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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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 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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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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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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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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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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In northern Norway, Sami people fear a copper mine will disrupt their traditional lifestyles.
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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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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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Jellyfish myths and misconceptions abound. Here’s how to stay safe this beach season around these gelatinous wonders.
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The industry has grown rapidly, straining state budgets. A focus on finances has led to overbilling, fraud and even harm.
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The administration is delaying a phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons, potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.
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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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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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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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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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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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The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist John Olsen.
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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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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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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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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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The rules were established by the Biden administration after research linked the compounds to a range of serious health problems.
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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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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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With a battery of modern technology at their fingertips, meteorologists often turn first to an old-fashioned tracking technique.
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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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