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Global Health: Ethicists Call for More Scrutiny of ‘Human-Challenge’ Trials

A syringe holding an experimental Zika vaccine at the University of Maryland Medical Center. A controversial study in which volunteers are to be infected with Zika has prompted calls for more stringent review of “human-challenge” trials.

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Trilobites: What a Scientist Learned From Studying the ‘Synchronized Swimming of Sea Monkeys’

Brine shrimp (Artemia salina) in a laboratory tank prior to experiments studying the effect of their collective vertical migration.

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Ask Well: Can You Miss the Signs of Heart Disease or a Heart Attack?

Rosie O’Donnell at the Tony Awards in 2014. In 2012 she failed to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack and waited a day before seeing her doctor.

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Nonfiction: A Brand-New Version of Our Origin Story

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F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval of Cannabis-Based Drug for Epilepsy

The drug’s active ingredient, cannabidiol, is one of the chemical compounds found in the cannabis plant but it does not make people high.

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Trump’s NASA Nominee, Jim Bridenstine, Confirmed by Senate on Party-Line Vote

Jim Bridenstine, a Republican congressman from Oklahoma, will be the first elected official to lead NASA.

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Hans Asperger Aided Nazi Child Euthanasia, Study Says

Hans Asperger in Vienna in 1971. According to a new report, Dr. Asperger participated in the Third Reich’s child-euthanasia program.

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Design Review: At This Museum Show, You’re Encouraged to Follow Your Nose

When the wall is rubbed it makes music: “Tactile Orchestra” by Roos Meerman on display at the Cooper Hewitt Museum.

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Matter: Bodies Remodeled for a Life at Sea

A Bajau diver spearfishes in Sulawesi. A study suggests these sea-dwelling people have evolved adaptations to deep diving.

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E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Romaine Lettuce Expands to 16 States

A romaine lettuce field near Somerton, Ariz., in 2016. To pinpoint the exact source of the E. coli, investigators would need samples of the tainted lettuce itself.

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As Opioid Prescriptions Fall, Prescriptions for Drugs to Treat Addiction Rise

Prescriptions for opioid painkillers have been falling in recent years. At the same time, prescriptions for medications to treat opioid addiction are rising sharply.

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Frenchman Is First in World to Get 2 Full Face Transplants

Jérôme Hamon, left, the first man in the world to receive two full-face transplants, with Dr. Laurent Lantieri at the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital in Paris.

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Damage to Great Barrier Reef From Global Warming Is Irreversible, Scientists Say

A diver surveying damaged coral in the Great Barrier Reef after a mass bleaching in 2016.

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San Francisco Earthquake Risks: Questions and Answers

The proliferation of high-rises in San Francisco add to the complexity of the city’s earthquake preparedness.

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Trilobites: Diamonds in a Meteorite May Be a Lost Planet’s Fragments

Fragments of the 2008 TC3, or Almahata Sitta, meteorite that fell to Earth in 2008. The diamonds discovered inside one of the fragment may have come from a protoplanet that orbited the sun billions of years ago.

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Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture

This robot, created by researchers in Singapore, took 20 minutes 19 seconds to make and execute a plan to assemble an Ikea chair.

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Climate Lawsuits, Once Limited to the Coasts, Jump Inland

A rally in Boulder, Colo., where a lawsuit against oil and gas companies was announced Tuesday.

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Do You Know Which Dog Breeds Are in a Mutt? Scientists Want to Find Out

Can you guess this dog’s breed for the good of science? Hint: The wings are a red herring.

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Pursuits: A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe

Granite outcroppings at Matobo National Park, a 163-square-mile wilderness area in Tanzania.

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Feature: Can Dirt Save the Earth?

A steaming pile of manure mixed with straw bedding at West Marin Compost in Marin County, Calif..

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Australia Diary: Weathering the Weather

Satellite imagery of one of the many cyclones to hit Queensland, Australia.

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How This Beetle Evolved to Mimic Ants

At least 12 types of rove beetle have evolved to convince ants and termites that it is one of them, all the while stealing their food and eating their young.

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Trilobites: New York Mice Are Crawling With Dangerous Bacteria and Viruses

Analyses of more than 400 mice in New York City found that they carried previously unknown viruses and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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Mind: Antidepressants and Withdrawal: Readers Tell Their Stories

Modern antidepressants, beginning with Prozac in 1987, have shaped how the public understands mental health itself.