NY Times - 20 January 2018, 00:37 (+ 2280 days 15 hours and 54 minutes) Science/Nature
The exam, called the Moca, is widely used in doctor’s offices, but it is not sophisticated enough to diagnose mental decline, experts say.

NY Times - 19 January 2018, 19:37 (+ 2280 days 20 hours and 55 minutes) Science/Nature
A study of hunter-gatherers on the Malay Peninsula suggests that culture plays a role in how we describe the odors all around us.

NY Times - 19 January 2018, 19:32 (+ 2280 days 20 hours and 59 minutes) Science/Nature
A surprise statement on Friday undercut last week’s announcement that Florida had been granted an exemption from President Trump’s offshore-drilling...

NY Times - 19 January 2018, 15:37 (+ 2281 days 0 hours and 55 minutes) Science/Nature
A doctor has developed an advance directive specifically to plan for medical care in the event of dementia.

NY Times - 19 January 2018, 13:49 (+ 2281 days 2 hours and 42 minutes) Science/Nature
A man who traded a 95-pound tortoise stolen from a nature center for $300 and a musk turtle was sentenced to six months in jail at Rikers Island.

NY Times - 19 January 2018, 12:38 (+ 2281 days 3 hours and 53 minutes) Science/Nature
In West Africa, people with psychoses are often chained at prayer camps. Giving them psychiatric drugs lessened their symptoms, but did not shorten their...

NY Times - 19 January 2018, 04:23 (+ 2281 days 12 hours and 8 minutes) Science/Nature
The Astronomical Clock in Prague has been taken apart for maintenance. The city’s clock master has until August to finish restoring it.

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 23:52 (+ 2281 days 16 hours and 39 minutes) Science/Nature
Since 2003, the percentage of women filling prescriptions for drugs like Ritalin has increased nearly fivefold in some age groups.

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 18:32 (+ 2281 days 21 hours and 59 minutes) Science/Nature
Winter rain makes it more difficult for the animals to feed, particularly pregnant females, researchers find.

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 17:59 (+ 2281 days 22 hours and 32 minutes) Science/Nature
A water crisis — whether caused by nature, human mismanagement, or both — can be an early warning signal of conflict ahead. Iran is the latest example.

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 17:47 (+ 2281 days 22 hours and 44 minutes) Science/Nature
The virus is widespread, and the vaccine is a poor match. But while some areas are hit hard, others have been spared, and deaths are not unusually common...

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 17:42 (+ 2281 days 22 hours and 49 minutes) Science/Nature
Can 500,000 thermometers transmitting 25,000 readings a day forecast the spread of flu more accurately than the C.D.C.?

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 16:51 (+ 2281 days 23 hours and 41 minutes) Science/Nature
A seismologist scrutinized hundreds of strong earthquakes over four centuries and found no relationship to lunar cycles.

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 09:44 (+ 2282 days 6 hours and 47 minutes) Science/Nature
Prime Minister Theresa May said an under secretary would work across government departments to tackle the issue.

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 07:01 (+ 2282 days 9 hours and 30 minutes) Science/Nature
A group of large hospital systems plans to create a nonprofit generic drug company to battle shortages and high prices.

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 05:02 (+ 2282 days 11 hours and 29 minutes) Science/Nature
Nine caribou on an island in Lake Superior were helicoptered to safety in a bid to save a once thriving herd from dying out.

NY Times - 18 January 2018, 00:41 (+ 2282 days 15 hours and 50 minutes) Science/Nature
Scientists identified bacteria that caused a mass die-off of the endangered antelopes in Kazakhstan in 2015. But the mechanism that made the bacteria so...

NY Times - 17 January 2018, 21:38 (+ 2282 days 18 hours and 53 minutes) Science/Nature
Cases of children isolated and abused by parents are rare but not unheard-of, say experts. Many recover.

NY Times - 17 January 2018, 19:59 (+ 2282 days 20 hours and 32 minutes) Science/Nature
Videos showed a bright flash of light, followed by a pop almost like a light bulb burning out.

NY Times - 17 January 2018, 17:27 (+ 2282 days 23 hours and 4 minutes) Science/Nature
Roundworm eggs, shed by stray dogs, can be ingested by children playing outside. The worm’s larvae have been found in the brain, experts say, perhaps...