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  2. China Launches Spacecraft to the Far Side of the Moon

    If successful, the Chang’e-6 mission will be the first in history to return a sample from a part of the moon that we never get to see from Earth.

     By Katrina Miller

    CreditHector Retamal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  3. Trilobites

    Orangutan, Heal Thyself

    For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal properties.

     By Douglas Main

    Two months after his self-medication, Rakus’s wound was barely visible.
    CreditSafruddin

  1. Republicans Step Up Attacks on Scientist at Heart of Lab Leak Theory

    A heated hearing produced no new evidence that Peter Daszak or his nonprofit, EcoHealth Alliance, were implicated in the Covid outbreak.

     By Benjamin Mueller

    Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, testifying during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
    CreditTing Shen for The New York Times

  2. What Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship.

    Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly from future shocks.

     By Carl Zimmer

    The city of Caral thrived in Peru between about 5,000 and 3,800 years ago. It was then abandoned for centuries before being briefly reoccupied.
    CreditWirestock, Inc., via Alamy
    Origins

  3. Edward Dwight Aims for Space at Last

    Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he’s finally going up.

     By Matt Richtel

    “My whole life has been about getting things done,” said Edward Dwight, a retired pilot, current sculptor and future crew member on a Blue Origin mission into space. “This is the culmination.”
    CreditNathan Bajar for The New York Times
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  4. From Baby Talk to Baby A.I.

    Could a better understanding of how infants acquire language help us build smarter A.I. models?

     By Oliver Whang

    For an hour each week for the past 11 months, Brenden Lake, right, a psychologist at New York University, with his wife Tammy Kwan, has been attaching a camera to their daughter Luna and recording things from her point of view.
    CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times
    Mind

  5. Honeybees Invaded My House, and No One Would Help

    Responding to fears of a “honeybee collapse,” 30 states have passed laws to protect the pollinators. But when they invaded my house, I learned that the honeybees didn’t need saving.

     By Sarah Kliff

    CreditYann Guichaoua/Creatas Video+, via Getty Images Plus

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Trilobites

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  1. Swimming Beneath Sand, It’s ‘the Hardest of All Animals to Find’

    Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface.

     By Anthony Ham

    The blind, elusive northern marsupial mole, so rare that scientists aren’t sure how many there are in the wild.
    CreditKanyirninpa Jukurrpa Martu Rangers

  2. A Megaraptor Emerges From Footprint Fossils

    A series of foot tracks in southeastern China points to the discovery of a giant velociraptor relative, paleontologists suggest in a new study.

     By Jack Tamisiea

    The 90-million-year-old raptor, named Fujianipus yingliangi, is believed to have competed with tyrannosaurs of similar size in Cretaceous China.
    CreditYingliang Stone Natural History Museum

  3. In Coral Fossils, Searching for the First Glow of Bioluminescence

    A new study resets the timing for the emergence of bioluminescence back to millions of years earlier than previously thought.

     By Sam Jones

    Iridogorgia, a genus of deep-sea bioluminescent coral.
    CreditNOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Deepwater Wonders of Wake

  4. Like Moths to a Flame? We May Need a New Phrase.

    Over time researchers have found fewer of the insects turning up in light traps, suggesting they may be less attracted to some kinds of light than they once were.

     By Veronique Greenwood

    Attracting moths and other insects with a light trap at night.
    CreditAnton Sorokin/Alamy

  5. This Lava Tube in Saudi Arabia Has Been a Human Refuge for 7,000 Years

    Ancient humans left behind numerous archaeological traces in the cavern, and scientists say there may be thousands more like it on the Arabian Peninsula to study.

     By Robin George Andrews

    The Umm Jirsan lava tube system of Saudi Arabia has provided shelter for humans herding livestock for at least 7,000 years.
    CreditPalaeodeserts Project

Origins

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  1. ¿Por qué las mujeres padecen más enfermedades autoinmunes? Un estudio apunta al cromosoma X

    Las moléculas que se adhieren al segundo cromosoma X de las mujeres lo silencian y pueden confundir al sistema inmunitario, según un nuevo estudio.

