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Did the Giant Heads of Easter Island Once Walk?
Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation.
Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.
U.S. Announces Negotiated Prices for 15 Drugs Under Medicare
The Trump administration said that had the new prices been in effect last year, Medicare would have saved $12 billion, which would have reduced its spending on those drugs by 44 percent.
He’s Beautiful, but He Has a Huge Blind Spot
Males of two species of pheasants seem to trade attractiveness for the ability to get a good look at predators.
Seal Milk Is the Cream of the Molecular Crop
You won’t be drinking it any time soon, but the aquatic mammal’s milk is much more chemically complex than that of other mammals, including humans.
Mapping the Brain’s Sense of What Goes On Inside the Body
Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders.
Ozempic Drug Fails to Quell Alzheimer’s in Novo Nordisk Trials
The studies were a significant setback for the optimistic view that semaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs could help prevent a number of brain diseases.
Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise at the San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141
She traveled through her long life at her own pace.
The Forgotten Nuclear Weapon Tests That Trump May Seek to Revive
Hydronuclear experiments, barred globally since the 1990s, may lie behind President Trump’s call last month for the United States to resume its testing of nuclear bombs.
New Studies of Dog DNA Shed Light on Pets and People
New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.
At the Great Lakes, Unearthing the Submerged History
Tamara Thomsen, a maritime archaeologist and diving instructor, has helped uncover more than 100 shipwrecks across the region.
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break
Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last.
These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates
Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room.
Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer
Thousands of the endangered primates end up on the dinner plates of people in the upper rung of the country’s society who have money to spare.
COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action
The first U.S. absence in the history of the talks created an opening, diplomats said, for oil-producing nations to push their agenda.
Eli Lilly, Drug Maker of Zepbound and Mounjaro, Reaches $1 Trillion in Value
The 150-year-old drugmaker is the first company in health care to hit the milestone.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
Cassidy Got Pledges From RFK Jr. on Vaccines. They Haven’t Stuck.
Before casting a crucial vote for the health secretary, the top Senate Republican laid out several specific commitments he had secured, some of which appear to have been breached.
Fine Chocolate in Brazil, Home of the Cacao Bean
A new generation of craft chocolate makers in Brazil is creating bars with “identity.” And they’re helping to sustain the forest, too.
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