This Squid Is Playing Peekaboo at the Bottom of the Ocean 12 December 2025 at 05:02

This Squid Is Playing Peekaboo at the Bottom of the Ocean

NYT: Science

By:Elizabeth Preston

12 December 2025 at 05:02

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone.

Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit 12 December 2025 at 05:01

Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit

NYT: Science

By:Jan Hoffman

12 December 2025 at 05:01

Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.

Addiction experts, who studied hundreds of clinical trials, guidelines and surveys conducted over 15 years, found a gulf between how the public perceives cannabis and what gold-standard science shows.

Turkey’s Largest City Is Threatened by a Lurking Earthquake 11 December 2025 at 14:32

Turkey’s Largest City Is Threatened by a Lurking Earthquake

NYT: Science

By:Robin George Andrews

11 December 2025 at 14:32

Escalating activity along a fault line in the Sea of Marmara is moving closer to Istanbul, seismologists warn.

People gathered in an earthquake assembly area following a 6.2 magnitude temblor in Istanbul in April.

A Hot Plant’s Irresistible Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It 11 December 2025 at 16:43

A Hot Plant’s Irresistible Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It

NYT: Science

By:Sofia Quaglia

11 December 2025 at 16:43

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared.

Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making 11 December 2025 at 09:01

Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making

NYT: Science

By:Carl Zimmer

11 December 2025 at 09:01

Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found.

Trump Administration Rules Threaten Nobel Prizes Won by Immigrants 10 December 2025 at 05:03

Trump Administration Rules Threaten Nobel Prizes Won by Immigrants

NYT: Technology

By:William J. Broad

10 December 2025 at 05:03

As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.

Trump Administration Rules Threaten Nobel Prizes Won by Immigrants 10 December 2025 at 05:03

Trump Administration Rules Threaten Nobel Prizes Won by Immigrants

NYT: Science

By:William J. Broad

10 December 2025 at 05:03

As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.

For Real, a Natural History of Misinformation 9 December 2025 at 20:34

For Real, a Natural History of Misinformation

NYT: Science

By:Carl Zimmer

9 December 2025 at 20:34

It’s not just humans who suffer from leading one another astray. So do fish, flies and even bacteria.

Stampeding Turtles Might Have Made Fossil Tracks in Italian Cliffs 5 December 2025 at 14:15

Stampeding Turtles Might Have Made Fossil Tracks in Italian Cliffs

NYT: Science

By:Carolyn Wilke

5 December 2025 at 14:15

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea.

When a Murder Hornet Becomes a Tasty Meal 4 December 2025 at 00:01

When a Murder Hornet Becomes a Tasty Meal

NYT: Science

By:Jack Tamisiea

4 December 2025 at 00:01

A researcher found that a Japanese pond frog is impervious to the stings of the northern giant hornet, even when it goes down the hatch.

Could Weight Loss Drugs Turn Fat Cats Into Svelte Ozempets? 2 December 2025 at 05:04

Could Weight Loss Drugs Turn Fat Cats Into Svelte Ozempets?

NYT: Science

By:Emily Anthes

2 December 2025 at 05:04

GLP-1 drugs for pets could be the next frontier for the blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs.

Recent estimates suggest that roughly 60 percent of the nation’s cats and dogs are obese, and hundreds of thousands of cats and dogs have diabetes.

Inside the Bird-Flu Vaccine Trial for Monk Seals 1 December 2025 at 05:30

Inside the Bird-Flu Vaccine Trial for Monk Seals

NYT: Science

By:Emily Anthes and Loren Elliott

1 December 2025 at 05:30

After the virus returned to Hawaii this fall, testing the shots in the endangered seal species became urgent.

To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder 27 November 2025 at 05:01

To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder

NYT: Science

By:Clarissa Brincat

27 November 2025 at 05:01

In a small study, pet cats greeted male owners with more vocalizations than they did female caregivers.

