Science

BALTIMORE — So far it’s been eye candy from heaven: The black vastness of space teeming with enigmatic, unfathomably distant blobs of light. Ghostly portraits of Neptune, Jupiter and other neighbors we...

There’s also been a great deal of basic research done on how turtle shells perform under pressure, which helped to inform the invention of the Turtle Compression Index. The team looked at...

Caring for seriously ill patients needing round-the-clock attention during the pandemic has added layers of commitment.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in museums to enhance the visitor experience and create more immersive and personalized exhibits. From virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to robots and...

The storm pummeling much of the eastern half of the United States is what forecasters call a “bomb cyclone.” While this kind of storm is not exceedingly rare, this one is very...

Today, Mr. Patterson said, the sub-crypt flooding is much reduced. Why? His theory centers on the rise of Enclave — a 430-unit rental complex that runs the length of West 113th Street...

To use the spinning top analogy, “it’s like if it started banging into things,” he said. “It loses its nice circular shape and in this case becomes more stretched out.” One lobe...

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.Since 2000, Kenneth Chang has covered a lot of news for The New...

NASA’s Mars InSight spacecraft is dead.For months, mission managers have been expecting this as dust accumulated on the lander’s solar panels, blocking the sunlight the stationary spacecraft needs to generate power.InSight, which...

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. — Bonnie Ronk is something of a public health matriarch at the Mt. Diablo Center for seniors in this liberal Northern California suburb.When Ms. Ronk, a great-grandmother whose red...