Covid vaccinations substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and potentially dangerous blood clots linked to the infection for up to a year, according to a large study.Researchers analysed health records from more than 20 million people across the UK, Spa... More »
It’s an old adage: don’t cry over spilled milk. But is it fair to want to cry over how many paper towels you have to use to clean up the mess? In an era of increasingly dire climate crisis, tossing out any single-use product feels wrong.Of course, there are lo... More »
It’s the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century. For decades, patients with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) have been told they can make themselves better by changing their attitudes. This devastating condition, which afflicts... More »
The ad opens on a bucolic mountainscape, a lush, ascending piano run playing in the background. Gauzy clips from nostalgic midcentury auto ads fill the screen. “See the USA in your Chevrolet,” 1950s diva Dinah Shore sings.But this isn’t your average car advert... More »
The National Science Foundation takes a step (just one) toward an “extremely large telescope.”The United States should commit $1.6 billion to building an “extremely large telescope” that would vault American astronomy into a new era, according to the National ... More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes? Researchers will be standing by to observe how animals’ routines at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas are di... More »
If you keep a close eye on the night sky in the weeks and months ahead, you may spot something new. It will shine as bright as Polaris, the North Star, for no longer than a week before fading back into darkness.This ephemeral lighthouse is T Coronae Borealis, ... More »
LOADINGERROR LOADINGThree days after a Norfolk Southern train loaded with toxic chemicals careened off the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, town fire chief Keith Drabick gave the rail giant the green light to intentionally vent and burn five tanker cars full of... More »
LOADINGERROR LOADINGThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Council on Wednesday adopted new rules that will require certain public companies to disclose the vulnerability of their operations to global climate change and how much planet-warming emissions they generat... More »
The New York Times has offered this calendar to readers since 2017. It’s a collection of newsworthy events in spaceflight and astronomy curated by the paper’s journalists.The entries below these instructions will be updated regularly to adjust dates and revise... More »
FILE-In this Aug. 22, 1964 photograph, Fannie Lou Hamer, a leader of the Freedom Democratic party, speaks before the credentials committee of the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City, N.J.Anonymous/APThis April 1993 image provided by Lady Bird Johns... More »
Two spacecraft have ended up askew on the lunar surface this year. It is easier to tip over in the weaker gravity on the moon than you may imagine.When the robotic lander Odysseus last month became the first American-built spacecraft to touch down on the moon ... More »