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Neutrinos Are Shrinking, and That’s a Good Thing for Physics

10 April 2025 at 13:09
A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe.

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A spectrometer of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment in Germany in 2016.

Chinese Lunar Rocks Suggest a Thirsty Far Side of the Moon

9 April 2025 at 10:00
Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see from Earth might be drier than the near side.

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An image released by the Chinese National Space Administration showing the Chang’e-6 mission’s lander-ascender on the moon before it returned a sample of lunar soil to Earth.

How Lauren Sanchez Helped Design Blue Origin’s Flight Suits

12 April 2025 at 13:57
Lauren SΓ‘nchez teamed up with Monse to redesign the Blue Origin flight suits with its all-female launch in mind.

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The all-woman crew for Blue Origin’s upcoming flight into space includes, clockwise from top left: Katy Perry, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, Lauren SΓ‘nchez and Amanda Nguyen.

Trump Administration Delays Plan to Limit Pricey Bandages

11 April 2025 at 12:19
Medicare spending on β€œskin substitutes” reached $10 billion last year. A leading seller made a large donation to President Trump’s election campaign.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Woodlawn, Md.

Pig Kidney Removed From Alabama Woman After Organ Rejection

11 April 2025 at 14:41
Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal.

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Towana Looney in December at NYU Langone. β€œThough the outcome is not what anyone wanted, I know a lot was learned from my 130 days with a pig kidney,” she said in a statement.

Miami-Dade Mayor Vetoes Plan to Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water

11 April 2025 at 13:53
The veto by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, a Democrat, pushed back on a growing campaign against the mineral, which has been used for decades to prevent cavities.

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Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava at a news conference last year.

Experts Doubt Kennedy’s Timetable for Finding the Cause of Autism

11 April 2025 at 12:17
The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his pledge to discover the reason for the increasing rates of autism during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.

One-Third of Maternal Deaths Occur Long After Delivery, Study Finds

9 April 2025 at 16:31
Pregnancy-related mortality has risen sharply, and doctors have overlooked a particularly dangerous period: from six weeks to one year after the birth.

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The study was based on data from the C.D.C., which identified the risk of later maternal deaths β€” those that occur from six weeks to one year after the birth.

Launch of First Amazon Project Kuiper Internet Satellites Is Scrubbed

The spacecraft are the online giant’s entry into beaming wireless service from space, but the company has much to do before it can compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.

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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V booster being prepared for the Kuiper 1 mission at Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Xavier Le Pichon, Who Modeled Movement of Earth’s Crust, Dies at 87

9 April 2025 at 14:57
With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is β€œan extraordinary living being” that is β€œcontinuously changing.”

Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal

To help the struggling coal industry, President Trump used his executive authority to try to keep aging plants alive and burn more coal for electricity.

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Miners made up the backdrop of the president’s β€œUnleashing American Energy” executive order signing event at the White House on Tuesday.

NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests

9 April 2025 at 12:59
In Washington, where salmon is a multibillion dollar industry, government staff terminations and budget freezes may put salmon production at risk.

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Salmon caught on the opening day of the spring Chinook salmon run in Washougal, Wash., in 2020.

Amid Tension Around H.H.S. Cuts, Kennedy Meets With Tribal Leader

8 April 2025 at 21:00
The health secretary’s appearance at a tribal self-governance conference brought collegial discussions and a bit of friction.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a visit to a Native Health facility in Mesa, Ariz., on Tuesday, part of a tour of the Southwest.

Nuclear Testing Not Advised, Trump’s Nominee Says in Senate Hearing

8 April 2025 at 18:54
Brandon Williams, the nominee to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration, said he would recommend reliance on β€œscientific information” rather than a restart of explosive testing.

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Brandon Williams, a former New York representative and President Trump’s nominee for under secretary for nuclear security at the Department of Energy, in 2023.

β€˜Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain

10 April 2025 at 09:13
With rising temperatures, the atmosphere can hold more moisture, meaning precipitation has a tendency to fall at more extreme levels.

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A flooded neighborhood in Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday.

Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry

The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.

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President Trump signed several executive orders on Tuesday aimed at reviving the coal industry. But a major coal revival seems unlikely, some analysts say.

King K. Holmes, a Pioneer in STD Research, Dies at 87

8 April 2025 at 12:15
He took a down-to-earth approach to sexually transmitted infections, a subject no one wanted to discuss, arriving at novel methods of treatment and prevention.

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Dr. Holmes in 1988. He called the lack of funding for studying sexually transmitted diseases a β€œconspiracy of silence” that was β€œignorant,” β€œappalling” and β€œa disgrace.”

RFK Jr. Calls for States to Ban Fluoridated Drinking Water

8 April 2025 at 08:29
The health secretary’s announcement came on the first day of a tour through the Southwest to showcase nutrition legislation and other priorities.

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arriving at Reinlander Mennonite Church in Seminole, Texas, on Sunday after a second measles death.
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