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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday took a crucial step toward approving a $8 billion ConocoPhillips oil drilling project on the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, drawing the anger of environmentalists...

Space and Astronomy in February: What to Expect

Space and Astronomy in February: What to Expect

Green Light for a CometThe comet C/2022 E3 (Z.T.F.) has been steadily approaching Earth for the first time in some 50,000 years. On Thursday, Feb. 2, the comet will make its closest...

To Prevent Cancer, More Women Should Consider Removing Fallopian Tubes, Experts Say

To Prevent Cancer, More Women Should Consider Removing Fallopian Tubes, Experts Say

Those decisions were not easy. “I made the choice not to have any biological children, which was hard,” she said. “And I am still at risk for breast cancer.” But, she added,...

Administration Expected to Endorse Limited Drilling in Alaska Project

Administration Expected to Endorse Limited Drilling in Alaska Project

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is expected to propose a scaled-down version of a sprawling oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, according to two people familiar with the decision....

Deer Could Be a Reservoir of Old Coronavirus Variants, Study Suggests

Deer Could Be a Reservoir of Old Coronavirus Variants, Study Suggests

The Alpha and Gamma variants of the coronavirus continued to circulate and evolve in white-tailed deer, even after they stopped spreading widely among people, a new study suggests.Whether the variants are still...

E.P.A. Blocks Long-Disputed Mine Project in Alaska

E.P.A. Blocks Long-Disputed Mine Project in Alaska

The action is one of several recent moves by the Biden administration to protect environmentally sensitive lands from commercial interests.Last week, the administration moved to establish a 20-year moratorium on mining near...

Why I Hunt for Sidewalk Fossils

Once I started noticing these impressions, it was fun to imagine myself as a paleontologist of the urban present.Because sidewalk fossils are essentially the same color as the surrounding concrete, they’re most...

The Navy’s Dolphins Have a Few Things to Tell Us About Aging

The Navy’s Dolphins Have a Few Things to Tell Us About Aging

After completing Blue’s exam, Dr. Linnehan and her colleagues trudged back up the hill to their offices, the chatter of dolphins and sea lions fading behind them. But even indoors, it was...

When Your Old Fishing Buddy Has a Snout and a Blowhole

January 30, 2023

When Your Old Fishing Buddy Has a Snout and a Blowhole

Every summer in waters off the town of Laguna in Brazil’s southeast corner, fishers wade out into estuary canals to cast their nets in hopes of catching migratory mullet fish. The water...

What the Bog Bodies Knew