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Biden Administration Approves Key Permit for West Virginia Gas Pipeline

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Why It Matters: Biden needs Manchin, and Manchin needs fossil fuels.The Mountain Valley Pipeline has been opposed for years by environmentalists, civil rights...
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In Search of an Antidote for Poisonous Mushrooms

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Foragers around the world hunt for wild mushrooms to bring their earthy, nutty, meaty flavors to the table. But every so often, people...
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Ozempic Is Hard to Find. Some Pharmacies Are Offering Unauthorized Alternatives.

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When Carrie Davis found out that her health insurance wouldn’t cover Ozempic, she sought an alternate route to getting the diabetes drug, which...
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How to Spy on Condor Parents With a High-Tech Egg

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For two months this spring, a pair of California condor parents carefully tended to a single, enormous egg. They took turns sitting on...
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In Ancient Egypt, Severed Hands Were Spoils of War

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Salima Ikram, an Egyptologist at the American University in Cairo who was not involved in the project, said that the new analysis “raises...
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Appeals Court Pauses Ruling That Threatened Free Preventive Health Care

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The NewsA federal appeals court on Monday temporarily blocked a lower court decision that overturned the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that all health...
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World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners

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The World Health Organization on Monday warned against using artificial sweeteners to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases, saying...
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Your DNA Can Now Be Pulled From Thin Air. Privacy Experts Are Worried.

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David Duffy, a wildlife geneticist at the University of Florida, just wanted a better way to track disease in sea turtles. Then he...
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Mutation Protected Man From Alzheimer’s Disease, Hinting at Treatment

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The NewsThe man should have gotten Alzheimer’s disease in his early 40s — he had a gene mutation that guaranteed it, or so...
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F.D.A. Approves New Drug to Treat Hot Flashes

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The NewsThe Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first nonhormonal medication to treat hot flashes in menopausal women, offering a potential...
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