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Trump’s Tariff Threat for Drug imports Poses Big Political Risks

President Trump’s decision to move a step closer to imposing tariffs on imported medicines poses considerable political risk, because Americans could face higher...

A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He’s Also Paid to Promote It.

For more than a decade, Navindra Seeram, a biomedical researcher, has praised maple syrup, calling it a “hero ingredient” and “champion food” that...

Blue Origin’s First All-Female Spaceflight Stunt

Though women remain severely underrepresented in the aerospace field worldwide, they do regularly escape the Earth’s atmosphere. More than 100 have gone to...

Older People Seeking Care for Cannabis Use at Greater Risk for Dementia

Middle-aged and older adults who sought hospital or emergency room care because of cannabis use were almost twice as likely to develop dementia...

To Fight Federal Job Cuts, Energy Experts and States Try a New Argument

President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda will be undermined by steep cuts to federal agencies that are said to be planned by the Trump...

DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings

An office in an obscure corner of the federal government that NASA has relied on to safely land astronauts on the moon and...

How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.

It may not have been the tax-evasion trial of the century — the second century, that is — but it was of such...

This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?

On the last day of March, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital began an operation that they hoped might lead to a permanent change...

Blue Origin Flight Will Take 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, to Space

The broadcast journalist Gayle King and the singer Katy Perry were set to make a brief trip into space on Monday on a...

Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Sperm Whale Teeth and Bones

A South Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday to importing sperm whale teeth and bones from four countries and selling them in the...

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