Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has for years called attention to what he considers an “epidemic” of chronic disease that has left America’s children among the si
On the heels of contentious climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators from around the globe are descending on Busan, South Korea, this week with another formidable goal: the world’s first treaty designed to tackle plastic pollution’s explosive growth
Something’s not quite right about the moons of Mars. They are too small — Phobos is 17 miles across, and Deimos is a mere nine miles in length. And they aren’t round, but lumpy, misshaped objects. Frankly, they don’t resemble moons at all. “They loo
They say that every dog has its dayluckybet, and for Apollo, a young stray who roams the Giza necropolis in Greater Cairo, that day was Oct. 14. Just after sunrise, a paraglider pilot named Alex Lang spied the dog frolicking atop the Pyramid of Khaf
In the days after Daphna Cardinale delivered her second childwin7bet, she experienced a rare sense of calm and wonder. The feeling was a relief after so much worrying: She and her husband, Alexander, had tried for three years to conceive before turn
On the shore of Lake Tiktalik in Canada’s Western Arctic, the thawing permafrost had set off two huge landslides into the water, leaving yawning craters on the tundra. These “thaw slumps” measured several hundred feet wide and just as deep. Jaden Co
Image Members of South Korea’s opposition parties protesting on the steps of the National Assembly in Seoul yesterday.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York TimesSouth Korea’s president is facing an impeachment vote Members of South Korea’s political opp
Many people say they can’t live without their phones. But one Australian woman’s attempt to save hers left her fighting to get back to her life. Earlier this month, Matilda Campbell was with her friends in the Hunter Valley, a wine region about 150
Australia has signed a treaty with the Pacific island nation of Nauru to provide aid, banking and other infrastructure support, the latest maneuvering for influence in the region between China and countries allied with the United States. In a clear