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Flickering loops in the sun’s corona may appear before dangerous solar activity

In this week's news roundup, we dig into measles misinformation, ozone recovery and new findings on using nasal cartilage to treat knee injuries.

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should be—then found it

Scientists and supporters rallied in cities across the U.S. and Europe to protest dramatic funding cuts and other attacks from the Trump administration

The current system of daylight saving time and early school start times wastes billions while causing more car accidents, workplace injuries and health issues

Trump could drop a federal lawsuit against a petrochemical plant that emits chloroprene. Here’s a look at the cancer-causing chemical

The Federal Emergency Management Agency must show in one week whether it is complying with a judge’s ruling that blocks the Trump administration disaster aid freeze

Climate change is real. Dismantling our federal weather agency won’t change that

People who are rated as good storytellers exhibit a purpose-oriented mindset and big-picture thinking more often than others

The “quarantine fatigue” of 2020 became an ongoing “pandemic fatigue,” a complex set of emotions that continues to affect the nation

The March 13–14 lunar eclipse will be an all-night affair you won’t want to miss

Novelist John Green talks about his new nonfiction book, Everything is Tuberculosis, and the inequities in treatment for the highly infectious disease.

NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the longest-running missions to send data home. But as their power supplies wane, scientists are saying goodbye to one instrument on each spacecraft

Despite some connection delays postlanding, the lunar lander Athena is officially set to study what lies beneath the moon’s surface over the next 10 days

The Trump administration’s sudden dismissals have stripped training programs across the nation that bolstered state and local public health departments

Efforts to limit wildfires in a conservative swath of northern Colorado are the latest casualty of the Trump administration’s on-and-off federal spending freeze

Outpatient flu visits and hospitalizations are higher than at any time in the past 15 years

Neuroscientist Lore Thaler speaks about her efforts to make echolocation training more accessible

A mysterious neuro-ocular syndrome remains an unknown risk for long-term spaceflight

A Trump administration plan would end the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where similar oversight muzzling has led to nuclear disasters overseas