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Chinese Lunar Rocks Suggest a Thirsty Far Side of the Moon

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.

White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled

A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

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Weather analysis at NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate Prediction headquarters in College Park, Md., in December.

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

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.

Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut

The move raises concerns among scientists that the assessment, which is required by Congress, is now in jeopardy.

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Flooding in Frankfort, Ky., this month. The next National Climate Assessment is due in 2027 or 2028.

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

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.

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

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.”

As RFK Jr. Champions Chronic Disease Prevention, Key Research Is Cut

Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. noted the high burden of chronic disease in his confirmation hearing to lead the Health and Human Services Department.

White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled

A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

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Weather analysis at NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate Prediction headquarters in College Park, Md., in December.

Anti-Anxiety Drugs in Water Change Salmon Behavior, Study Finds

Researchers studying pharmaceutical pollution tracked salmon that had been exposed to anti-anxiety medication. The fish appeared to lose their inhibitions.

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β€œWe know a lot from laboratory studies that drugs can change animal behavior, but how that plays out in natural ecosystems is very hard to forecast,” one researcher said.

Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut

The move raises concerns among scientists that the assessment, which is required by Congress, is now in jeopardy.

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Flooding in Frankfort, Ky., this month. The next National Climate Assessment is due in 2027 or 2028.

Trump Administration Cuts Princeton Funding to Study Climate Change

The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming.

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The cuts included funding for a collaborative program between NOAA and Princeton University. One of the program’s meteorologists, Syukuro Manabe, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2021.
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