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Biden Takes Aim at SpaceX’s Tax-Free Ride in American Airspace

Every time a rocket soars into the sky carrying satellites or supplies for the International Space Station, air traffic controllers on the ground...

A.L.S. Drug Relyvrio Will Be Taken Off the Market, Its Maker Says

The maker of the newest treatment approved for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis said Thursday that it would withdraw the drug from the market because...

A.I. Is Spying on the Food We Throw Away

A hotel chain installs a camera in its trash bins to spy on what guests are tossing. Turns out its breakfast croissants are...

Anxiety, Bedtime and Mating: How Animals May React to the Eclipse

While millions of people are preparing to watch the total solar eclipse that will make its way across North America on Monday, the...

An Ozempic Relative Slowed Parkinson’s Disease in a Small Study

In 1817, James Parkinson expressed a hope about the disease that is named after him. He thought that at some point there would...

Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home

The first patient to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig has fared so well that he has been discharged from...

How a Snake Uses Its Sense of Smell

Say the words “animal self-recognition,” and many scientists will think of chimpanzees, crows and elephants.For the first time, researchers — employing an innovative...

Is Giving Farmers Millions to Kill Millions of Chickens the Way to Curb Bird Flu?

The highly lethal form of avian influenza circulating the globe since 2021 has killed tens of millions of birds, forced poultry farmers in...

The Technique Reshaping Organ Transplantation

On some level, the human liver in the operating room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago was alive. Blood circulating through its tissues...

Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle

At least one person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu after having contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected, state...

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