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- Prosecutors Seek to Drop Charges Against Russian Scientist Accused of Smuggling Frog Embryosby Carolyn Y. Johnson on 4 November 2026 at 03:44
Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard, has argued that she was vindictively prosecuted after her arrest in 2025.
- A NASA Telescope Is Predicted to Crash Back to Earth Within Hoursby Kenneth Chang on 3 November 2026 at 22:37
The space agency estimates that there is a one-in-2,100 chance that debris from the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory could injure someone on the ground.
- Why Floodwaters Won’t Solve the Southwestern Water Crisisby Scott Dance on 3 November 2026 at 21:06
A series of storms has added to reservoirs in the Colorado River basin, but the long-term water outlook remains bleak.
- The Election Day Editionby Brad Plumer on 3 November 2026 at 19:17
In the 2022 midterms, Democrats made global warming an issue. Things have changed.
- House Republicans Accuse Top Psychology Group of Antisemitismby Christina Caron and Azeen Ghorayshi on 3 November 2026 at 16:46
A monthslong G.O.P. effort culminated in a scathing report about emails and other exchanges within the American Psychological Association.
- Investigators Looking for Cause of Learjet Crash Say Ice Was ‘Certainly a Factor’by Alexander Nazaryan on 3 November 2026 at 15:55
Ice, experts said, can change the shape of a plane’s wing, disrupting its aerodynamics.
- Neanderthals Used Wood for Tools, Housing — and Murder?by Franz Lidz on 3 November 2026 at 10:02
In one case, 75,000-year-old bones reveal what may be the earliest identifiable victim of death by wooden spear.
- Do Animals Grieve?by Emily Anthes on 2 November 2026 at 19:42
The feeling of existential loss was long thought to be uniquely human. But studies of coyotes, cockatoos and other creatures are prompting some scientists to reconsider.
- Why Did Snakes Lose Their Legs? And 9 More Animal Mysteriesby Emily Anthes and Stella Raine Chu on 2 November 2026 at 10:00
There are more than 1.5 million known zoological species on Earth, with at least as many enigmas. Here are our top 10.
- Can Scientists Make Football Safer?by Lynne Peeples on 1 November 2026 at 17:14
Researchers are exploring novel ways to treat, even prevent, the brain disease C.T.E. One of the most surprising: near-infrared light.









