Science and Health

In India, Women Craft Pine Needles Into Income, Save Forests

Australia to Use Psychedelic Drugs as Approved Medicines

Italian Researchers Reach the Edge of Space on Virgin Galactic’s Rocket-Powered Plane

WHO to Say Aspartame a Possible Carcinogen, Sources Say

South Koreans Become a Little Younger Under New Law

Southern US Swelters in Brutal, Deadly Heat Wave

Thousands of Unauthorized Vapes Pouring Into US Despite Crackdown on Fruity Flavors

Deforestation Down in Indonesia Amid Increases Elsewhere

New Quest Aims to Settle Debate Over Which River Is Longest – Amazon or Nile

Nigerian Doctor Backs Out of Vaccine Alliance Leadership

Despite Health Hazards, Millions of Nigerians Still Using Solid Cooking Fuels

Could Australia’s Red Outback Dust Unlock Life on Mars Questions?

The Next Big Advance in Cancer Treatment Could Be a Vaccine

Wildfire Smog Gives Montreal Worst Air Quality of Any Major City, Says Pollution Monitor

Cocaine Market Booming as Meth Trafficking Spreads, UN Report Says

Priced Out of Health Care, Some Iraqis Turn to Natural Remedies

Investigation of Doomed Submersible Underway After Deep-Sea Catastrophe

‘Street Vet’ Seeks Out California’s Homeless to Care for Their Pets

Want a Climate-friendly Flight? It’s Going to Take a While and Cost You More

Canada Opens Investigation Into Submersible Implosion

Declassified US Intelligence Answers Few Questions on COVID-19 Origins

Carter Center Celebrates Elimination of Trachoma in Mali

Carter Center Celebrates Trachoma Elimination Milestone in Mali

A Year After Fall of Roe, 25 Million Women Live in States With Abortion Bans or Tighter Restrictions

Study Reveals How Immune System of Astronauts Breaks Down

US CDC Advisers Recommend RSV Shots Be Available to Older Adults

Summer Solstice Has Arrived

US OKs Chicken Made From Cultivated Cells, Nation’s First ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat

Thousands of Whales Begin Their Epic Journey Up Australia’s Humpback Highway

Sickle Cell Advocates in Nigeria Urge Authorities to Take Firm Stand on Interventions

UN Members Adopt First-Ever Treaty to Protect Marine Life in High Seas

Venezuelans Lack Access to HPV Vaccine

Microsoft Says Early June Disruptions to Outlook, Cloud Platform, Were Cyberattacks

Secret Washington Garden Has Vital Government Mission

EU: Powerful Illegal Drugs Inundating Europe, Sending Corruption and Violence Soaring

Researchers Studying Cancer in Wildlife Grapple With Why Some Get the Disease While Others Don’t

US Regulator Panel Weighs Makeup of Next COVID Vaccine

NASA Finds Key Building Block for Life in a Saturn Moon

Women Want Fistula Treatment, End to Stigma in Tanzania

What Peanuts Dancing in Beer Teaches Us About the Earth’s Crust

Cameroon Officials Campaign Against Taboos to Encourage People to Donate Blood

Are Abortion Laws in Idaho Hurting Maternal Health Care?

Lab-Grown Meat Industry Makes Progress but Faces Supply, Public Acceptance Hurdles

UK Hobbyist Stuns Math World With ‘Amazing’ New Shapes

Dutch Minister Discusses Health Care in an Age of Longevity

El Nino Climate Pattern Now Underway, NOAA Reports

U.S. East Coast Blanketed in Smoke From Canadian Wildfires

Newer Transplant Method Could Boost Number of Donor Hearts By 30%

Hawaii’s Kilauea Erupting Again After 3-Month Pause

Explainer: Will COP28 Deliver a New Fund for Climate Loss and Damage?

New Yorkers Celebrate Law That Protects People Based on Weight or Height

China’s Latest COVID Wave May Hit 65 Million a Week With Mild Symptoms

‘Ray of Hope’: New Advances in Fighting Range of Cancers

New Global Climate Assessment Aims to Gauge Progress

Pill Halves Risk of Death in Type of Lung Cancer

Tour de France Anti-COVID Protocol to Keep Riders in Hotels

Death in the Amazon: Dangers of Environmental Reporting 

Honeybee Health Blooming at Federal Facilities Across US

WHO: Tanzania Declares End of Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak

US Proposal for Remote Pacific Marine Sanctuary Draws Mixed Response