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F.D.A. Approves Drug for Persistently Deadly Form of Lung Cancer

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an innovative new treatment for patients with a form of lung cancer. It is to...

Heat Stress Is Hitting Caribbean Reefs Earlier Than Ever This Year

As the world’s coral reefs suffer a fourth global bleaching event, heat stress in the Caribbean is accumulating even earlier than it did...

Snow Lifts Great Salt Lake From Record Lows, but Dangers Persist

Two years ago, the Great Salt Lake became an omen for the risks of climate change: The water level dropped to a record...

The Cost of Competing with China

President Biden announced this week that he planned to sharply increase the taxes America imposes on electric vehicles, solar cells, advanced batteries and...

Hochul Meets the Pope, and Reflects on Her Father and Irish Catholicism

As Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York waited for Pope Francis in Clementine Hall, an ornate room with marble walls and frescoed ceilings...

C.D.C. Warns of a Resurgence of Mpox

With Pride events scheduled worldwide over the coming weeks, U.S. officials are bracing for a return of mpox, the infectious disease formerly called...

California’s Governor Accuses Trump of ‘Open Corruption’ at Climate Meeting

Burnishing his climate credentials at a conference hosted by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday, California governor Gavin Newsom criticized former president...

DeSantis Signs Law Deleting Climate Change From Florida Policy

Florida’s state government will no longer be required to consider climate change when crafting energy policy under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Ron...

U.S. Suspends Funding for Group at Center of Covid Origins Fight

The Biden administration, under acute pressure from House lawmakers, moved on Wednesday to ban funding for a prominent virus-hunting nonprofit group whose work...

Did You Have Syphilis When You Were Pregnant? We Want to Hear From You.

Sexually transmitted diseases are resurging across the United States. More than 3,700 cases of congenital syphilis were reported in 2022, roughly 11 times...

The Unusual Evolutionary Journey of the Baobab Tree

Baobabs are one of the most charismatic trees on Earth, thanks in part to their unusual appearance. Their cartoonishly thick trunks are conspicuously...

The Possible Collapse of the U.S. Home Insurance System

A Times investigation found climate change may now be a concern for every homeowner in the country. Source link

Why Did the Hotel Chain Hire a Marine Biologist?

Carbon neutrality, zero waste and serving seafood solely from responsible suppliers: Many boutique eco-tourism destinations — particularly those catering to small numbers of...

Fossil Catches Starfish Cousin in the Act of Cloning Itself

Some brittle stars give an arm and a leg (and still another appendage) to reproduce. When mates are scarce, these starfish-like sea creatures...

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