On Wednesday, the charmless and awkward Ron DeSantis entered the presidential race. In 2024 Republican primary polling, he consistently comes in second to Donald Trump. He has built his legend on an easy re-election as Florida’s governor and an easy route by w... More »
Published9 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy James GallagherHealth and science correspondentGiving plants the starring role in your diet is good for heart health, a review of four decades of data shows. Resea... More »
MAKENI, Sierra Leone — Any exasperated parent might be forgiven for wanting a daughter like Alimatu Sesay, a highly motivated 16-year-old who can’t afford schoolbooks but borrows them from wealthier classmates and studies the texts outside every night with a f... More »
Dianne Feinstein is giving old age a bad name.Of course, it’s painful to see Feinstein, who’s served in the Senate for more than 30 years, suffering from what commentators delicately call diminished mental capacity. She’s 89, in poor health and having trouble ... More »
Transcript Kaleigh Rogers: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just announced he’s running for president. He’s probably former President Donald Trump’s most significant opponent for the Republican Party nomination. Now that he’s officially announced, I spoke to Five... More »
2024 Election The Rise, Fall And Potential Resurrection Of Ron DeSantis By Geoffrey Skelley Graphics by Humera Lodhi May 24, 2023, at 6:04 PM More »
California is in the midst of a building boom for accessory dwelling units, which accounted for almost one-fifth of the housing units permitted and built in 2022.The number of unpermitted ADUs already in existence is jaw-dropping too. Studies done between 2010... More »
The South African choreographer and dancer Dada Masilo’s “The Sacrifice,” at the Joyce Theater, responds to Pina Bausch.Over the past decade, the South African choreographer Dada Masilo has become internationally known and respected for her bold, socially cons... More »
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday his company could “cease operating” in the European Union if it is unable to comply with the provisions of new artificial intelligence legislation that the bloc is currently preparing. “We’re gonna try to comply,” A... More »
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic raged and other effective drugs were elusive, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) emerged as a lifesaving treatment. But now, 3 years later, all the approvals for COVID-19–fighting antibodies have been rescinded in the United States,... More »
If you live in the U.S., you probably use Fahrenheit, but most other places in the world use Celsius. Both were invented in the early- to mid-18th century by European scientists — Dutch physicist and inventor Daniel Fahrenheit and Swedish astronomer Anders Cel... More »
WENBIN PHOTO/Getty Images THERE are two questions that I somewhat dread when communicating science to the public. And, unfortunately, they are rather common, because they are interesting to everyone, myself included. The first is: “What was there before the be... More »