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New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit

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By: Eric Lipton
17 May 2024 at 18:31
Citing rapid advances by China and Russia, the United States is building an extensive capacity to fight battles in space.

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A rocket carrying the Pentagon’s secretive X-37B crewless space plane launching last year from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Thunderstorms, Wind and Climate Change: Here’s What to Know

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By: Raymond Zhong
17 May 2024 at 14:07
Scientists say storms like those that battered Houston could become more intense as the planet warms, though pinning down trends is still challenging.

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A damaged building in Houston on Friday, after severe storms the night before.

Study Suggests Waiting Longer Before Withdrawing Life Support

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By: Gina Kolata
17 May 2024 at 05:03
A review of a limited number of cases of unresponsive patients with severe traumatic brain injuries raised questions about a custom of making a decision within 72 hours.

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A new study found that 42 percent of those who had continued life support recovered enough in the next year to have some degree of independence. A few even returned to their former lives.
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FDA Approves Amgen Drug for Persistently Deadly Form of Lung Cancer

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By: Gina Kolata
16 May 2024 at 16:59
The treatment is for patients with small cell lung cancer, which afflicts about 35,000 people in the U.S. a year.

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Martha Warren, 65, of Westerly, R.I., found out last year that she had small cell lung cancer, and joined the tarlatamab clinical trial. She said she now feels as good as before her diagnosis.

Heat Stress Is Hitting Caribbean Reefs Earlier Than Ever This Year

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By: Catrin Einhorn
16 May 2024 at 16:27
Scientists in the United States are reporting β€œunprecedented patterns” of surface warming, an ominous sign for coral.

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Bleached corals off Brazil this week. The world is currently experiencing a global coral bleaching event, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

C.D.C. Warns of a Resurgence of Mpox

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By: Apoorva Mandavilli
16 May 2024 at 14:53
A deadlier version of the infectious disease is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the type that caused a 2022 outbreak among gay and bisexual men is regaining strength.

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A health official investigating and treating a probable case of mpox at the Yalolia health center in Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2022.

Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot.

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By: Carl Zimmer
16 May 2024 at 14:00
In humans, the energetic cost of pregnancy is about 50,000 dietary calories β€” far higher than previously believed, a new study found.

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Researchers estimate that a human pregnancy demands almost 50,000 dietary calories over nine months, the equivalent of about 50 pints of ice cream.

U.S. Suspends Funding for Group at Center of Covid Origins Fight

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By: Benjamin Mueller
15 May 2024 at 16:17
The decision came after a scorching hearing in which lawmakers barraged EcoHealth Alliance’s president with claims of misrepresenting work with Chinese virologists.

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Peter Daszak, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, faced a barrage of questions during a congressional hearing this month.

Did You Have Syphilis When You Were Pregnant? We Want to Hear From You.

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By: Apoorva Mandavilli
15 May 2024 at 11:47
Congenital syphilis has risen significantly in the United States. The Times would like to talk to women who experienced the condition when pregnant and learn how they dealt with it.

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Syphilis during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage and stillbirth, and infants who survive may become blind or deaf or have severe developmental delays.

Overdose Deaths Dropped in U.S. in 2023 for First Time in Five Years

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By: Jan Hoffman
15 May 2024 at 11:40
Preliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a rise in deaths from meth and cocaine.

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Empty cartridges of Kloxxado, a naloxone nasal spray that is twice as concentrated as Narcan, lay on the street after being used to revive a man in Portland, Ore., last year.

Baobab Trees Had a Strange Evolutionary Journey

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By: Rachel Nuwer
15 May 2024 at 11:00
New research shows the β€œupside-down trees” originated in Madagascar and then caught a ride on ocean currents to reach mainland Africa and Australia.

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The β€œAvenue of the Baobabs,” a natural reserve of Grandidier’s baobabs near Morondava, Madagascar.

Meet the Marine Biologist Who Works for a Hotel Chain

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By: Elisabeth Goodridge
15 May 2024 at 05:00
Megan Morikawa of the Iberostar Group is applying science β€” and scale β€” to eliminate food waste, save coral and collaborate across the travel industry to cut carbon.

Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphere’s Hottest in 2,000 Years, Study Finds

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By: Delger Erdenesanaa
14 May 2024 at 11:02
Scientists used tree rings to compare last year’s extreme heat with temperatures over the past two millenniums.

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A 730-year-old fir tree in Mount Rainier National Park, Wash. Researchers used data from 10,000 trees across the Northern Hemisphere.

Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth

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By: Katrina Miller and Delger Erdenesanaa
14 May 2024 at 03:00
A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis.

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Penny Sackett, former director of the Australian National University’s Mount Stromlo Observatory, just outside Canberra, in the remains of the observatory, which was destroyed in a 2003 wildfire.

New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power

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By: Brad Plumer
13 May 2024 at 18:22
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the biggest changes in more than a decade to the way U.S. power lines are planned and funded.

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A transmission line construction project near Bingham, Maine, in 2022.

Alameda Officials Stop Cloud Brightening Study Aimed at Cooling Planet

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By: Christopher Flavelle
14 May 2024 at 06:30
Researchers had been testing a sprayer that could one day be used to push a salty mist skyward, cooling the Earth. Officials stopped the work, citing health questions.

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The experiment, designed to test possible cloud-brightening technology, took place aboard a ship docked in San Francisco Bay.

