New York Times Science News

  1. SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight

    Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.
  2. Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty

    Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the mission.
  3. Hit by ‘Gut Punches,’ Scientists Band Together to Protest Trump

    Stand Up for Science aims to revive a movement that started in 2017, but with an all-new team and a more focused vision.
  4. Trove of Ancient Axes Shows Early Humans Made Tools From Bones

    Deep in a trench in Tanzania, researchers found dozens of tools crafted from animal bones some 1.5 million years old.
  5. What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish

    Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey.