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Giant Sloths’ Hairy Truth Revealed by Scientists

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New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct. Source link
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Overlooked No More: Katharine McCormick, Force Behind the Birth Control Pill

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This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.Katharine...
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Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C.

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Alongside extensive reductions to the staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Trump administration has asked the agency to cut...
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Ralph Holloway, Anthropologist Who Studied Brain’s Evolution, Dies at 90

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Ralph Holloway, an anthropologist who pioneered the idea that changes in brain structure, and not just size, were critical in the evolution of...
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C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say

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The extensive layoffs of federal health workers that began on Tuesday will greatly curtail the scope and influence of the Centers for Disease...
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Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP

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The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the United States...
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Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds

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Getting vaccinated against shingles can reduce the risk of developing dementia, a large new study finds.The results provide some of the strongest evidence...
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More Americans Can’t Afford Medical Care, Poll Finds

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It’s not just the high price of eggs or the rising cost of housing that is contributing to Americans’ unhappiness over the cost...
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This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning

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When lightning strikes a tree in the tropics, the whole forest explodes.“At their most extreme, it kind of looks like a bomb went...
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Federal Health Workers Make Up Less Than 1% of Agency Spending

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A few days ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, embarked on a media tour to defend his decision to lay off...
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