Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Test Flight by KENNETH CHANG

By KENNETH CHANG

There was one death and one major injury, a police spokesman said, in the crash of the rocket plane in the Mojave Desert on Friday.

Published: October 31, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Infection That Devastates Amphibians, Already in Europe, Could Spread to U.S. by JAMES GORMAN

By JAMES GORMAN

Fire-bellied newts imported from Asia through the pet trade may be spreading a fungal disease that is killing off fire salamanders in Europe, according to researchers.

Published: October 30, 2014 at 08:00PM

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From Ancient DNA, a Clearer Picture of Europeans Today by CARL ZIMMER

By CARL ZIMMER

New studies of genomes thousands of years old have allowed scientists to see bits of history playing out over time, revealing that Europeans today have genes from three very different populations.

Published: October 29, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Antares Rocket Explosion Leaves Questions and Dead Mosquito Eggs by KENNETH CHANG

By KENNETH CHANG

Investigators are trying to determine why a rocket taking supplies to the International Space Station exploded just after launching in Virginia.

Published: October 29, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Three Divergent Visions of Our Future Under Climate Change by NATHANIEL RICH

By NATHANIEL RICH

Three books — one optimistic, one cataclysmic and one polemic — discuss what climate change might bring.

Published: September 22, 2014 at 08:00PM

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A Black Hole Mystery Wrapped in a Firewall Paradox by DENNIS OVERBYE

By DENNIS OVERBYE

A paradox around matter leaking from black holes puts into question various scientific axioms: Either information can be lost; Einstein’s principle of equivalence is wrong; or quantum field theory needs fixing.

Published: August 12, 2013 at 08:00PM

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Rocket Bound for Space Station Explodes by KENNETH CHANG

By KENNETH CHANG

The unmanned cargo rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a NASA site in eastern Virginia.

Published: October 28, 2014 at 08:00PM

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A Mathematical Thriller and an Exhibition of What Could Go Wrong by JASCHA HOFFMAN

By JASCHA HOFFMAN

Upcoming events include a thriller about a British mathematician, an exhibition on the science of natural disasters and a musical about the many worlds of the physicist Hugh Everett III.

Published: October 27, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Vitiligo and Vision by C. CLAIBORNE RAY

By C. CLAIBORNE RAY

Vitiligo is mainly a skin disorder, but can it also harm my eyesight?

Published: October 27, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Teenagers on Little Sleep, Preemies and Steroids, Autism and the Dentist by Unknown Author

By Unknown Author

Letters to the editor and online comments.

Published: October 27, 2014 at 08:00PM

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15 Minutes of Free Fall Required Years of Taming Scientific Challenges by JOHN MARKOFF

By JOHN MARKOFF

To reach the edge of space and return safely — without power — Alan Eustace used a methodical engineering strategy that has served him well at Google.

Published: October 26, 2014 at 08:00PM

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A Chronicler of Warnings Denied by CLAUDIA DREIFUS

By CLAUDIA DREIFUS

A historian of science imagines what future generations will make of our current handling of climate change.

Published: October 27, 2014 at 08:00PM

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The Leaky Science of Hollywood by DENNIS OVERBYE

By DENNIS OVERBYE

A new movie about Stephen Hawking’s life brings the man to life, but leaves viewers in the dark about what his science means.

Published: October 27, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Reversing Course on Beavers by JIM ROBBINS

By JIM ROBBINS

Their dams were once obliterated by dynamite and bulldozers, but beavers are getting new respect these days as a defense against the withering impacts of a warmer and drier climate.

Published: October 27, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Tracking Sea Turtles as They Swim for Their Lives by JAMES GORMAN

By JAMES GORMAN

With the help of devices that weigh less than two-hundredths of an ounce, scientists got the first detailed records of the movements of newly hatched loggerhead turtles.

Published: October 27, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Magic May Lurk Inside Us All by C. NATHAN DeWALL

By C. NATHAN DeWALL

Several streams of research in psychology, neuroscience and philosophy are converging on an uncomfortable truth: We’re more susceptible to magical thinking than we’d like to admit.

Published: October 27, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Ebola and the Vast Viral Universe by NATALIE ANGIER

By NATALIE ANGIER

By all evidence, researchers say, viruses like Ebola have been parasitizing living cells since the first cells arose on earth nearly four billion years ago. Some say that viruses actually invented cells.

Published: October 27, 2014 at 08:00PM

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