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Richard Truly, 86, Dies; Shuttle Astronaut Who Went On to Lead NASA

Richard Truly, a naval aviator and astronaut who flew aboard two early space shuttle missions and, as NASA’s associate administrator, guided the agency’s...

Senate Approves Expansion of Fund for Nuclear Waste Exposure Victims

The Senate on Thursday passed bipartisan legislation that would significantly expand a law allowing victims of government-caused nuclear contamination who developed cancer and...

You’ll Never Believe Which Animal Makes Milk for Its Babies

Motherhood takes many shapes. Most vertebrates, like birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, reproduce by laying eggs filled with nourishing yolk that their offspring...

When Teens Visit Doctors, Increasingly the Subject is Mental Health

The NewsIncreasingly, doctor visits by adolescents and young adults involve mental health diagnoses, along with the prescription of psychiatric medications.That was the conclusion...

F.D.A. Urges Recall of Cinnamon Brands Tainted by Lead

The Food and Drug Administration is telling consumers to throw out certain brands of cinnamon that were found to have elevated levels of...

Top Senators Urge Stores to Stop Selling Illicit Vapes

The chairmen of five key Senate committees on Thursday warned the chief executives of major convenience stores and wholesalers to stop sales of...

This Bird Is Half Male, Half Female, and Completely Stunning

Colombia is a bird watcher’s paradise. Its stunningly diverse ecosystems — which include mountain ranges, mangrove swamps, Caribbean beaches and Amazonian rainforests —...

What It Takes to Save a Manatee: Planes, Cranes and Automobiles

The orphans, three baby females, arrived one after the other at ZooTampa’s manatee hospital.The first had been found swimming alone in shallow waters,...

Weirdly Warm Winter Has Climate Fingerprints All Over It, Study Says

Winter was weirdly warm for half the world’s population, driven in many places by the burning of fossil fuels, according to an analysis...

Gray Whale, Long Absent From the Atlantic, Is Spotted Off Massachusetts

Researchers with the New England Aquarium were conducting a regular survey of the waters south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts last...

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