Science

It’s become normal for John Oliver to start every episode of Last week last night by saying “A lot happened this week” because it’s wildly precise. It seemed like he was speaking a mile-minute this week to try to fit in pertinent news at the top of the show. First …

Kamala Harris has dismissed her earlier criticism of Joe Biden as ‘a distraction’, using her first interview together to bury the brunch publicly and move on from the controversial debates over Democratic candidates. Harris attacked Biden memorably because he was against pushing students to schools with white majorities, saying to …

Blood pressure medicine improves the survival rates of Covid-19 in people with hypertension, according to research that contradicts earlier fears that the pills may make the disease worse. The risk of critical illness or death of Covid for people with high blood pressure was found to be significantly lower when …

Suddenly, the city that never sleeps begins to sleep strangely. Apartment layouts are at a record high, more than 1,200 restaurants are closed, and Wall Street bigwigs are doing their job out of Greenwich or the Hamptons. Why it matters: New York City is a success story in defeating COVID-19, …

A time capsule of the first days of the solar system may be the first clue in explaining a lengthy puzzle to those studying life: It turns out to be peculiarly asymmetrical. The story begins in 2012, when scientists discovered a wave with large waves of rock, now known as …