[ad_1] Two news stories this week — one that made headlines, and one that got less attention — point to the fiendish difficulty of reinventing agriculture to reduce its heavy
The Farming Conundrum – The New York Times
Lloyd Austin Testifies to Congress About Hospitalization
[ad_1] Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III presented himself before a congressional committee for chastisement on Thursday, continuing a round of mea culpas over his failure last month to tell
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R.S.V. Vaccines May Slightly Increase Risk of Rare Neurological Condition
[ad_1] Vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus may have caused a few cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological condition, federal health officials said on Thursday. The numbers were small, on
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Climate Change Is Raising Texas’ Already High Wildfire Risks
[ad_1] Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires in Texas, a danger made real this week as the Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest in state history, burns out of
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Vaccines Didn’t Turn Back Mpox, Study Finds. People Did.
[ad_1] Why It Matters: Vaccines often arrive too late to stamp out outbreaks. Public health response to outbreaks often relies heavily on vaccines and treatments, but that underestimates the importance
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A.I. Frenzy Complicates Efforts to Keep Power-Hungry Data Sites Green
[ad_1] West Texas, from the oil rigs of the Permian Basin to the wind turbines twirling above the High Plains, has long been a magnet for companies seeking fortunes in
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In Taking Up Trump’s Immunity Claim, Supreme Court Bolstered His Delay Strategy
[ad_1] The Supreme Court that former President Donald J. Trump helped to shape tossed him a legal lifeline on Wednesday night, making a choice that substantially aided his efforts to
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Researchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Ever
[ad_1] Last August, a team of paleontologists announced that they had discovered the fossilized bones of a gigantic ancient whale. Perucetus, as they named it, might have weighed over 200
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Pennsylvania Plans Task Force to Combat Election Disruptions
[ad_1] As a fall rematch between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump becomes increasingly likely, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania is announcing an Election Threats Task Force, a
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U.S. Proposes New Rules to Ease Flying for Travelers in Wheelchairs
[ad_1] The Biden administration announced on Thursday that it was proposing new regulations for how airlines must treat passengers in wheelchairs, an effort aimed at improving air travel for people
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Cat’s Meows Are So Misunderstood
[ad_1] What is the meaning of a cat’s meow that grows louder and louder? Or your pet’s sudden flip from softly purring as you stroke its back to biting your
Why Leap Day Is Really About Party Planning
[ad_1] Clocks and calendars are handy, even if they are out of step with the astronomical world. Earth’s actual orbit around the sun takes six hours and nine minutes more