Making catenanes and a molecular trefoil knot out of para-connected benzene rings

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan has developed a way to create…

NASA Coverage of Vice President’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center on Moon Landing Anniversary

NASA will provide television, still image, and social media coverage of Vice President Mike Pence’s visit…

Yes, I'm searching for aliens—and no, I won't be going to Area 51 to look for them

What started as an internet joke has generated a stern military warning after more than a…

Europeans in Apollo: First flag on the Moon?

The flag-like Solar Wind Composition Experiment was the first experiment set up by the Apollo 11…

Using language to make the world of fossil fuels strange and ugly

They weren’t getting it. Click here for original story, Using language to make the…

Lunar rocks debunk moon landing conspiracy theories

Rocks collected from the moon 50 years ago and analyzed by an international team of scientists,…

Researchers discover genome-wide variations in gene expression between male and female mammals

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has discovered genome-wide variations in…

How We Augmented Our Original Reporting for the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

The Times’s Graphics, Science and Immersive Storytelling teams shine a new light on the iconic photography…

Image: Hubble spots a stunning spiral

Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes. One of the key galaxy types we see in…

Sustainable land management key to reducing Amazon wildfires, study shows

The unrelenting deforestation of the Amazon region could lead to a dramatic increase to the risk…