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‘Ready, Steady, Slow’: Championship Snail Racing at 0.006 M.P.H.

For the next few weeks, Paris will be home to many of the world’s impressive athletes, including some of the fastest human beings...

Richard M. Goldstein, Who Helped Map the Cosmos, Dies at 97

Richard M. Goldstein, a trailblazer in planetary exploration who used ground-based radars to map planets with techniques that scientists now use to measure...

Second Patient to Receive a Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Has Died

A 54-year-old New Jersey woman who was the second person to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig, and who lived...

Should You Hug a Sloth?

To hear animal rights activists tell it, those at SeaQuest are not. The for-profit company is not accredited by any zoo organization. It...

F.T.C. Says Middlemen Appear to Be Driving Up Drug Prices

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, saying in a scathing 71-page report that “these powerful middlemen may be...

How to Watch Europe Launch Its Powerful New Rocket

The European Space Agency has waited about a decade for the first launch of Ariane 6, a powerful new rocket. But the brand-new...

To Protect Redwoods, They Lit a Fire

A wake-up callThe ferocious Castle Fire in 2020 was the first of the extreme fires to strike the heart of the sequoia forests...

Children With Autism Carry Unique Gut Flora, Study Finds

The process for diagnosing a child with autism heavily relies on a parent's description of their child’s behavior and a professional’s observations. It...

Fearsome Sharks of Today Evolved When Ancient Oceans Got Hot

It sounds like something out of a Hollywood film script, but it really happened: Shark-evolution researchers say that increased ocean temperatures more than...

Video: How SpaceX Is Harming Delicate Ecosystems

On at least 19 occasions since 2019, SpaceX’s operations have caused fires, leaks and explosions near its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas....

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