Science and medicine

Will Annapolis disappear in a cloud bank of pot smoke on July 1? Will it reek of the devil’s cabbage? And most importantly to me, should I get high? As we approach the end of pot prohibition in Maryland, I’ve got questions.

The commander of NASA's next trip to the moon — the first in decades — is from Baltimore County. What does he remember from growing up outside of Baltimore?

Shawna Stepp-Jones, who has degrees form Morgan State and Johns Hopkins, has created Spundle, a fast, no-heat hair dryer for wigs and extensions. She’ll debut the product April 4 at Demo Day for Techstars Equitech Accelerator, a program for members of underestimated communities or developing technologies that increases access and equity across society.

If you have the right equipment, you’ll be able to see five planets in the night sky today. Without equipment, you could see four. And if you’re willing to wake up before sunrise, you could see Saturn, too. This is a relatively rare astronomical phenomenon, getting to see so many planets over the course of one evening — but it doesn't “mean” anything, it’s just a neat occurrence.

A 6-year-old reticulated giraffe named Willow died at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore after suddenly falling ill.

Since 2018, the Morgan State University graduate has raised more than $1.2 million in venture capital for Femly, her company that helps women have access to safe feminine hygiene products.

Imagine the climate of the Deep South dropped over the mid-Atlantic.

A scholarship program for kindergarten to 12th-grade students is the target of selective outrage, Tony Campbell, a Towson University faculty member, says. Loss of Medicare Advantage plans is putting the health of Maryland seniors at risk, Rev. Alvin Hathaway Sr., president and founder of Beloved Community Services, says. Promising and rewarding careers are available at facilities serving seniors, Allison Roenigk Ciborowski, president and CEO of LeadingAge Maryland, says.

Baltimore police are now investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl, after medical examiners ruled the cause of death to be fentanyl intoxication, police said Monday.

Ceylon House co-owner Venushki “Venus” Hemachandra said the hope for the Burtonsville lounge is to "help people build community around cannabis.”

Johns Hopkins scientists created a mathematical algorithm, among the nation’s first of its kind, to search for patterns among people who’ve escaped catching COVID-19.

The Lieber Institute for Brian Development is tapping its store of 4,000 human brains to unlock mysteries about why some people get sick and others don’t.

Did you know that hyenas give birth through their half-foot long clitoris, or that squirrels have a bone in their phallus? All this and more at The Maryland Zoo.

Artificial intelligence is about to have a Chesapeake Bay moment, changing environmental science in land use, wetlands preservation, oyster propagation and more. Could it save the bay?

Legislators seem committed to fostering equitable access to the emerging legal market.

The body of a 33-foot-long humpback whale washed up at Assateague National Seashore this week. It’s the 10th dead whale to be found along the coasts of the mid-Atlantic over recent weeks. The whale was likely struck by a boat, a NOAA spokeswoman said.

If passed, the measure would require health care institutions to communicate about debt with consumers and cap the annual interest rate growth for medical debt at 5%.

FDA considers Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions’ naloxone spray for over-the-counter use.

Johns Hopkins scientists and others are still looking at flu strains to see how strong they are and how well they match the vaccine.

The World Health Organization cited stigma in changing the name of monkeypox to mpox.