Solar Storm Disrupts Some Farmers’ GPS Systems

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By: Livia Albeck-Ripka
13 May 2024 at 11:38
The storm interfered with navigational systems used in tractors and other farming equipment, leaving some farmers temporarily unable to plant their crops.

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A tractor at O’Connor Family Farms near Blooming Prairie, Minn.

How to View the Northern Lights on Sunday Night

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By: Amanda Holpuch
12 May 2024 at 12:57
The best weather conditions for viewing the colorful light display will be in much of the West while New England was β€œa question mark,” a forecaster said.

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A geomagnetic storm lit up the night sky above the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah, on Friday.

Northern Lights Set to Return Tonight as Extreme Solar Storm Continues

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By: Katrina Miller， Ivan Penn and Emmett Lindner
11 May 2024 at 16:00
Electrical utilities said they weathered earlier conditions as persistent geomagnetic storms were expected to cause another light show in evening skies.

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A NASA satellite recorded the sun releasing a powerful solar flare on Friday night. Elevated solar activity this week has contributed to powerful geomagnetic storms in Earth’s atmosphere.

A New Evolutionary Tree of Flowers? For Spring? Groundbreaking.

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By: Veronique Greenwood
11 May 2024 at 05:03
By sequencing an enormous amount of data, a group of hundreds of researchers has gained new insights into how flowers evolved on Earth.

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A new, time-calibrated phylogenetic tree for angiosperms based on 353 nuclear genes.

Northern Lights Forecast: How to See the Aurora Borealis This Weekend

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By: Claire Moses
11 May 2024 at 14:13
The Space Weather Prediction Center said solar activity would be high again on Saturday.

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Northern lights hung over the Lofoten Islands in Norway in March.

Nancy Neveloff Dubler, Mediator for Life’s Final Moments, Dies at 82

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By: Michael S. Rosenwald
10 May 2024 at 21:45
A bioethicist, she pioneered bedside methods for helping patients, their families and doctors deal with anguishing life-and-death decisions in a high-tech age.

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Nancy Dubler, director of the bioethics division at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, spoke in 2005 with Fred Haber, who was at his wife’s bedside after a mediation session.

Jim Simons, Math Genius Who Conquered Wall Street, Dies at 86

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By: Jonathan Kandell
10 May 2024 at 14:46
Using advanced computers, he went from M.I.T. professor to multibillionaire. His Medallion fund had 66 percent average annual returns for decades.

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Jim Simons 2007. After publishing breakthrough studies in advanced mathematics, he decided to apply his genius to a more prosaic subject β€” making as much money as he could.

Northern Lights Are Visible as Solar Storm Intensifies: What to Know

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By: Katrina Miller and Judson Jones
11 May 2024 at 13:13
Officials warned of potential blackouts or interference with navigation and communication systems this weekend, as well as auroras as far south as Southern California or Texas.

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Herbert Pardes, Who Steered the Growth of a Giant Hospital, Dies at 89

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By: Richard Sandomir
9 May 2024 at 14:56
A psychiatrist, he ran New York-Presbyterian after a landmark merger, improving its patient care and finances and raising money to expand its footprint across the region.

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Dr. Herbert Pardes in 2003 as president and chief executive of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He ran its sprawling domain for 11 years.

10 Big Biden Environmental Rules, and What They Mean

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By: Coral Davenport
9 May 2024 at 05:06
Asbestos, β€œforever” chemicals, E.V.s and endangered species. Here’s what 10 new rules cover, and why the administration has been churning them out.

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President Biden giving an Earth Day speech inside Prince William Forest Park in Virginia, last month.

The Ever-Resilient Pupfish Makes a Comeback in Death Valley

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By: Alexander Nazaryan
9 May 2024 at 05:04
The spring population of the critically endangered species is at a 25-year high, a surprising rebound in a tiny desert cave.

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A Devils Hole pupfish in a pool of the Ash Meadows complex in the Nevada portion of Death Valley National Park.

The U.S. Is Getting More Heavy Tornado Days. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why.

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By: Delger Erdenesanaa
8 May 2024 at 16:12
The number of tornadoes so far in the United States this year is just above average. But their distribution is changing.

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A tornado near Hawley, Texas, on Thursday.

Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Intersex Babies, Dies at 90

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By: Clay Risen
8 May 2024 at 14:19
He pushed back against doctors who recommended surgery on infants born with ambiguous genitalia, arguing for acceptance of diversity.

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Milton Diamond in 2010. He rewrote the guidelines on raising intersex children, arguing that surgery should not be a requirement.

Google Unveils AI for Predicting Behavior of Human Molecules

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By: Cade Metz
8 May 2024 at 11:00
The system, AlphaFold3, could accelerate efforts to understand the human body and fight disease.

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Google DeepMind’s new technology brings hope that the advances will significantly streamline the creation of new drugs and vaccines.

Environmental Changes Are Fueling Human, Animal and Plant Diseases, Study Finds

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By: Emily Anthes
8 May 2024 at 11:31
Biodiversity loss, global warming, pollution and the spread of invasive species are making infectious diseases more dangerous to organisms around the world.

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White-footed mice, the primary reservoir for Lyme disease, have become more dominant in the U.S. as other rarer mammals have disappeared, one potential explanation for rising disease rates.
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