Timef 02/25/2026
- The Password That Lets Caterpillars Hide in an Ant’s Lair nytimes.com2026-02-25 22:01:35
Some butterfly species can’t grow unless they trick ants into taking them home with a complex rhythmic signal.
- Hunters and Veterans Are Fighting Trump’s Pick to Oversee Public Lands nytimes.com2026-02-25 18:02:53
Steve Pearce, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, is set to face a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
- Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friendship With Epstein nytimes.com2026-02-25 13:43:48
The Nobel laureate Richard Axel is not accused of wrongdoing but called his association with Jeffrey Epstein a “serious error in judgment.”
- T. Rex Ran on Its Tiptoes ‘Like an 8-Ton Chicken’ nytimes.com2026-02-25 08:53:39
New findings about the anatomy of the dinosaur age’s fiercest predator suggest it chased prey “like an oversized bird.”
- Susan Leeman, 95, Dies; Explored How the Brain Influences the Body nytimes.com2026-02-25 07:46:23
In an era of overt sexism in the sciences, she made two major discoveries, including identifying a neuropeptide later linked to chronic pain syndromes and migraines.
- Plastic, Plastic Everywhere nytimes.com2026-02-25 05:12:59
We talk to the author of a new book about why the problem is so hard to solve.
- Judge Axes Exxon’s Defamation Suit Against Environmentalists nytimes.com2026-02-25 03:09:13
But the case against the California attorney general, prompted by his lawsuit over Exxon’s plastic recycling program, can proceed in Texas federal court.
- 15 States Sue H.H.S. Over Revisions to Vaccine Schedule nytimes.com2026-02-25 03:00:06
Federal health officials have pared back the number of shots recommended for children. The states, led by Democrats, say the changes were not based on science.
