NY Times: Science

Worms are wriggling into Earth’s northernmost forests, creating major unknowns for climate-change models.

The rise of the more potent fentanyl in its place has put a generation of older users, who had managed their addiction, at far greater risk of overdose.

Facebook has heralded artificial intelligence as a solution to its toxic content problems. Mike Schroepfer, its chief technology officer, says it won’t solve everything.

It’s not just Party City. Everyone is running out of helium. Part of the problem is that it’s so difficult to store.

That depends on how you do the research — and then on how you read the results. Here’s what studies show.

In her writings and lectures, she postulated that the human race was on the brink of an enhanced way of existing and could bring about great things.

New research found that those aged 18 to 25 believe theirs is the most narcissistic and entitled living generation. But that doesn’t make it true.

The “vaccine symposium” in Rockland County was denounced by health authorities and some ultra-Orthodox rabbis, who said the speakers were spreading dangerous propaganda.

An African swine fever outbreak that had been centered in China is rapidly spreading to neighboring countries, pushing up prices of pork, a staple in many Asian nations.

A state jury’s award for a Northern California couple followed awards in separate cases in March and August, and was the largest by far.