19. Many, many viruses can infect humans without making us sick, and how they do that is one of biology’s deepest mysteries.
A hint of warmth from our sun helped reveal a mysterious comet’s secrets.
The stories you hold on to will be colored by your own experience—but also by the experiences of those around you.
Vaccinated and unvaccinated people are getting more lax with behavior at a time when vigilance really matters.
Scientists think it’s valuable, but they’re not quite sure why.
Antibodies that cross the placenta or end up in milk could give infants temporary immunity to COVID-19.
“If it actually looks seriously like the world is gonna cut carbon emissions in half by 2030, you could, overnight, see fire sales of fossil-fuel assets.”
The only way to give them the space they need might be to seek them out.
For the moment, reports of a very rare, dangerous blood disorder among recipients cannot be ignored.
Vaccine small talk has given America something to chat about again.
The conventional wisdom about how to spot a liar is all wrong.