To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder 27 November 2025 at 05:01

To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder

NYT: Science

By:Clarissa Brincat

27 November 2025 at 05:01

In a small study, pet cats greeted male owners with more vocalizations than they did female caregivers.

U.S. Nuclear Arms Chief Warns Against Leaks of Secret Information 26 November 2025 at 08:37

U.S. Nuclear Arms Chief Warns Against Leaks of Secret Information

NYT: Science

By:William J. Broad

26 November 2025 at 08:37

The email sent to atom bomb officials by Brandon Williams highlights the managerial challenge faced by the former one-term congressman.

Brandon Williams, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, has no deep technical roots or experience in running the nation’s nuclear weapons complex, unlike many of his predecessors.

He’s Beautiful, but He Has a Huge Blind Spot 25 November 2025 at 19:01

He’s Beautiful, but He Has a Huge Blind Spot

NYT: Science

By:Jack Tamisiea

25 November 2025 at 19:01

Males of two species of pheasants seem to trade attractiveness for the ability to get a good look at predators.

A male golden pheasant in Shaanxi, China.

Seal Milk Is the Cream of the Molecular Crop 25 November 2025 at 11:32

Seal Milk Is the Cream of the Molecular Crop

NYT: Science

By:Kate Golembiewski

25 November 2025 at 11:32

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.

The Atlantic grey seal nurses its young for only 17 days, requiring its milk to be packed with nutrients to quickly prepare the pup for a tough life at sea.

The Forgotten Nuclear Weapon Tests That Trump May Seek to Revive 24 November 2025 at 15:19

The Forgotten Nuclear Weapon Tests That Trump May Seek to Revive

NYT: Science

By:William J. Broad

24 November 2025 at 15:19

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.

Technicians in an underground test site in Nevada secured the door before execution of the 2021 Red Sage-Nightshade experiment, a subcritical nuclear test.

New Studies of Dog DNA Shed Light on Pets and People 24 November 2025 at 15:00

New Studies of Dog DNA Shed Light on Pets and People

NYT: Science

By:Emily Anthes

24 November 2025 at 15:00

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer 22 November 2025 at 15:55

Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer

NYT: Science

By:Dina Fine Maron

22 November 2025 at 15:55

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.

A bamboo lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis) eating bamboo.

CIA Kryptos Auction: Anonymous Bidder Pays Nearly $1 Million for Secret to Decode Sculpture 20 November 2025 at 22:18

CIA Kryptos Auction: Anonymous Bidder Pays Nearly $1 Million for Secret to Decode Sculpture

NYT: Science

By:John Schwartz

20 November 2025 at 22:18

The creator of the Kryptos panels, Jim Sanborn, sought to unburden himself of the puzzle, and then discovered before an auction he had archived its solution in the Smithsonian.

Jim Sanborn, the artist who created the Kryptos sculpture, at the International Spy Museum in Washington earlier this month.

Early Signs Point to a Harsh Flu Season in the U.S. 19 November 2025 at 14:08

Early Signs Point to a Harsh Flu Season in the U.S.

NYT: Science

By:Apoorva Mandavilli

19 November 2025 at 14:08

The virus circulating this year is more virulent and has been spreading faster and earlier than usual.

Cases of the dominant flu virus this year, H3N2, are rising in 39 states. This virus is known to cause more severe symptoms than the H1N1 virus that was most common last year.

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation. 17 November 2025 at 17:23

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.

NYT: Technology

By:Dan Fagin and Jonathan Corum

17 November 2025 at 17:23

Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico.

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation. 17 November 2025 at 17:23

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.

NYT: Science

By:Dan Fagin and Jonathan Corum

17 November 2025 at 17:23

Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico.

Video Reveals How Far Wolves Will Go to Steal a Meal 17 November 2025 at 12:00

Video Reveals How Far Wolves Will Go to Steal a Meal

NYT: Science

By:Lesley Evans Ogden

17 November 2025 at 12:00

After a wolf dragged a crab trap out of water to get a snack, some scientists said the behavior revealed their ability to use tools.

