As Ice Melts in the Arctic, Some Deep-Sea Creatures Are Thriving

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet destabilizes glacial ice.

By K. R. Callaway

In Deep Space, China Meets Earth’s ‘Amazing’ Quasi-Moon

A Chinese spacecraft has captured the first image of the asteroid Kamo‘oalewa.

By Robin George Andrews

Researchers Claim to Have Solved the Perplexing ‘Reverse Sprinkler’ Problem

For more than a century, physicists have argued about which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide a clear answer.

By Kenneth Chang

Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87

As a young woman in the 1960s, she wasn’t allowed to become a NASA astronaut. She finally realized her long-held dream of flying in space as an octogenarian.

By Richard Goldstein

The New Old Age

Years After He Quit Smoking, a Lung Cancer Scan Saved His Life

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and older adults are at higher risk. But only about a quarter of patients eligible for screening are up-to-date.

By Paula Span