Trump’s W.H.O. Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses Into Upheaval
President Trump’s order that the United States exit the World Health Organization could undo programs meant to ensure the safety,
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Birds of Paradise Glow on Their Mating Parade
Elaborate poses, tufts of feathers, flamboyant shuffles along an immaculate forest floor — male birds-of-paradise have many ways to woo
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Helen Hays, Who Helped Bring Terns Back to Long Island Sound, Dies at 94
Helen Hays, an intrepid ornithologist who for nearly 50 years led scores of volunteers to Great Gull Island, a postage-stamp
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Court Halt on Trump Cuts for Medical Research Is Extended Nationwide
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to hold off on a plan that would cut $4 billion in federal
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Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
The inner core at the center of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles wide, may
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Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Republican States Have the Most to Lose.
In less than three weeks, President Trump has thrown the U.S. clean energy industry into chaos, with much of the
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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The draft was almost ready for submission, due in less than a month. More than 150 scientists and other experts
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How Much does a Dog’s Breed Affect Its Health and Behavior?
In some cases, these health problems arose as byproducts of inbreeding. Because breeds are genetically closed populations, a disease-causing mutation
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A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, or NASEM, is an independent, 162-year-old nongovernmental agency tasked with investigating and
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A Swearing Expert Discusses the State of Profanity
Cursing is coursing through society. Words once too blue to publicly utter have become increasingly commonplace. “Language is just part
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