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  2. After Artemis II, Astronauts and NASA Look Toward Moon Landing

    The four astronauts spoke at a news conference Thursday afternoon at Johnson Space Center in Houston about their journey around the moon and back to Earth.

    By Kenneth Chang and Adeel Hassan

    The Artemis II crew, from left, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, during a news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Thursday.
    CreditRonaldo Schemidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  3. Pet Theory

    In Defense of Dumb Dogs

    Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK.

    By Emily Anthes

    CreditPeter Arkle

  4. Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds

    Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes.

    By Carl Zimmer

    A technician drilling into a piece of a skull to obtain powder from which DNA could be extracted in David Reich’s lab at Harvard University.
    CreditKayana Szymczak for The New York Times

  1. Pirate’s Booty Corrects a Myth About West African Gold

    Centuries-old European tales about Gold Coast traders adulterating precious metals hundreds of years ago are challenged by the famous Whydah Gally shipwreck.

    By Katherine Kornei

    CreditTobias Skowronek
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  2. Global Wildlife Trade Fuels Spread of Disease From Animals to People

    Live animal markets and the illegal sale of wildlife pose particular dangers, but any sale of wild animals or animal products poses spillover risks, a new study suggests.

    By Emily Anthes

    Raccoon dog pelts in a fur market in China. Species sold on the international wildlife market were 50 percent more likely than species that weren’t traded to share pathogens with humans.
    CreditReuters

  3. For Ants, a ‘Cleaning Station’ in the Desert

    A unique “choreography” between two ant species suggests a distinctive partnership in which one provides a carwash service to the other.

    By Alexa Robles-Gil

    A harvester ant, with reddish exoskeleton, being groomed by smaller ants known as cone ants.
    CreditMark W. Moffett
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  4. These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why.

    A long-running conflict in a Ugandan park may provide clues to the origins of human warfare, and how to avoid it.

    By Carl Zimmer

    Chimpanzees from the Ngogo group, which live in the Kibale National Park in Uganda.
    CreditAaron Sandel

  5. Inside a One-Man Workshop for Ultrapotent Drugs

    Times reporters were given access to a small operation on the frontier of illicit drugs.

    By Matt Richtel and Jonathan Corum

    CreditThe New York Times

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Artemis II Moon Launch

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  1. Artemis II Crew Reunites With Families and Fellow NASA Astronauts

    The four astronauts made an emotional return to Houston a day after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their 10-day lunar journey.

    By Kenneth Chang

    CreditRonaldo Schemidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  2. Artemis II Splashdown Gives NASA Momentum in Renewed Moon Race

    The astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — captivated the world with their historic mission.

    By Kenneth Chang

    Splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday near San Diego, the Artemis II mission came to a successful conclusion.
    CreditBill Ingalls/NASA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  3. Highlights From NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Splashdown

    The crew of three Americans and one Canadian are to return to Houston on Saturday after concluding a journey that sent humans around the moon for the first time since 1972.

    CreditBill Ingalls/NASA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  4. Another Giant Leap Reminds Us How Small We Are

    A mission that took four astronauts farther than any human has ever traveled in the history of mankind has made people feel a little trippy.

    By Ruth Graham

    The view of home from the other side of the moon.
    CreditNASA, via Getty Images

  5. ‘It Was Survival Mode’: The Lunar Mission That Nearly Ended in Disaster

    Fifty-six years ago, after a tense race to save the Apollo 13 crew, the astronauts finally splashed down safely. Here’s what flight directors who got them home remember.

    Interviews by Katherine Cusumano

    CreditNASA

Lost Science

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  1. Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

    For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.

    By Alan Burdick

    CreditWill Warasila for The New York Times

  2. He Studied How to Transport Blood to Wounded Marines

    Peter Frazier’s lab at Cornell worked to improve how blood was stored and transported for armed forces. Then he received a stop-work order.

    By Alexa Robles-Gil

    CreditLiam Kennedy for The New York Times

  3. Her Lab Worked to Future-Proof Fruits and Vegetables

    Erin McGuire ran a research network that studied how to get healthy food to marginalized populations around the world.

    By Emily Anthes

    CreditWilliam Keo for The New York Times

  4. World Cup Crowds Could Be Targeted. This Team Worked to Keep Them Safe.

    Michael Silevitch leads a research center dedicated to protecting busy public spaces. Last April, he was instructed to “end all work” immediately.

    By Katrina Miller

    CreditSimon Simard for The New York Times

  5. He Built a Server to Protect Indigenous Health Data

    Joseph Yracheta was in charge of a repository that compiled and protected tribal health data. Then its funding was cut.

    By Katrina Miller

    CreditTara Weston for The New York Times

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Origins

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  1. The Rise of Eyes Began With Just One

    Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head.

