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- January 29, 2025
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Why Trump Picked a Science Advisor, Michael Kratsios, Who Isn’t a Scientist
President Trump last week formally nominated Michael Kratsios, a member of the first Trump administration with no degrees in science or engineering, to be his science adviser. Science policy experts…
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- January 29, 2025
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State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now
The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide H.I.V. treatment program that was halted last week. The waiver,…
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- January 28, 2025
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In Seattle, a Meeting of 5,444 Mathematical Minds
The world’s largest gathering of mathematicians convened in Seattle from Jan. 8 to Jan. 11 — 5,444 mathematicians, 3,272 talks. This year the program diverged somewhat from the its traditional…
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- January 28, 2025
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For Children in Rural Mozambique, the Future Comes Into Focus
Over the past year, Muanema Fakira noticed something odd about the eyes of her 1-year-old daughter Sumaya. Her left eye was cloudy. It did not gleam with curiosity or glint…
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- January 27, 2025
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Hummingbird
Flower mites spend their lives slurping nectar and nibbling pollen in flowers throughout the tropics. To travel from one blossom to another, these tiny, eight-legged creatures hitch rides on the…
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- January 27, 2025
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‘This Is a Dangerous Virus’
When bird flu first struck dairy cattle a year ago, it seemed possible that it might affect a few isolated herds and disappear as quickly as it had appeared. Instead,…
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- January 24, 2025
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The Perfect Cacio e Pepe Recipe, According to Science
A group of Italian physicists has dared to tinker with the traditional recipe for cacio e pepe, the challenging Roman dish consisting of pasta, pecorino cheese and black pepper. In…
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- January 24, 2025
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Yes, Some Vaccines Contain Aluminum. That’s a Good Thing.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often trained his criticisms of vaccines on a common ingredient: aluminum, which he has suggested is responsible for a litany of childhood ailments, including food…
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- January 23, 2025
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Sacklers Up Their Offer to Settle Purdue Opioids Cases, With a New Condition
Seven months after the Supreme Court struck down a deal that would have resolved thousands of opioid cases against Purdue Pharma, the company’s owners, members of the Sackler family, have…
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- January 23, 2025
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Cats May Have Gotten Bird Flu From Raw Pet Food. Here’s What to Know.
Federal officials who spent the last year grappling with a surge of bird flu infections in cows and people are now confronting a spate of new cases in cats, some…
