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  1. 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.

     ByDina Fine Maron

    A bamboo lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis) eating bamboo.
    CreditCortni Borgerson

  2. Why the Rings of Saturn Seem as if They’re About to Disappear

    During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.

     ByTom Metcalfe

    Saturn’s rings, observed by the Cassini spacecraft. They will be all but invisible when viewed from Earth on Sunday.
    CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

  3. Anonymous Bidder Pays Nearly $1 Million for Secret to Decode C.I.A. Sculpture

    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.

     ByJohn Schwartz

    Jim Sanborn, the artist who created the Kryptos sculpture, at the International Spy Museum in Washington earlier this month.
    CreditKevin Wolf/Associated Press

  4. The Moon Was an Inside Job

    New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun.

     ByRobin George Andrews

    Artist’s impression of the collision between the early Earth and Theia, with the sun in the far distance, roughly 100 million years after the formation of the solar system.
    CreditMark A. Garlick/MPS

  1. NASA Releases Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS: It ‘Doesn’t Look Like a Spacecraft’

    With the government reopened, the space agency at last released pictures captured by a fleet of government spacecraft of an object that came from beyond our solar system.

     ByKenneth Chang

    CreditNASA/Lowell Observatory/Qicheng Zhang

  2. Video Reveals How Far Wolves Will Go to Steal a Meal

    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.

     ByLesley Evans Ogden

    Wolves in the Heiltsuk territory of British Columbia experience minimal human persecution and disturbance, so they may have more freedom to explore and experiment with new strategies.
    CreditKyle Artelle
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  3. A Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea

    Scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain.

     ByAlexa Robles-Gil

    Ken Daniel, a Marshallese sailor, wears brain-recording equipment aboard a research vessel in the South Pacific.
    CreditChewy C. Lin

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

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

     ByDan Fagin andJonathan Corum

    CreditHannah Beier for The New York Times

  5. Parasitic Queen: Now She’s Stealing an Ant Fief

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

     ByRebecca Dzombak

    Worker ants attacking their own queen after an intrusion by the queen of Lasius orientalis, a parasitic species found in Japan.
    CreditT. Shimada
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Lost Science

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  1. 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.

     ByAlan Burdick

    CreditWill Warasila for The New York Times

  2. She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat

    “There was no warning, no conversation,” said Jane Clougherty, an environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year.

     BySachi Kitajima Mulkey

    CreditHannah Yoon for The New York Times

  3. He Helped Cities Anticipate Damage From Storms

    Austin Becker developed an early warning system to protect critical infrastructure from storms. His project’s funding was eliminated in April.

     BySachi Kitajima Mulkey

    CreditKannetha Brown for The New York Times

  4. Her Research Could Improve Training for Service Dogs

    “This is a type of science that has an impact that most people could see in their homes,” said Erin Hecht, a canine researcher at Harvard. “Now there’s just no money.”

     ByEmily Anthes

    CreditLucy Lu for The New York Times

  5. She Made Sure That Tsunami Warnings Reached the Public

    “I always wanted to be a public servant and do science for the good of the people,” said Corina Allen, who lost her job at NOAA.

     ByRebecca Dzombak

    CreditRuth Fremson/The New York Times

Math, Revealed

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  1. What the Golden Ratio Says About Your Belly Button

    The secret beauty in apples, stars and the center of you.

     BySteven Strogatz andJens Mortensen

    CreditJens Mortensen for The New York Times

  2. How a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling

    A story of bowling pins, patterns and medical miracles.

     BySteven Strogatz andJens Mortensen

    CreditJens Mortensen for The New York Times

  3. Where Pi Equals 4 and Circles Aren’t Round

    In the world of taxicab geometry, even the Pythagorean theorem takes a back seat.

     BySteven Strogatz andJens Mortensen

    CreditJens Mortensen for The New York Times

  4. How Bees, Beer Cans and Data Solve the Same Packing Problem

    Trying to fit it all in? There’s a trick to it, even in 24 dimensions.

     BySteven Strogatz andJens Mortensen

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  5. Teach Triangular Numbers With Steven Strogatz and The New York Times

    Invite students to uncover how a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain.

     ByPatrick Honner

    CreditJens Mortensen for The New York Times

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Origins

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  1. Life Lessons From (Very Old) Bowhead Whales

    A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging humans become more resilient?

     ByCarl Zimmer

    Scientists have measured the molecular damage that accumulated in the eyes, ears and eggs of bowhead whales and found more evidence of extraordinary longevity. They are estimated to live up to 268 years.
    CreditKelvin Aitken/VWPics, via Alamy

  2. Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too.

    Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes.

     ByCarl Zimmer

    Colorful microbial mats, composed of thermophilic microbes, surround a bubbling hot spring in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
    CreditJon G. Fuller/VWPics, via Associated Press

  3. How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You.

    The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests.

