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Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science
The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago.
Bats Catch Migratory Birds and Eat Them in Midair
For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude.
Why the Green Cheese Turned White
The cheesemakers didn’t mind that their prized product was changing color, but they were curious about the cause.
She Studied How Foresting Affects Pollinators
Kim Ballare was a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service until her federal grant “got snatched away.”
His Lab Tested Cutting-Edge Spacecraft
Mason Peck, an aerospace engineer at Cornell, was trying to test innovative designs in spacecraft when a stop-work order hit.
His Lab Tested Cutting-Edge Spacecraft
Mason Peck, an aerospace engineer at Cornell, was trying to test innovative designs in spacecraft when a stop-work order hit.
She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility
Shruthi Mahalingaiah, a Harvard researcher, investigated the fertility risks women face from air pollution. But her grant was canceled.
He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities
“Fundamentally, we were trying to learn about these systems to prevent people from dying unnecessarily from heat,” said Kevin Gurney, an atmospheric scientist.
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.
Toronto’s Subway Deer Enigma Unmasked With DNA Analysis
It took nearly 50 years to work out the identity of a caribou-like fossil first discovered by construction workers.
Trump’s Energy Cuts Punished Mostly Blue States. Red States Might Be Next.
As New York and other states tally the damage, a leaked document suggests more Energy Department cuts may be coming.
‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge
The practice, in which users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, has fueled one of the fastest-growing H.I.V. epidemics in the Pacific and grown widespread in South Africa.
MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners
Twenty-two people in a broad spectrum of the arts and sciences were awarded the fellowship, which comes with an $800,000 stipend.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic Frameworks
The prize was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of a new type of molecular architecture.
Why Diamonds Are Computer Chips’ New Best Friend
Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity, most of it as heat. The physical properties of diamond offer a potential solution, researchers say.
John B. Gurdon, 92, Dies; Nobelist Paved Way for Cloning of Animals
His work in the manipulation of cells laid the foundation for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine and led to the first cloned large mammal, a sheep named Dolly.
Mars Orbiter Captures Rare Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
3I/ATLAS, only the third object from beyond our solar system ever spotted from Earth, was viewed from Mars by an orbiting European spacecraft.
Taking Too Much Tylenol Has Proven Risks. Trump Didn’t Talk About Those.
Acetaminophen’s link to autism is unproven. But hundreds of Americans accidentally overdose on the drug each year, suffering liver damage that can require a transplant or even be fatal.
Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics
The prize was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis.
Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation
Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.