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Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

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With TV cameras pointed at her, Felisa Wolfe-Simon began speaking at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2010.“I’ve discovered — I’ve...
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Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core

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The inner core at the center of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles wide, may not be perfectly...
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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.

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The draft was almost ready for submission, due in less than a month. More than 150 scientists and other experts had collectively spent...
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Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Republican States Have the Most to Lose.

Barbara Chase -
In less than three weeks, President Trump has thrown the U.S. clean energy industry into chaos, with much of the economic damage hitting...
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The Search for the Original Silly Goose in the Fossil Record

Barbara Chase -
It’s taken decades, but scientists may have finally found Earth’s first fowl.It started in 1993 on Vega Island, a frigid, windswept rock off...
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The Physicians Really Are Healing Themselves, With Ozempic

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When Dr. C. Michael Gibson, a cardiologist at Harvard Medical School, goes to heart disease meetings, he can’t help noticing a change.“We will...
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A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences

Barbara Chase -
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is an independent, 162-year-old nongovernmental agency tasked with investigating and reporting on a wide range...
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Curses! A Swearing Expert Mulls the State of Profanity.

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Cursing is coursing through society. Words once too blue to publicly utter have become increasingly commonplace. “Language is just part of the whole...
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How Much Does a Dog’s Breed Affect Its Health and Behavior?

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In some cases, these health problems arose as byproducts of inbreeding. Because breeds are genetically closed populations, a disease-causing mutation that just happens...
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Susan F. Wood, Who Quit F.D.A. Over Contraception Pill Delay, Dies at 66

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Susan F. Wood, a women’s health expert who resigned in protest from the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, accusing the agency of...
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