Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer

Thousands of the endangered primates end up on the dinner plates of people in the upper rung of the country’s society who have money to spare.

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RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website

In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.

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The Privacy Battle in Our Brains

My colleague talks about technology that can actually read our minds — and maybe even change them.

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The Moon Was an Inside Job

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun.

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To Meld A.I. With Supercomputers, National Labs Are Picking Up the Pace

A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of cutting-edge scientific research, leading to deals with tech giants like Nvidia to speed up.

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She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat

“There was no warning, no conversation,” said Jane Clougherty, an environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year.

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Yann LeCun, a Pioneering A.I. Scientist, Leaves Meta

Dr. LeCun’s departure follows a shake-up in Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts, as Mark Zuckerberg pushes his company to keep up in the tech race.

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The Key to Fighting Lung Cancer Is More Screenings, New Study Shows

A new report says too few eligible Americans are being checked for the country’s deadliest cancer before it spreads.

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New Gene-Editing Strategy Could Help Development of Treatments for Rare Diseases

Instead of requiring personalized gene edits for each patient, the new approach could create a standardized method to use for many diseases.

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Kissing Has Existed for at Least 16 Million Years, Scientists Say

And humans are far from the only species locking lips.

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