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After Vesuvius Buried Pompeii, Some Survivors Moved Back In
As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown.
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.
Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing
One year after Hurricane Helene, people in the hard-hit western region of North Carolina can no longer rely on a successful program that helped keep them afloat.
Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing
One year after Hurricane Helene, people in the hard-hit western region of North Carolina can no longer rely on a successful program that helped keep them afloat.
Despite False Claims, Trump Funnels Millions Into Credible Autism Research
Many scientists were pleased to learn that N.I.H. funding will go to leading experts examining complex new theories, not only fears over vaccines.
How Trump’s Latest Tariffs May Affect Your Medicines
The president said he would impose a tariff of 100 percent on certain brand-name drugs. Here’s what we know so far.
Medical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors
The United States depends heavily on physicians trained abroad. The Trump administration’s new fees may exacerbate personnel shortages, especially in underserved regions.
Trump’s Pharma Tariffs Spare Richest Drugmakers
Big companies like Novartis say new tariffs won’t hit them. “A win for Pharma,” Wall Street analysts said.
NASA Artemis II Astronauts Aim to Make Space Great for All
In a preview of their flight, the crew of Artemis II, three Americans and a Canadian, struck a tone that veered away from the political currents of the moment.
A Writer Who Delights in Demystifying the Arcane and Obscure
Franz Lidz is fascinated by the eclectic and global nature of the archaeology beat.
Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals
The nation’s top federal health official said the United States could not support W.H.O. policies that he claimed promoted abortion and “radical gender ideology.”
Trump May Try to Force Drugmakers to Lower Some U.S. Prices
A notice, quickly deleted by the administration, provides a hint that more aggressive pricing policies may be coming.
Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence
Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well.
U.N. Health Goals Weakened by Industry Pressure, Experts Say
Public health advocates complained that the final recommendations on combating chronic illness removed calls for taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sweetened drinks.
At U.N. Climate Summit, U.S. Stands Alone
On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone.
At U.N. Summit, China Promises to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate summit that China will reduce emissions across its economy, expand renewables sixfold and make electric cars “mainstream.”
Do Vaccines Cause Autism? And Other Questions, Answered.
It can be hard to sort through the conflicting and evolving information about vaccines. Here’s the latest guidance on Covid boosters, flu shots, childhood immunizations and more.
How Did Maria Branyas Morera, Who Was the World’s Oldest Person, Live So Long?
Spanish researchers say Maria Branyas Morera won a genetic lottery. But experts caution that healthy genes and microbiomes don’t explain longevity on their own.
Despite Trump, the World Isn’t Slowing on Climate, E.U. Official Says
Still, European nations are struggling to agree on how much to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, the E.U.’s climate commissioner said in an interview.
NASA Launches IMAP and Space Weather Missions on SpaceX Rocket
A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are traveling through space atop a single SpaceX rocket.