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Study Suggests Waiting Longer Before Withdrawing Life Support

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Gina Kolata
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.

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

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Apoorva Mandavilli
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.

Baobab Trees Had a Strange Evolutionary Journey

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Rachel Nuwer
New research shows the “upside-down trees” originated in Madagascar and then caught a ride on ocean currents to reach mainland Africa and Australia.

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The “Avenue of the Baobabs,” a natural reserve of Grandidier’s baobabs near Morondava, Madagascar.

How to View the Northern Lights on Sunday Night

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Amanda Holpuch
The best weather conditions for viewing the colorful light display will be in much of the West while New England was “a 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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Katrina Miller， Ivan Penn and Emmett Lindner
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.

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

✇NYT: Science
Michael S. Rosenwald
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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Jonathan Kandell
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 — making as much money as he could.

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

✇NYT: Science
Emily Anthes
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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