Science

The End is coming, in maybe 100 billion years. Is it too soon to start freaking out?“There will be a last sentient being, there will be a last thought,” declared Janna Levin,...

Down the drain is where British archaeologists recently discovered 36 artfully engraved semiprecious stones, in an ancient bathhouse at the site of a Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall in Carlisle, England. The...

With the battle for control of Sudan entering its third week, health care services are rapidly unraveling in the nation’s capital, Khartoum, a grim consequence of the brutal fighting that has raised...

During its brief first flight more than a week ago, the gigantic Starship rocket made by SpaceX generated an unanticipated “rock tornado” at launch, and multiple engines failed as it headed upward...

A new study of genetic data from a market in Wuhan, China, said the data did not support the case that the pandemic had started with illegally traded animals, touching off fresh...

Like basketball scouts discovering a nimble, super-tall teenager, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope reported recently that they had identified a small, captivating group of baby galaxies near the dawn of...

Why It Matters: A Potential Warning SignShu Jiang, the study’s lead author and an associate professor of public health sciences at Washington University, said the findings might provide an individualized and dynamic...

A man who has fathered between 550 and 600 children over the past 16 years is not allowed to donate any more sperm to prospective parents, a court in the Netherlands ruled...

First the bad news. The two coffee species that most of us drink — Arabica and robusta — are at grave risk in the era of climate change.Now the good news. Farmers...

This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new artists and attracting new audiences.Beatrix Potter’s tales about the frolics and misadventures of Peter...