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The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

A delivery in Wilmington, N.C., this month. Heat is linked to hundreds of workplace deaths each year, but labor groups say the true toll is unknown because heat-related illnesses are not properly tracked or reported.

Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

NYT - Science

By: Scott Dance

1 August 2026 at 20:58

The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?

NYT - Science

By: Lynne Peeples

28 July 2026 at 21:23

More light at the day’s end comes at a price: much later winter sunrises across much of the U.S. Scientists have documented consequences for public health and the economy.

Traffic Deaths Spike After Deadly Mass Shootings, Study Suggests

NYT - Science

By: Roni Caryn Rabin

15 July 2026 at 16:01

Some gun violence experts are skeptical. But the research raises questions of whether there’s a cause-and-effect relationship and if so, what’s behind it.

Ebola Symptoms in Current Outbreak May Be Milder Than in Previous Ones

NYT - Science

By: Apoorva Mandavilli

23 June 2026 at 16:31

That is good news for patients, but officials fear it will make controlling the spread of the disease harder.

Tesla Crash That Killed a Texas Woman Will be Investigated by Federal Regulators

NYT - Technology

By: Lauren McCarthy

23 June 2026 at 16:11

The car’s driver-assistance system was in use when the crash killed a woman on Friday, the police said.

Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the ‘Crash Test.’

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Chico Harlan

23 June 2026 at 10:02

Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.

A visitor to the Palace of Versailles in France on Monday, where temperatures exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the ‘Crash Test.’

NYT - Science

By: Chico Harlan

23 June 2026 at 10:02

Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.

Tesla Driver Using Autopilot Crashes Into Home in Texas and Kills a Woman, Officials Say

NYT - Technology

By: Johnny Diaz

21 June 2026 at 20:49

The driver told investigators he was using the vehicle’s automated-driver system when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a house in Harris County, Texas.

A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death

NYT - Science

By: Carl Zimmer

17 June 2026 at 20:45

The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.

26-Year Mystery of a Skeleton in a Tent Ends With DNA Identification

NYT - Science

By: Christine Hauser

13 June 2026 at 02:03

Remains of the man, Joseph Louis Serrao Jr., discovered in a remote area in Olympic National Park in 2000, were identified using forensic genealogy.

The Toll of a ‘Missing Scientists’ Conspiracy Theory on the Families Left Behind

NYT - Science

By: Alexander Nazaryan

2 June 2026 at 10:01

The claim that their loved ones’ deaths and disappearances are linked is almost certainly false — but the loss remains real.

2025 Wildfires Were the Costliest Ever, Researchers Say

NYT - Science

By: Rebecca Dzombak

1 June 2026 at 19:28

Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses.

2025 Wildfires Were the Costliest Ever, Researchers Say

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Rebecca Dzombak

1 June 2026 at 19:28

Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses.

Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2025. Fires in the Los Angeles area last year burned at least 90 square miles, killing at least 31 people and displacing more than 150,000.

Suit Says Black Infants Were Subjected to Experimental Vaccine Without Consent

NYT - Science

By: Remy Tumin

29 May 2026 at 18:19

The babies were part of a vaccine trial for a respiratory virus in the 1960s and died shortly after. Their families said they had been unaware of the trial until recently.

Why the Ebola and Hantavirus Outbreaks Have Confounded Scientists

NYT - Science

By: Carl Zimmer

27 May 2026 at 21:37

The types of Ebola and hantavirus worrying officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond.

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