Science & Health

News and updates from the health and science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.

The biggest myths about gas prices

Making sense of the political theater over gas prices.

By Rebecca Leber

6 things sex educators want you to know now that Roe has been overturned

Quality sex education will be more important than ever. But it too faces challenges.

By Keren Landman

When you drive for work, $5 gas hurts

By Rani Molla June 23

This could be the coolest summer of the rest of your life

By Benji Jones June 22

The SEC did a sensible thing on climate change. A right-wing campaign is trying to kill it.

By Rebecca Leber June 21

If aliens are calling, let it go to voicemail

By Bryan Walsh June 18

How Yellowstone’s animals survive a catastrophic flood

By Benji Jones June 17

What gas prices do — and don’t — tell us about the economy

By Rebecca Leber June 17

The FDA has authorized Covid-19 vaccines for babies and toddlers. Here’s what parents should know.

By Umair Irfan June 17

A teensy, tiny glimmer of hope for polar bears

By Benji Jones June 16

7 solar system mysteries scientists haven’t solved yet

By Brian Resnick June 16

The federal government started New Mexico’s largest wildfire. It had good intentions.

By Neel Dhanesha June 15

Why investors suddenly care about saving the environment

By Benji Jones June 15

Does this AI know it’s alive?

By Dylan Matthews June 15

Yes, monkeypox is a real threat — but risk level varies

By Keren Landman June 9

Climate change is all about power. You have more than you think.

By Rebecca Leber June 9

Why Joe Biden is invoking a war power to build heat pumps and solar panels

By Neel Dhanesha June 8

Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world

By Kelsey Piper June 8

Guns do more than kill

By Keren Landman June 6

The simple, impactful way to make cars cleaner

By Umair Irfan June 2

The pollution from Russia’s war will poison Ukraine for decades

By Benji Jones June 2

The Texas grid is designed to fail

By Neel Dhanesha May 29

The increase in US births in 2021, explained

By Bryan Walsh May 29

How bad could the monkeypox outbreak get?

By Keren Landman May 27

Why Boeing’s successful Starliner test is a big deal

By Rebecca Heilweil May 26

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new crypto project sounds like a scam within a scam

By Neel Dhanesha May 26

What the latest Covid-19 variants and subvariants mean for the pandemic

By Umair Irfan May 24

Is it still ethical to collect butterflies for science?

By Joanna Thompson May 24

The eel-shaped parasite that threatens a $7 billion economy in the Great Lakes

By Benji Jones May 24

Quantum computers could change the world — provided they can work

By Bryan Walsh May 24

What we know so far about monkeypox

By Keren Landman May 23

An oil industry consultant explains why she’s had enough

By Rebecca Leber May 23

Pandemic school reopenings were not just about politics

By Rachel M. Cohen May 23

The problem of global energy inequity, explained by American refrigerators

By Siobhan McDonough May 21

Why the FDA rejected fluvoxamine as a Covid-19 drug

By Kelsey Piper May 20

The air conditioning paradox

By Umair Irfan May 18

Flight delayed? Blame a spaceship.

By Rebecca Heilweil May 14

Carrick Flynn may be 2022’s unlikeliest candidate. Here’s why he’s running.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg and Dylan Matthews May 14

A nurse was just sentenced to 3 years of probation for a lethal medical error

By Keren Landman May 13

4 questions about long Covid experts wish they could answer

By Keren Landman May 12

What’s killing the world’s biggest fish?

By Benji Jones May 12

Why pet food is so doggone expensive

By Benji Jones May 12

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