He Fought Claims of Harm From Infant Formula. Now He Regulates It.
The new head of the Food and Drug Administration division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate
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SpaceX Prepares for 8th Starship Rocket Test Flight: How to Watch
Starship — the spacecraft that Elon Musk says will one day take people to Mars — is preparing for its
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What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish
In May 2023, Matteo Santon was filming cuttlefish in the shallow-water reefs around Indonesia. A marine visual ecologist at Bristol
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Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests
President Trump has promised to “drill, baby, drill.” Now, he also wants to log. On Saturday, Mr. Trump directed federal
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Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web
Humans are living in a plankton world. These minuscule organisms are spread across the oceans, covering nearly three-quarters of the
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Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say
In a first test of the Trump administration’s ability to respond to an infectious disease emergency, its top health official
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A Tough Start for Greenpeace in Court Fight With Pipeline Giant
The opening week of the landmark trial of Greenpeace in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by Energy Transfer over the Dakota Access
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Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, fiery avalanches of ash and pumice assaulted Pompeii, displacing some 15,000 inhabitants and
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How Fungi Move Among Us
Mycorrhizal fungi are the supply chains of the soil. With filaments thinner than hair, they shuttle vital nutrients to plants
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Trump’s Cuts Come With Risks. Including From Volcanoes.
When the fuming and rumbling at Mount Spurr, a giant volcano northwest of Anchorage, started picking up in October, Alaska’s
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