     ByCarl Zimmer

    CreditPablo Bou Mira/Alamy

  4. Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright

    A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism.

     ByCarl Zimmer

    A comparison of skeletons from “Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature,” by Thomas Henry Huxley, 1863.
    CreditAlamy

  5. How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

    The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity.

     ByCarl Zimmer

    CreditRichard Smith

Trilobites

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  1. Where You See a Fancy Fish, Engineers See Alan Turing’s Math

    Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and all.

     ByKatrina Miller

    A male ornate boxfish with distinctive, complex patterns of stripes and hexagons on its scales.
    CreditWirestock, via Alamy

  2. This Is What a Vindicated Iguana Looks Like

    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.

     ByJude Coleman

    An analysis of the Clarion Island iguanas of Mexico found they likely diverged from their mainland relatives nearly half a million years ago.
    CreditDaniel Mulcahy

  3. This Genetically Engineered Fungus Could Help Fix Your Mosquito Problem

    In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

     ByJason P. Dinh

    A mosquito infected by two species of Metarhizium fungi — one that glows green under the microscope, and one that glows red.
    CreditHuiyu Sheng

  4. The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked

    Did certain small tyrannosaur fossils belong to “teen rex” or another species? New analysis of a recent fossil appears to have settled the debate.

     ByAsher Elbein

    A life reconstruction of a pack of Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile T. rex.
    CreditAnthony Hutchings

  5. Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glowing Green Bats?

    Six species of North American bats emit a glow at almost identical wavelengths, according to a recent study.

     BySara Novak

    Researchers found a nearly identical greenish glow across six species of bats from a museum collection.
    CreditBriana Roberson

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Climate and Environment

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  1. Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End

    The final agreement, with no direct mention of the fossil fuels dangerously heating Earth, was a victory for countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia, diplomats said.

     ByMax Bearak andLisa Friedman

    The closing session of the COP30 climate negotiations in Belém, Brazil, on Saturday.
    CreditPablo Porciuncula/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  2. Stopping the Greatest Threat to the Amazon, One Fire at a Time

    After four decades of research, a scientist returns to the Amazon in an effort to change the behavior that has led to years of environmental crisis.

     ByDavid Gelles andDado Galdieri

    CreditDado Galdieri for The New York Times

  3. In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy

    The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.

     ByMaxine Joselow

    President Trump in Washington this week. A series of proposed rollbacks could reshape U.S. environmental policy for years to come.
    CreditAllison Robbert for The New York Times

  4. China Offers Panda Totes, but No New Commitments, at Climate Talks

    The United States has retreated on climate. China, the only superpower at COP30 and the world leader in clean energy, is not filling the void.

     ByLisa Friedman andSomini Sengupta

    The China pavilion of the COP30 conference in Belém, Brazil, last week.
    CreditAdriano Machado/Reuters

  5. A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much.

    Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.

     ByClaire Brown andMira Rojanasakul

    CreditThe New York Times

  1. Eli Lilly Reaches $1 Trillion in Value, Buoyed by Demand for Its Weight Loss Drugs

    The 150-year-old drugmaker is the first company in health care to hit the milestone.

    ByRebecca Robbins

     

  2. Cassidy Got Pledges From Kennedy 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.

    ByAnnie Karni

     

  3. Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines

    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.

    BySheryl Gay Stolberg

     

  4. These Chocolatiers Found a Delicious Way to Help the Amazon

    A new generation of craft chocolate makers in Brazil is creating bars with “identity.” And they’re helping to sustain the forest, too.

    BySomini Senguptaand Alessandro Falco

     

  5. Researcher’s Smuggling Arrest Casts Light on Dispute Over Chinese Students

    As some lawmakers press U.S. universities to curtail ties with China, a postdoctoral student’s prosecution raises questions about how big the danger actually is.

    ByEphrat Livni

     

  6. A Trump Overhaul of the Energy Dept. Breaks Up Clean Energy Offices

    The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels.

    ByBrad Plumer

     

  7. Stephen Anderson, Linguist Who Refuted Doctor Dolittle, Dies at 82

    In “Doctor Dolittle’s Delusion,” he argued that language is a biological system unique to humans, despite the widespread belief that it extended to other animals.

    ByMichael S. Rosenwald

     

  8. Botulism Bacteria Found in Infant Formula, Company Confirms

    ByHeart, the maker of the product, has been linked to an outbreak of illnesses among infants that led to their hospitalizations.

    ByChristina Jewett

     

  9. Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil

    Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.

    ByLisa Friedman

     

  10. As the World Pursues Clean Power, Millions Still Have No Power at All

    Just outside Belém, the Amazonian city where the world is meeting to discuss climate change, electricity is a very recent arrival.

    ByMax Bearakand Alessandro Falco

     
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