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Canada’s Wildfires Have Been Disrupting Lives. Now, Oil and Gas Take a Hit.

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What It Means: Fires are sending oil prices higher.The damage to oil and gas production was likely to significantly surpass current tallies, Thomas...
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Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, New Analysis Says

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The NewsGlobal temperatures are likely to soar to record highs over the next five years, driven by human-caused warming and a climate pattern...
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E.P.A. Announces Crackdown on Toxic Coal Ash From Landfills

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The Latest The Biden administration is moving to close a loophole that had exempted hundreds of inactive coal ash landfills from rules designed...
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This Spider Is Imperfect, and That May Be Its Secret Trick

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Siler collingwoodi is a spider that jumps and wears a coat of vibrant and metallic blues, oranges and sometimes reds. It also does...
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Bizarre Sea Creatures Illuminate the Dawn of the Animal Kingdom

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One of the greatest transformations in the history of life occurred more than 600 million years ago, when a single-celled organism gave rise...
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Study Offers New Twist in How the First Humans Evolved

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The researchers concluded that as far back as a million years ago, the ancestors of our species existed in two distinct populations. Dr....
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Drug Shortages Near an All-Time High, Leading to Rationing

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Thousands of patients are facing delays in getting treatments for cancer and other life-threatening diseases, with drug shortages in the United States approaching...
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Many Women Have an Intense Fear of Childbirth, Survey Suggests

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When Zaneta Thayer, an anthropologist at Dartmouth College, asks students in her evolution class what words come to mind when they think of...
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Amy Silverstein, Who Chronicled a Life of Three Hearts, Dies at 59

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Amy Silverstein, a celebrated writer whose two memoirs, including “Sick Girl,” from 2007, recounted her grueling yet joyous odyssey through a life that...
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Bird Flu Vaccine Authorized for Emergency Use in California Condors

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The NewsFederal officials have granted emergency approval to a bird flu vaccine for use in California condors, an agency of the U.S. Department...
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