New York Times Science News

1. Boeing Starliner Flight of NASA Astronauts Is Scrubbed

   Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will have to wait for another day to fly to the International Space Station in an orbital capsule that has already faced years of costly technical delays.

2. From Baby Talk to Baby A.I.

   Could a better understanding of how infants acquire language help us build smarter A.I. models?

3. How To Know When a Good Dog Has Gone Bad

   Gov. Kristi Noem suggested that President Biden should have euthanized the family dog, as she did. Animal experts said that such an option should be a last resort.

4. Was the Stone Age Really the Wood Age?

   Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed.

5. Orangutan Seen Healing His Facial Wound With Medicinal Plant

   For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal properties.