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A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet

The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s predawn skies on Wednesday.
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Trump Opens Marine National Monument to Commercial Fisheries

The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”
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Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
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Colossal Squid Caught on Video During First Ever Sighting

An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs.
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WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty

The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.
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How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves.
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DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings

The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial number of job reductions.
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A Cautionary Tale of 408 Tentacles

One pet octopus suddenly became more than four dozen. They went viral. Then it all went south.
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Blue Origin Crew of 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, Land Safely After Space Trip

They were among the six women who made a 10-minute trip on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, as the first all-female space crew in more than 60 years.
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Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias

An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
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Joe Nickell, Paranormal Investigator and ‘Real-Life Scully,’ Dies at 80

A professional skeptic, he took on hundreds of mysteries, offering rational explanations for the Loch Ness monster, the Shroud of Turin and countless hauntings.
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Trump Declares Lab Leak as ‘True Origins’ of Covid on New Website

Government websites that once provided basic information about the virus now redirect to a page citing a number of misleading or heavily contested claims.
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What to Know About Eli Lilly’s Daily Pill for Weight Loss

Eli Lilly reported promising results from a study of its experimental oral drug that could rival popular injections to treat obesity and diabetes.
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Here’s What to Know About Rare Earth Minerals and Renewable Energy

The shift to cleaner power needs resources from China. An export ban just cut off some supplies.
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Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis

Surges in Mennonite communities near the U.S. border may complicate containment efforts, experts say.
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Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar

Eli Lilly said clinical results of its GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs.
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Trump Administration Aims to Redefine ‘Harm’ for Endangered Species

Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.
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Climate Change Is Stressing the World’s Blood Supplies

Extreme weather disasters, increasing as the planet warms, can curb blood donations while increasing demand, a new analysis found.
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RFK Jr. Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers

The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors scientists say are likely contributing to rising rates of the condition.
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2 Judges Order Federal Agencies to Unfreeze Climate Money

The rulings are setbacks to Trump’s efforts to halt climate and environmental funding approved under the Biden administration.
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Faces From a Meth Surge

The devastating stimulant has been hitting Portland, Maine hard, even competing with fentanyl as the street drug of choice. Although a fentanyl overdose can be reversed with Narcan, no medicine can reverse a meth overdose. Nor has any been approved to treat meth addiction.Unlike fentanyl, which sedates users, meth can make people anxious and violent. Its effects can overwhelm not just users but community residents and emergency responders.Here are voices from one troubled neighborhood.
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What to Know About Today’s Meth

The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that can swiftly reverse a meth overdose and none approved to treat meth addiction.
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As Fentanyl Deaths Slow, Meth Comes for Maine

A powerful stimulant that keeps users sleepless for days and can ignite psychosis and violence has been rattling Portland and its safety networks.
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Trump Seeks to Lower Drug Prices Through Medicare and Some Imports

President Trump directed his administration to help states import drugs from Canada. But a proposal to alter a Medicare program to reduce costs could wind up raising prices.
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Autism Rate Continues to Rise Among Children, C.D.C. Reports

While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.”
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How Trump Might Unwittingly Cut Emissions From Online Shopping

Fast fashion retailers rely heavily on shipping by air. The president’s tariffs could change that.
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This Therapist Helped Clients Feel Better. It Was A.I.

In the first clinical trial of its kind, an A.I. chatbot eased mental health symptoms among participants. The technology may someday help solve the provider shortage.
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Trump’s Tariff Threat for Drug imports Poses Big Political Risks

Levies on Americans’ daily prescriptions and other medicines could raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of critical drugs.
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A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He’s Also Paid to Promote It.

Funded by the maple industry, a researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that syrup could help prevent serious diseases.
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Older People Seeking Care for Cannabis Use at Greater Risk for Dementia, Study Finds

Users needing emergency care or hospitalization were more likely to later develop dementia, researchers reported. That does not prove cannabis was the cause.
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To Fight Federal Job Cuts, Energy Experts and States Try a New Argument

In letters to multiple agencies, the focus is on how job reductions at E.P.A., Interior and other agencies would hurt President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda.
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Blue Origin’s First All-Female Spaceflight Stunt

Blue Origin’s all-female flight proves that women are now free to enjoy capitalism’s most extravagant spoils alongside rich men.
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This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?

Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had to see if their method would work in a pig.
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Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Sperm Whale Teeth and Bones

Lauren H. DeLoach of South Carolina admitted to importing more than $18,000 worth of sperm whale parts from Australia, Latvia, Norway and Ukraine, prosecutors said.
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Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?

With diagnoses at a record high, some experts have begun to question our assumptions about the condition — and how to treat it.
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The Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vaccines

The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public health good.
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