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Bernadine Strik, Whose Insights Helped Blueberries Thrive, Dies at 60

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Blueberry plants spaced about three feet apart, she discovered, produced 50 percent higher yields as they grew, without lowering yields once they matured....
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Move Over Jupiter: Saturn Adds 62 More Moons to Its Count

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In the red corner, Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting our sun, which shaped our solar system with its gravitational bulk.In the blue corner,...
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‘A Bit Spooky’: The New Shark Species With Bright, White Eyes

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What has long, bright white eyes, swims along the deep waters off Australia and attaches its eggs to coral?A new species of shark,...
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W.H.O. Ends Mpox Global Emergency

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Why It Matters: The sharp decline is a victory.The W.H.O.’s declaration is an acknowledgment that the world successfully managed an international outbreak even...
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F.D.A. Ends Ban on Blood Donations From Gay and Bisexual Men

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The NewsThe Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it had formally ended the agency’s wide-ranging prohibition on blood donations from gay...
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How Deep-Diving Sharks Stay Warm Will Take Your Breath Away

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Hammerhead sharks like it warm, but for a good meal they’re willing to get cold. The flat-headed predators dive more than 2,600 feet...
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He’s the Decider for $400 Billion in Climate Funding, and Time Is Short

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The hotel ballroom was packed before breakfast as Jigar Shah took the stage at the oil and gas industry’s annual conference in Houston...
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Before Smartphones and the National Weather Service, There Was Grandma’s Knee

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I thought my grandmother was psychic. One day in the mid ’90s, in Richmond, Va., where I grew up, the temperature had climbed...
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Families of Those Lost to Covid Wrestle With Mixed Emotions as Emergency Ends

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Shannon Cummings, 53, has tried to push forward after her husband, Larry, a college professor, died of Covid-19 in March 2020.She flew from...
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E.P.A. Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants

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The Biden administration on Thursday will announce the first regulations to limit greenhouse pollution from existing power plants, capping an unparalleled string of...
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