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Corals Won’t Survive a Warmer Planet, a New Study Finds

Par :Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Most corals in the Atlantic Ocean will soon stop growing. Many are already dying, leaving shorelines and marine ecosystems vulnerable.

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Bleached corals at Looe Key Reef off the Big Pine Key in Florida.
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How Did Hands Evolve? Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

Par :Carl Zimmer
The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests.

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New Research Helps Explain Gas Craters in Siberia

Par :Joshua Rapp Learn
Spontaneous gas explosions appear to be increasing in northern Russia because of climate change and some specific local conditions.

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A gas crater on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Russia in August 2014.
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How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling America’s Cancer-Research System

Par :Jonathan Mahler
Here are the takeaways from The New York Times Times Magazine article on how the cancer-research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.

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A desk in a cancer-research lab at UMass Chan. Decades of federally funded efforts have led to accelerating results: Between 1991 and 2022, the death rate from cancer in the United States fell by 34 percent.
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California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research

Par :Shawn Hubler and Alan Blinder
Democrats are calling for the creation of a state equivalent of the National Institutes of Health, but first state lawmakers and then voters would need to approve it.

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California lawmakers are proposing using $23 billion in bonds to fund scientific research.
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Harvard Is Told Research Money Could Flow Again, for Now

Par :Alan Blinder · Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender
After a court victory, Harvard researchers were told some grants were being restored. But the battle over whether the government can halt the money is probably not over.

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The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
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Harvard Is Told Research Money Could Flow Again, for Now

Par :Alan Blinder · Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender
After a court victory, Harvard researchers were told some grants were being restored. But the battle over whether the government can halt the money is probably not over.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
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China’s Renewable Energy Investment Helping Stem Fossil Fuel Growth, Report Says

Par :Max Bearak
Its vast investment in solar, wind and batteries is on track to end an era of global growth in the use of coal, oil and gas, the researchers said.

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Solar panels and wind turbines in Shandong Province, China, in June.
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Settlement Talks Stall Between Harvard and the Trump Administration

Par :Michael C. Bender · Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Blinder
One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.

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The Trump administration has opened more than a dozen federal investigations into Harvard over a variety of targets, from the university’s admissions policies to its patent paperwork.
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Harvard Won Its Money Back, but Will It Actually Get It?

Par :Alan Blinder
A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law in canceling billions in federal funds for Harvard. Whether the money is returned matters for the rest of higher education.

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A court ruling this week was a victory for Harvard in its fight with the Trump administration, but the battle between the two sides is most likely not over.
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Why the E.U. Is Banning Some Gel Nail Polish

Par :Christine Hauser and Simar Bajaj
Starting this week, gel polishes that contain a key chemical ingredient can no longer be used in the bloc’s 27 member countries.

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Starting this month, gel nail polish containing the ingredient trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide is banned in the European Union’s 27 member countries.
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Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding

Par :Alan Blinder
The ruling was a victory for the university in its battle with President Trump, but the judge’s decision may not be the final word.

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The campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
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Poor Amazon Rains Linked to Brazil Deforestation

Par :Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study.

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A deforested area in Acre State, in western Brazil, in April. For the first half of 2025, officials reported a 27 percent increase in tree loss nationwide compared with the same period last year.
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Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report

Par :Lisa Friedman and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Scores of researchers reviewed the Energy Department’s argument about greenhouse gases and found serious deficiencies.

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A heat relief station at the Salvation Army Phoenix Citadel Corps.
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Cue the Sun: This Lab Recreates Hot, Sweaty Days to Test Humans

Par :Hiroko Tabuchi and Christopher Capozziello
Our reporter hits the treadmill to understand how scientists study extreme heat.

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In the Remains of Canada’s Jasper Wildfire, Clues to Tame Future Blazes

Par :Jesse Winter and Vjosa Isai
A giant fire last year consumed much of Canada’s Jasper National Park. Canadian scientists leading research into wildfires are using the blaze to learn lessons for the future.

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Recreational vehicles in the fire-affected Jasper National Park last month in Alberta, Canada.
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