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Eta Aquarids Meteor Show Peak: How and When to Watch

Our universe might be chock-full of cosmic wonder, but you can observe only a fraction of astronomical phenomena with your naked eye. Meteor...

Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health

The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people, abandoning studies of cancers and...

Video: How Trump’s Cuts Are Stifling L.G.B.T.Q. Health Research

The Trump administration has systematically stripped funding from research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people. Benjamin Mueller, a reporter covering health and medicine...

Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: There Are Perils in ‘Elderspeak’

A prime example of elderspeak: Cindy Smith was visiting with her father in his assisted living apartment in Roseville, Calif. An aide who...

Trump Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, has said that tackling a chronic disease “epidemic” would be a cornerstone of his Make...

Science Backers Say Proposed Science Cuts Pose Dire Risks

President Trump on Friday proposed slashing $163 billion in federal spending next fiscal year, a drastic retrenchment in the role and reach of...

RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination

With the United States facing its largest single measles outbreak in 25 years, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will...

Trump’s 2026 Budget Proposes Cutting NASA Funding by $6 Billion

Under President Trump’s proposed budget, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would largely become the National Moon and Mars Administration, with an almost...

Two Scientific Groups Say They’ll Keep Working on U.S. Climate Assessment

The Trump administration last week dismissed the nearly 400 authors of the nation’s flagship climate report, saying in an email that the scope...

Volcanic Eruption in Deep Ocean Ridge Is Witnessed by Scientists for First Time

Andrew Wozniak, a chemical oceanographer at the University of Delaware, struggled to process what his eyes were taking in. Dr. Wozniak was parked...

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