Parasitic Queen: Now She’s Stealing an Ant Fief 17 November 2025 at 11:00

Parasitic Queen: Now She’s Stealing an Ant Fief

NYT: Science

By:Rebecca Dzombak

17 November 2025 at 11:00

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on their own mother.

Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs 14 November 2025 at 16:18

Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs

NYT: Science

By:Jan Hoffman

14 November 2025 at 16:18

Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the opioid crisis.

The bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, is the largest settlement with a single pharmaceutical company throughout years of the national opioid litigation.

The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse 14 November 2025 at 10:13

The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse

NYT: Science

By:Emily Anthes

14 November 2025 at 10:13

The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in place roughly 10,000 years ago, a new study suggests.

Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds 13 November 2025 at 11:00

Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds

NYT: Science

By:Emily Anthes

13 November 2025 at 11:00

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

Scientists Grow More Hopeful About Ending a Global Organ Shortage 12 November 2025 at 05:00

Scientists Grow More Hopeful About Ending a Global Organ Shortage

NYT: Science

By:Roni Caryn Rabin

12 November 2025 at 05:00

At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed themselves the first real optimism in decades.

The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’ 11 November 2025 at 16:21

The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’

NYT: Science

By:Roni Caryn Rabin and Lucy Lu

11 November 2025 at 16:21

Diagnosed with A.L.S., they traded stories, drank tequila and made grim jokes at a unique annual gathering on Cape Cod.

Leah Stavenhagen, now 32, started Her A.L.S. Story in 2021, two years after she herself was diagnosed with A.L.S., because she wanted to connect with other young women with the disease. A BiPAP machine helps her breathe.

Merck PCSK9 Pill Results Point to Extremely Low Cholesterol Future 8 November 2025 at 17:57

Merck PCSK9 Pill Results Point to Extremely Low Cholesterol Future

NYT: Science

By:Gina Kolata

8 November 2025 at 17:57

The drug targets the PCSK9 protein, and could give millions of people a more affordable option to reduce their heart disease risk.

Merck, which first introduced statins to the world nearly 40 years ago, announced that its new pill helped reduce heart attack and stroke rates in high risk patients by 20 percent in a year.

What Scientists Are Learning From Brain Organoids 6 November 2025 at 14:00

What Scientists Are Learning From Brain Organoids

NYT: Science

By:Carl Zimmer

6 November 2025 at 14:00

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom.

Radiation May Be Unnecessary for Many Breast Cancer Patients 6 November 2025 at 21:13

Radiation May Be Unnecessary for Many Breast Cancer Patients

NYT: Science

By:Roni Caryn Rabin

6 November 2025 at 21:13

Doctors have already begun reducing radiation treatment for women at low risk of recurrence or spread of the disease. A new study finds that some women at greater risk can safely avoid radiation.

Researchers followed 1,600 women for a median of 9.6 years and found that survival rates were similar in two groups of patients: 81.4 percent among the patients who had received radiation treatment and 81.9 percent among those who had not.

This Is What a Vindicated Iguana Looks Like 5 November 2025 at 11:55

This Is What a Vindicated Iguana Looks Like

NYT: Science

By:Jude Coleman

5 November 2025 at 11:55

Reptiles on a Mexican island were considered an invasive species, but DNA evidence proves they beat humans to the island by hundreds of thousands of years.

‘A Big Positive’: How One Company Plans to Profit From Medicaid Cuts 3 November 2025 at 05:00

‘A Big Positive’: How One Company Plans to Profit From Medicaid Cuts

NYT: Science

By:Sarah Kliff · Margot Sanger-Katz and Asmaa Elkeurti

3 November 2025 at 05:00

New work requirements are expected to leave millions of poor Americans uninsured. For Equifax, which charges states steep prices for its trove of employment data, it is a business opportunity.