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Nearly one million Americans have no immediate family members to provide assistance if needed. The number is expected to grow.

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The Texas Public Policy Foundation is shaping laws, running influence campaigns and taking legal action in a bid to promote fossil fuels.

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While the country isn’t in the same league as global producers, a large variety of beautiful stones are found within its borders.

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Saturn’s largest moon came under the gaze of NASA’s powerful Webb space observatory, allowing it and another telescope to capture clouds drifting through Titan’s methane-rich atmosphere.

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In a new report, the international group said that solar, wind and other renewable sources will expand much more swiftly than forecast last year.

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Spurred by the infant formula crisis, a panel found that the agency shied away from tough decisions, sometimes fearing confrontations with industry over enforcement of critical public health issues.

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Sean M. Decatur, the president of Kenyon College and a biophysical chemist, will become the museum’s first Black leader when he succeeds Ellen V. Futter.

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The board of Gavi, the international vaccine agency, meets Wednesday to debate shutting down the program, known as Covax, amid swiftly waning demand for the shots.

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In an interview, Mr. Kerry said he would meet with the president next week to talk about “the road ahead.”

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The skull, which weighs more than 200 pounds, was expected to fetch between $15 million and $20 million.

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The world’s largest active volcano erupted for the first time in 38 years, raising excitement among scientists who are eager to unlock its many mysteries.

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Researchers claim that the behavior of a massive extinct herbivore, the Steller’s sea cow, might inform conservation efforts of threatened ecosystems today.

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These four sounds are missing from some of the seven words you can never say on television, and the pattern prevails in other languages too, researchers say.

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A dinosaur named for a demon dog in “Ghostbusters” had a sledgehammer attached to its rear. A new study found it could both shatter shins and woo potential mates.

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Scientists found a relative of a parent of lager yeast in soil on an Irish university’s campus, which could help to track how it ended up in Bavaria.

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In Greenland’s permafrost, scientists discovered two-million-year-old genetic material from scores of plant and animal species, including mastodons, geese, lemmings and ants.

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A silicone chip lined with tissue from human donors could help scientists test drug treatments for bacterial infections in the vagina.

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While biologists still aren't exactly sure how it works, a new study closes in on why the insects that pester Savannah animals zig when anything zags.

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As carbon concentrations rise, conditions are becoming more like they were 3 million years ago, when the area was wetter and the rain was heavier.

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Protesters are calling for China to ease restrictions most nations have already ditched. But the country faces a fraught path toward normalcy.

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The company is vying for an edge in an increasingly crowded field that seeks to let people control machines with their minds.

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Using the tech giant’s new telehealth service will mean trusting it with your private data.

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Interstellar Lab’s inflatable BioPod is designed to help plants survive inhospitable conditions on Earth and allow explorers to settle on the Red Planet.

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Medtech firm Earli is working on a way to make tumors announce themselves as they appear—and even provide directions to where they are in the body.

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Belugas pass cultural knowledge across generations. Their survival may depend on how they collectively adapt.

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A growing catalog of huge but dim “ultra-diffuse” galaxies is forcing astronomers to invent new theories of galactic evolution.

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Gene therapies promise long-term relief from intractable diseases—if insurers agree to pony up.

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Invasive species experts urge scientists and the media to avoid sensationalizing Jorō spiders—and wait for science to catch up.

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Nasa's Orion capsule sweeps past the Moon before entering into a larger orbit.

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A British man is one of 17 new recruits to Europe's space agency's astronaut training programme

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Changes to our planet's shine is just one of the stranger side effects of rising temperatures.

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Women barely feature in negotiations in Egypt despite bearing the brunt of climate change.

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Young campaigners say they are calling out "greenwashing" at COP27 from the inside.

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The biggest win on climate since the Paris Agreement in 2015... or the biggest loss?

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New money for climate damage, but little progress on emissions. A round up of what was agreed in Egypt.

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Why is bird flu so bad this year and why are scientists so concerned?

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The ship fires its main engine near the Moon, committing itself to a return to Earth on Sunday.

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Countries are meeting in Montreal for a once-a-decade opportunity to put nature on the path to recovery.

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Genetic material extracted from soil has revealed the ancient plants and animals of North Greenland.

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The UN's biodiversity chief says talks under way in Montreal are the last chance to save nature.

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