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SpaceX Completes Mostly Successful Starship Rocket Flight

The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s gargantuan rocket launched on Friday evening and ended its journey in the Indian Ocean just over an hour later.
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A New Era of Exploring the Universe in Radio

With 263 antennas spread across the U.S. and Mexico, the Next Generation Very Large Array, would join a new wave of radio astronomy.
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When Humans Went Away, the Wildlife Strayed

When people disappeared from the landscape, as they did during the pandemic, wild animals changed how they used space and resources, scientists found.
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A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.
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A Very Lonely Caterpillar, Possibly the Last of Its Kind, Has Died

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly hasn’t been seen in the wild since 2022. The caterpillar was the last individual in human care.
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Science Group Seeks Public Hearing for N.S.F. Nominee

The American Association for the Advancement of Science questioned the credentials of Jim O’Neill, tapped to lead the National Science Foundation.
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Pigeons and People Have Been Frenemies for Longer Than You Think

Bones discovered at an archaeological site in Cyprus suggest the birds have been strutting around human settlements since at least 1400 B.C.
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Europe’s Green-Energy Future Has a Reindeer Problem

In northern Norway, Sami people fear a copper mine will disrupt their traditional lifestyles.
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This Moon of Neptune Might Have Survived a Wrecking-Ball Event

Neptune’s moons have long provided evidence of a cataclysm four billion years ago. A new study suggests one moon may have made it through.
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5 Takeaways From a Times Investigation on Autism Therapy Clinics

A rapidly growing industry often overprescribes treatment to young children with autism, who spend as many as 40 hours a week at the facilities.
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How to Stay Safe Around Jellyfish This Beach Season

Jellyfish myths and misconceptions abound. Here’s how to stay safe this beach season around these gelatinous wonders.
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Short Naps, Long Hours: How Autism Clinics Squeeze Medicaid Dollars Out of Preschoolers

The industry has grown rapidly, straining state budgets. A focus on finances has led to overbilling, fraud and even harm.
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Trump Eases Restrictions on Climate ‘Super Pollutants’

The administration is delaying a phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.
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Experimental Drug Yields Dramatic Weight Loss

People who got the injection, retatrutide, lost 28 percent of their body weight on average after 80 weeks, Eli Lilly said.
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SpaceX Scrubs Launch Attempt of Updated Starship Rocket

The giant rocket was scheduled to lift off on Thursday after a seven-month pause. SpaceX could try again as soon as Friday.
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Musk’s SpaceX Reveals Its Finances for the First Time as It Readies for IPO

Mr. Musk’s rocket and satellite maker disclosed its financial performance as it prepares to go public in what is set to be one of the largest offerings to date.
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Ebola Crisis Sparks Debate Over Global Health Double Standards

To some Africans, the claim that the continent’s largest health agency had already bungled its response scratched a familiar wound.
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Fish and Wildlife Service Clears a Weedkiller, Saying It Won’t Cause Extinction

The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that has been linked to birth defects and cancer in humans.
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Neanderthal Dentistry, and the Scientist Glad Not to Have Experienced It

The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist John Olsen.
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A 16th-Century Sketch of Anne Boleyn More Likely Depicted Her Mother, an A.I. Analysis Finds

Using facial-recognition technology, scholars have concluded that a 500-year-old drawing labeled “Anna Bollein Queen” more likely showed her mother, Elizabeth Howard.
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A U.S. Reckoning Over Chemical Pollution From Military Bases

New Mexico is suing the federal government over PFAS contamination from Cannon Air Force Base. The outcome will affect how courts treat more than 15,000 similar claims nationwide.
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She Was Finding Sources of Dangerous Water and Soil Pollution

Melanie Malone led a research project to identify and study contamination sites in Washington State. Then the E.P.A. canceled her grant.
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Scientists Tweaked the Global Warming Outlook. So Trump Weighed In.

Renewable energy has helped make the worst-case scenario a bit less bad. The president said, falsely, it shows that climate scientists were wrong all along.
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E.P.A. to Repeal Some Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

The rules were established by the Biden administration after research linked the compounds to a range of serious health problems.
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Ebola Was Identified in Congo Weeks Before W.H.O. Declared an Emergency

Early surveillance and testing failed to identify the rare species of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak. An American doctor is among the confirmed cases.
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Children’s Mental Health Visits Have Shot Up, Research Shows

Doctor’s visits for children’s anxiety rose by more than 250 percent over 10 years, according to a study of nearly two million children.
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When Tornado Weather Hits, These Scientists Break Out the Colored Pencils

With a battery of modern technology at their fingertips, meteorologists often turn first to an old-fashioned tracking technique.
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The Quest for Clean Hydrogen Moves Underground

The dream of clean hydrogen has tantalized energy experts for years, but producing it has been tough. Many start-ups think the answer could lie beneath our feet.
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