The New York Times
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Restored Forests Breathe Life Into Efforts Against Climate Change
Driven by a growing environmental movement and mounting pressure from Western consumers, corporate and government leaders are making a new push to slow the cutting of rain forests.
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The Strange Tale of a New Species of Lizard
Aspidoscelis neavesi was produced in the lab by mating two other species, and its creation defies conventional ideas about how new species evolve. Aspidoscelis neavesi was produced in the lab […]
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An Evolutionary Battle Against Bacteria
Every disease has a history. Some of that history is written in books, and some is written in our DNA.
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My Great-Great-Aunt Discovered Francium. And It Killed Her.
Just after Christmas of 1938, a young woman named Marguerite Perey — then 29, with a plain, open face, her eyes intent upon her work — sat at a bench […]
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The Lives of Alexander Grothendieck, a Mathematical Visionary
Alexander Grothendieck, who died on Nov. 13 at the age of 86, was a visionary who captivated the collective psyche of his peers like no one else. To say he […]
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Fearing Bombs That Can Pick Whom to Kill
Weapons that rely on artificial intelligence to decide what to target could become increasingly difficult to control, critics warn.
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Learning How Little We Know About the Brain
Research on the brain is surging. The United States and the European Union have launched new programs to better understand the brain. Scientists are mapping parts of mouse, fly and […]
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When Those Who Know Won’t Share
There is no “I” in team, we are told. It’s important for workers to share information and collaborate. So why would employees deliberately hide knowledge from their colleagues? And yet […]
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Quality of Words, Not Quantity, Is Crucial to Language Skills, Study Finds
It has been nearly 20 years since a landmark education study found that by age 3, children from low-income families have heard 30 million fewer words than more affluent children, […]