F.D.A. Experts Will Vote on a Cure for Sickle Cell Disease
Why It Matters: A disease with a toll that is difficult to imagine. An estimated 100,000 people in the United States have sickle cell disease, most of whom have African…
Trump’s Verbal Slips Could Weaken His Attacks on Biden’s Age
One of Donald J. Trump’s new comedic bits at his rallies features him impersonating the current commander in chief with an over-the-top caricature mocking President Biden’s age. With droopy eyelids…
Halloween Shoppers Not Spooked as Economic Slowdown Remains Elusive
Economists spent much of 2023 warning that a recession could be imminent as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to the highest level in more than two decades. But for…
These Tiny, Beautiful Wasps Eat the Hearts Out of Cockroaches
If you loathe cockroaches, you’re going to love the emerald jewel wasp. Females of the species Ampulex compressa, known also as emerald cockroach wasps, are less than an inch long,…