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Why the U.S. Might Lose the Space Race
new video loaded: Why the U.S. Might Lose the Space Race By Eric Lipton, Melanie Bencosme, Stephanie Swart, David Seekamp and Zach Wood•September 20, 2025 The United States and China are in a new space race to the moon. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains why the U.S. could lose […]
Read MoreHere Comes the Sun Day
Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, climate activists are organizing a nationwide celebration of solar power.
Read MorePregnant Women Should Not Use Cannabis, New Medical Guidelines Say
Marijuana during pregnancy is linked to poor birth outcomes and developmental delays in children, a leading medical society advised.
Read MoreA Tiny Quasi-Moon is Following Earth Around the Sun
The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years.
Read MoreTrump Administration Stopping Efforts to Collect Scientific Data
A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation stopped testing for Covid, it would have few cases.
Read MoreExxon Urges Europe to Repeal Rules to Make Companies Track Climate Pollution
Its chief executive called the E.U. regulations one part of a “very misguided effort to kill oil.” His words followed comments by Trump administration officials criticizing Europe’s climate policies.
Read MoreClimate Activists Argue 3 Executive Orders Violate Their Constitutional Rights
In a Montana courtroom, a group of young people argued that a judge should halt three of President Trump’s sweeping executive orders on climate and energy policy.
Read MoreRFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee to Vote on Hepatitis B and Covid Shots
The advisory committee, which will meet on Thursday and Friday, is expected to recommend limiting use of some vaccines, including the hepatitis B shot for newborns.
Read MoreSusan Monarez, Fired C.D.C. Director, to Testify About Her Clash With Kennedy
At a Senate health committee hearing, Dr. Susan Monarez painted a picture of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a man wedded to his own ideology and uninterested in government scientists.
Read MoreA New Review of Climate Science Could Cause Headaches for Trump
A top scientific advisory body said there’s growing evidence that greenhouse gases threaten health, contradicting the administration’s legal arguments for rollbacks.
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