Category: Science

This weekend an ice cube from beyond our solar system will makes its closest approach to the sun, trailing mystery and dust.

In this week’s Tripped Up column, Sarah Firshein investigates the rights that airplane passengers with allergies have when flying. (Not as many as they should.)

The second known interstellar object is now passing through our solar system.

When it comes to race, “It’s always like ‘O.K., but now we’re going to start the lesson on peas,’’’ a biology teacher said. A study will test a new approach.

A new report found that oxygen levels in the world’s oceans declined by 2 percent over 50 years, threatening marine life around the planet.

Audrey Mash got caught in a snowstorm while hiking in the Pyrenees. Doctors say she experienced the longest period of cardiac arrest that a patient has survived in Spain.

Audrey Mash got caught in a snowstorm while hiking in the Pyrenees. Doctors say she experienced the longest period of cardiac arrest that a patient has survived in Spain.

American pigs are raised on a liberal diet of antibiotics, fueling the rise of resistant germs. Danish pork producers are proving there’s a better way.

While e-cigarettes are still the most popular, teens are also using other items like little flavored cigars — a worrisome sign for nicotine addiction, the C.D.C. says.

The state’s unusual decision exposes the insurance industry’s miscalculation of the cost of climate change.