     By Carl Zimmer

    Cada cromosoma X tiene genes que, cuando están “encendidos”, producen proteínas que actúan en el interior de las células. Las mujeres, que tienen dos X, también tienen una molécula llamada Xist que se adhiere al segundo cromosoma X, silenciándolo.
    CreditBiophoto Associates/Science Source

  2. Fossil Trove From 74,000 Years Ago Points to Remarkably Adaptive Humans

    An archaeological site in Ethiopia revealed the oldest-known arrowheads and the remnants of a major volcanic eruption.

     By Carl Zimmer

    CreditBlue Nile Survey Project

  3. Why Do Whales Go Through Menopause?

    A new study argues that the change brought these females an evolutionary advantage — and perhaps did the same for humans.

     By Carl Zimmer

    A killer whale swims through the ocean near San Juan Island in Washington state in September 2023.
    CreditLouise Johns for The New York Times

  4. Tras la pista de los denisovanos

    El ADN ha demostrado que esos humanos ya extintos se extendieron por todo el mundo, desde la fría Siberia hasta el Tíbet, a una gran altitud, quizá incluso en las islas del Pacífico.

     By Carl Zimmer

    Investigadores de la Universidad Hebrea reconstruyeron el rostro de un denisovano basándose únicamente en el ADN. Casi no se han encontrado fósiles de denisovanos.
    CreditMaayan Harel/Universidad Hebrea en Jerusalén, vía Associated Press

  5. On the Trail of the Denisovans

    DNA has shown that the extinct humans thrived around the world, from chilly Siberia to high-altitude Tibet — perhaps even in the Pacific islands.

     By Carl Zimmer

    Researchers at Hebrew University reconstructed the face of a Denisovan based on DNA alone. Almost no fossils of Denisovans have been found.
    CreditMaayan Harel/Hebrew University in Jerusalem, via Associated Press

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Climate and Environment

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  1. What Happens When NASA Loses Eyes on Earth? We’re About to Find Out.

    Three long-running satellites will soon be switched off, forcing scientists to figure out how to adjust their views of our changing planet.

     By Raymond Zhong

    Marine stratocumulus clouds over the southeastern Pacific Ocean, captured by NASA’s Terra satellite in 2002.
    CreditNASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team

  2. ‘We Will Save Our Beef’: Florida Bans Lab-Grown Meat

    Other states have also considered restrictions, citing concerns about farmers’ livelihoods and food safety, though the product isn’t expected to be widely available for years.

     By Dionne Searcey

    Uncooked lab-grown chicken breast made by a California company. Startups around the world are working on the technology.
    CreditPeter DaSilva/Reuters

  3. Gas Stove Pollution Risk Is Greatest in Smaller Homes, Study Finds

    Gas-burning ranges, a significant contributor to indoor pollution, can produce and spread particularly high levels of some pollutants in smaller spaces.

     By Hiroko Tabuchi

    Yannai Kashtan, a scientist from Stanford University, lit a stove in a New York City apartment as part of the research last year.
    CreditCalla Kessler for The New York Times

  4. Can Forests Be More Profitable Than Beef?

    Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies are selling something else: the ability of trees to lock away planet-warming carbon.

     By Manuela Andreoni and Victor Moriyama

    CreditVictor Moriyama for The New York Times

  5. U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing

    An effort to protect 30 percent of land and waters would count some commercial fishing zones as conserved areas.

     By Catrin Einhorn

    The primary driver of biodiversity declines in the ocean, according to researchers, is overfishing.
    CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times
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    Our Reporter on the Cicada Lifecycle

    Two periodical cicada broods are appearing in a 16-state area in the Midwest and Southeast for the first time in centuries.

    By Aaron Byrd, Karen Hanley and Carl Zimmer

     
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    China Launches Moon Lander

    The Chang’e-6 mission aims to bring back samples from the lunar far side.

    By CCTV via Associated Press

     
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