    By Carl Zimmer

    Scientists believe invertebrates 560 million years ago had a single eye at the top of their head, which only later split in two.
    CreditCharles Mcquillan/Getty Images

  2. How Microbes Got Their Crawl

    In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

    By Carl Zimmer

    The search for Asgards involved collecting sediment samples using the R.O.V. Subastian, on the Research Vessel Falkor, in 90 feet of water.
    CreditMonika Naranjo-Shepard/Schmidt Ocean Institute

  3. For Real, a Natural History of Misinformation

    It’s not just humans who suffer from leading one another astray. So do fish, flies and even bacteria.

    By Carl Zimmer

    CreditRob Stewart/Image Bank Film, via Getty Images

  4. Life Lessons From (Very Old) Bowhead Whales

    A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging humans become more resilient?

    By Carl Zimmer

    Scientists have measured the molecular damage that accumulated in the eyes, ears and eggs of bowhead whales and found more evidence of extraordinary longevity. They are estimated to live up to 268 years.
    CreditKelvin Aitken/VWPics, via Alamy

  5. Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too.

    Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes.

    By Carl Zimmer

    Colorful microbial mats, composed of thermophilic microbes, surround a bubbling hot spring in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
    CreditJon G. Fuller/VWPics, via Associated Press

Trilobites

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  1. Fossil of Pincer-Wielding Crawler Reveals Origins of Spiders, Scorpions and Others

    Researchers argue that a newly examined specimen found decades ago in Utah provides new clues to the ancestors of chelicerates before the group hit it big on land.

    By Jack Tamisiea

    CreditMasato Hattori/Harvard University

  2. Glass Threads Spun From a Volcano’s Bubbly Magma

    A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.

    By Katherine Kornei

    A handful of Pele’s hair, extremely thin strands of volcanic glass are named for Pele, a female figure in Hawaiian mythology associated with volcanism, after an eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii last March.
    CreditMarco Garcia/Reuters

  3. We’ve Been Underestimating Flying Foxes

    Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to the country’s economy.

    By Anthony Ham

    Data suggests that flying foxes are responsible for the creation of more than 91 million trees, contributing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue to the Australian economy.
    CreditJustin Welbergen

  4. ‘The Last of Us’ on Eight Legs

    A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

    By Alexa Robles-Gil

    Taczanowskia, a genus of spider from the Ecuadorean Amazon, have abdomens that bear two fungus-mimicking growths.
    CreditDavid R. Díaz-Guevara

  5. Why Some Birds Seem to Be Developing a Cigarette Habit

    Research from Poland adds to evidence from Latin American countries that compounds in used cigarette butts ward off parasites in bird nests.

    By Lesley Evans Ogden

    A blue tit nesting in a cigarette disposal bin in Surrey, England.
    CreditGillian Pullinger/Alamy

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Climate and Environment

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  1. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Database, 1,200 Years Old, Has a New Keeper

    The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a search for a successor.

    By Hiroko Tabuchi

    Cherry blossoms at Rokkakudo Temple in Kyoto, Japan, recently.
    CreditYuichi Yamazaki/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  2. Suspect Accused of Hacking Climate Activists Appears in Court

    Amit Forlit is accused of running a hacking operation that aimed to thwart climate litigation at the behest of a lobbying firm working for an oil giant.

    By Karen Zraick

    Federal District Court in New York City. Amit Forlit has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit computer hacking, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
    CreditJefferson Siegel for The New York Times

  3. Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits

    The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move environmental lawsuits out of state courts, to friendlier federal venues.

    By Abbie VanSickle

    Wetlands along the Mississippi River as it nears the Gulf of Mexico in southeast Louisiana.
    CreditBryan Tarnowski for The New York Times

  4. How Can I Protect My Car When the Weather Is Scorching?

    Extreme heat is extremely hard on your vehicle, but a few simple precautions can help a lot.

    By Susan Shain

    CreditApu Gomes/Getty Images

  5. We Asked for Environmental Fixes in Your State. You Sent In Thousands.

    Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.

    By Cara Buckley and Catrin Einhorn

    CreditSkateport; Susan Szeszol; The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District; Anne Little
  1. the new old age

    The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

    With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.

    By Paula Span

  2. TimesVideo

    Rescuers Mount a Likely Final Push to Save a Stranded Whale

    Rescue crews mounted a likely final push to save a stranded humpback whale off the coast of Northern Germany on Friday. The large mammal, nicknamed “Timmy,” captivated the nation after it was stranded in shallow waters for weeks.

    By Jorge Mitssunaga

  4. Lost Science

    He Looked for Ways to Stop Mass Violence

    David Eisenman sought to better understand how to prevent school shootings and other targeted violence, until the Department of Homeland Security halted the research.

    By Emily Anthes

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