A Mummified Saber-Toothed Kitten Emerges in Siberia
Asher Elbein on November 18, 2024
The Homotherium cub was preserved in Siberian permafrost with its dark fur and flesh intact.
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Barnard’s Star Finally Has a Planet, and Possibly More
Dennis Overbye on November 17, 2024
For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest find is for real.
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Can These Ex-Hollywood Chimps Find a Place Among the Apes?
Emily Anthes on November 15, 2024
Behind the scenes at a Chicago zoo, chimpanzees who spent years entertaining humans are learning to befriend their own kind.
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Leonids Meteor Shower: When and How to Watch Its Peak
Katrina Miller on November 15, 2024
The event produces some of the year’s fastest meteors, although the nearly full moon may make them challenging to spot.
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NASA Says Astronaut Suni Williams Is in ‘Incredible Health’
Kenneth Chang on November 14, 2024
The agency’s top medical official was responding to rumors that Suni Williams had lost an unusual amount of weight during an extended stay in orbit.
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Teddy Rosenbluth on November 14, 2024
A sharp partisan divide remains over how involved researchers should be in policy decisions.
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Pythons Have Surprising Social Lives
Asher Elbein on November 13, 2024
Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially.
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‘Devious’ New Deep Sea Slug Hid Its Identity From Scientists
William J. Broad on November 12, 2024
It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone was actually a sea slug.
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This ‘Ghost’ Fish Seemed Extinct, Until It Turned Up in Unexpected Places
Rachel Nuwer on November 12, 2024
No one saw a Mekong giant salmon carp for 15 years, but then the species was spotted in areas of Cambodia that suggest it may be found in more locations.
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COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Head Into Final Stretch
David Gelles and Brad Plumer on November 18, 2024
Senior ministers are arriving in an effort to break a deadlock over the summit’s main goal: funding to help lower-income countries hit hard by global warming.
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ChatGPT Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness
Gina Kolata on November 17, 2024
A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.
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First U.S. Case of Spreading New Mpox Type Reported in California
The New York Times on November 17, 2024
The unidentified patient had recently returned from Africa, where the virus has caused a deadly epidemic, health officials said.
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Thomas E. Kurtz, co-creator of BASIC programming language, dies at 96
Kenneth R. Rosen on November 17, 2024
At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world.
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Democrats’ Message at COP29 Climate Talks: Don’t Panic
David Gelles on November 16, 2024
American officials are seeking to assure the world that U.S. climate action won’t end with the return of Donald Trump as president.
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Why Kennedy Sees an ‘Epidemic’ of Chronic Disease Among Children
Roni Caryn Rabin on November 15, 2024
Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But vaccines and fluoride are not the cause.
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RFK Jr.'s Vow to Take On Big Food Could Face Resistance
Christina Jewett and Julie Creswell on November 17, 2024
Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals.
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Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.
Brad Plumer on November 15, 2024
Growing worldwide energy demand and other factors have shifted the calculus, but hurdles still lie ahead.
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The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the Mainstream
Joseph Goldstein on November 15, 2024
With the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, a formerly fringe opinion suddenly gets wide attention.
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Chemist Identifies Mystery ‘Blobs’ Washing Up in Newfoundland
Alan Yuhas on November 14, 2024
A researcher thinks he knows what has been coming ashore on miles of beaches. Canada’s environmental agency says it is still looking into it.
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Vjosa Isai on November 13, 2024
A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in critical condition with the disease, and officials were working to find out how the person was exposed to the virus.
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COP29 Climate Talks Focus on Financing
David Gelles and Brad Plumer on November 13, 2024
Negotiators agree that trillions are needed to help lower-income countries adapt and cope, but not on who should pay.
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Venom Helped Create Weight-Loss Drugs. What Else Could It Do For Us?
Kim Tingley on November 14, 2024
A study of Gila monster venom helped start the revolution in weight-loss drugs. But scientists think that’s just the beginning.
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A.D.H.D. Symptoms Are Milder With a Busy Schedule, Study Finds
Christina Caron on November 13, 2024
New research suggests symptoms of the disorder may be less severe in those with a demanding schedule.
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2024 Fossil Fuel Emissions Are Headed for a Record
Brad Plumer on November 13, 2024
Countries promised to move away from coal, oil and natural gas at last year’s climate summit. New research shows they’re burning more than ever before.
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US Regulators Seek to Block UnitedHealth’s $3.3 Billion Purchase of Home Care Company
Reed Abelson on November 12, 2024
The Justice Department and four Democratic state attorneys general argued that United’s takeover would limit competition and harm consumers needing home or hospice care.
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At COP29, Keir Starmer Announces the UK’s Ambitious Climate Targets
Somini Sengupta on November 12, 2024
The prime minister announced more ambitious climate targets, charting a very different course from the United States, which is expected to roll back its energy transition plans.
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At Long Last, the Surge in S.T.I.s May Be Leveling Off
Apoorva Mandavilli on November 12, 2024
Rates of gonorrhea declined in 2023, while diagnoses of syphilis and chlamydia held roughly steady, according to new C.D.C. data.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s FDA Wish List: Raw Milk, Stem Cells, Heavy Metals
Christina Jewett on November 14, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers on health, is taking aim at the agency’s oversight on many fronts.
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Biden Officials Try to Reassure COP29 Climate Talks
Brad Plumer and David Gelles on November 14, 2024
Negotiators at the summit in Azerbaijan fear that the return of Donald Trump will sap momentum for global climate action.
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As the Pandemic Deepened, Americans Kept Drinking More
Roni Caryn Rabin on November 12, 2024
Excessive drinking persisted in the years after Covid arrived, according to new data.
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