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New Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found
Physicists working at the CERN particle physics lab said they detected a slight but significant difference in how particles of matter and antimatter decay.
The West’s Megadrought Might Not Let Up for Decades, Study Suggests
Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s been so unrelenting.
Upended by Meth, Some Communities Are Paying Users to Quit
Unlike with opioids, there is no medication to suppress cravings for meth and other stimulants. As use soars, hundreds of clinics are trying a radically different approach.
H.H.S. Finalizes Thousands of Layoffs After Supreme Court Decision
Staff members who were first notified of terminations in April were finally let go late Monday.
Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages
In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year.
Videos From the Amazon Reveal an Unexpected Animal Friendship
Scientists are trying to understand footage that showed ocelots and opossums, usually predator and prey, hanging out together.
How to Find the Right Medical Rehab Services
Specialized hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and home health agencies provide rehab therapy. Insurers may limit the services you can get.
How to Find the Right Medical Rehab Services
Specialized hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and home health agencies provide rehab therapy. Insurers may limit the services you can get.
Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed
For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.
Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed
For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.
Amid Devastating Winter Losses, Another Threat Looms For U.S. Beekeepers
The parasitic Tropilaelaps mite, which threatens honeybees and the food supply, isn’t in North America. Yet.
Arizona Governor Seeks Investigation of Federal Handling of Grand Canyon Fire
Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned why the U.S. government decided to manage the Dragon Bravo fire, which started with a lightning strike, as a “controlled burn” during the height of the summer.
Snakes Use Smelly Musk to Keep Ants Out of Their Pants
Forget fangs full of venom — the backsides of serpents pack secretions volatile enough to kill insect invaders.
Apollo-Soyuz 50th Anniversary: A Handshake in Orbit That Transformed the Space Race
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human spaceflight.
South African AIDS Activist Pushes for H.I.V. Treatment Access After U.S.-Aid Cuts
Zackie Achmat, once at the center of South Africa’s push for lifesaving H.I.V. treatment, has come out of retirement as U.S. funding cuts and his own government’s inertia revive old fears.
Arizona Resident Dies From Plague, Officials Say
The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.
Daniel Kleppner, Physicist Who Brought Precision to GPS, Dies at 92
He worked to develop an atomic clock that is essential to global positioning systems and helped confirm a rare state of matter predicted by Albert Einstein.
Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say
Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.
Denver Museum Finds a Dinosaur Fossil Under Its Parking Lot
The fossil, estimated to be about 70 million years old, was found during a drilling project.
Ben Jealous, Sierra Club’s Executive Director, on Leave After Rocky Tenure
Ben Jealous, who joined the environmental group in 2023, has clashed with some employees and the organization’s union.