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The ‘Forbidden Planet’ That Escaped a Fiery Doom

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All across the Milky Way, dying stars are gobbling up their planets. Even Earth is likely to perish this way about five billion...
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The Crises of Heat and Smoke Share a Common Thread: Climate Change

Barbara Chase -
Follow live updates as smoke from the Canadian wildfires worsens air quality in cities throughout the Midwest.Between the dangerous heat baking Texas and...
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Something Was Messing With Earth’s Axis. The Answer Has to Do With Us.

Barbara Chase -
Around the turn of the millennium, Earth’s spin started going off-kilter, and nobody could quite say why.For decades, scientists had been watching the...
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Religious Freedom Arguments Underpin Wave of Challenges to Abortion Bans

Barbara Chase -
After she received the medication, the process took a different turn. Via Zoom, a minister prompted Mikayla to look in a mirror to reflect...
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It’s Never Too Late to Become a Nurse

Barbara Chase -
“It’s Never Too Late” is a series that tells the stories of people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms.Joanna...
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U.S. Sees First Cases of Local Malaria Transmission in Two Decades

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Why It Matters: A resurgence in travel could lead to more cases.The United States eradicated malaria decades ago, but globally there were nearly...
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Anthony Fauci Will Join Faculty at Georgetown University

Barbara Chase -
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who served as the federal government’s top infectious disease specialist for nearly 40 years and played a key role...
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Tree Loss Increases in Crucial Tropical Forests

Barbara Chase -
More than a year after countries pledged to end deforestation by 2030, the world is continuing to lose its tropical forests at a...
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John B. Goodenough, 100, Dies; Nobel-Winning Creator of the Lithium-Ion Battery

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He was, he said in a memoir, “Witness to Grace” (2008), the unwanted child of an agnostic Yale University professor of religion and...
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An A.I. Diagnosis Can Wait. Just Eliminate ‘Pajama Time.’

Barbara Chase -
Dr. Matthew Hitchcock, a family physician in Chattanooga, Tenn., has an A.I. helper.It records patient visits on his smartphone and summarizes them for...
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