In June, workers at labs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have been exposed to anthrax.
The recent number of mistakes documented at federal laboratories involving anthrax, flu and smallpox viruses have contributed to a debate over lax government oversight at high-level containment labs.
Joep Lange, a pioneer from the early years of the AIDS crisis, played a key role in making H.I.V. treatments available in the developing world.
The Obama administration’s approval of guidelines for seismic searches for oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean handed the petroleum industry a significant victory over environmental groups.
Two papers published Thursday say the procedure, known as Crispr, can have wide benefits. But other experts worry about unintended consequences.
A vasectomy may increase the risk for the most lethal forms of prostate cancer, a new study reports.
Seismologists based their projections on a lower likelihood of slow shaking from an earthquake occurring near New York City, which typically causes more damage to taller structures.
Misrepresentations of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on television may lead patients to have unrealistic expectations of what the procedure entails and the likelihood of success.
A print of a placenta was created by dipping the organ’s treelike branches in blue acrylic paint. The blood vessels that feed the branches were painted red before the blot was made.
Given the placenta’s vital role, and all that can go wrong in pregnancy, relatively little is known about the organ, but that makes it fertile territory for potential medical breakthroughs.
A new review of research has restarted the argument over the relative importance of practice and native talent.
The recent discovery of unguarded vials of the smallpox virus at the National Institutes of Health points to the need for greater safety precautions.
A promising industry has also been called a “graveyard of broken dreams,” in part because of a nagging problem of motion sickness associated with the viewing devices.
We may not realize it, but we’re applying mathematical notions to relationships, and a crush is just a statistically small sample.
A veteran science writer jumps to Dad’s defense, drawing on several decades of research and his own experience as a five-time father.
A new form of the contraceptive Depo-Provera is being introduced in four African countries this year, and its backers hope that its simplicity may eventually allow women to inject themselves.
Scientists begin to shed light on the placenta, an important organ that we rarely think of; virtual reality companies work out the kinks in their immersive worlds; research shows that practice may not be as important as once thought.
A Mysterious Organ, Virtual Reality Sickness and Practice Makes ... Perfect? Genetic testing of 30 samples of hair supposedly from a humanoid creature determined they were from other known animals, though two were from an extinct species.
A fossil, only two inches long, discovered in British Columbia is determined to be of a hedgehog that lived 52 million years ago, during the early Eocene epoch.
An astrobiologist who noticed globules that might have been water on a Mars lander in 2008 demonstrates that small amounts of water may be forming on the planet today.
In warming seas, they are on the move, and are threatening kelp forests and sea grass meadows in temperate waters.
A dweller on the Upper West Side of Manhattan complains about the noisy birds at night. Hey, maybe we’re the ones keeping them up.
The top 20 titles as selected by the science editors from all adult nonfiction books reported to The New York Times for the month. These titles are fundamentally based on the sciences.
Why does yesterday’s vision of tomorrow seem so much better than what today turned out to be?
A man known as Elephant Bill had an almost mystical understanding of the animals, and trained them to help build bridges and evacuate refugees during World War II.
Gas companies can claim the right of eminent domain to seize private property.
It’s not just that we lack answers. We don’t even agree on the questions.
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As government financing of basic research has fallen off precipitously, philanthropists have stepped in, setting priorities and drawing both gratitude and trepidation from scientists.
