What to Know About the Soviet Spacecraft Plunging to Earth
Time was, the Soviet Union fairly owned Venus. From 1961 to 1983, the U.S.’s old space race rival launched 16 probes, Venera 1 through Venera...
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A Pill to Prevent COVID-19 Shows Promise
By now, most people have reached a resigned acceptance when it comes to COVID-19. We accept that we’re probably going to get infected at some...
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What Makes Pluto So Intriguing
Pluto will mark a birthday of sorts on March 23, 2178. No one is likely to be there to celebrate it, of course. Even if...
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A Second Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage...
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Extreme Heat Could Kill Millions of People in Europe
Extreme temperatures — mostly heat — are projected to kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by the end of the century unless...
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The Best Ways to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke
The Los Angeles wildfires have killed at least two dozen people and decimated thousands of structures. Yet even in areas that aren’t burning, plumes of...
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What to Expect at a Skin Cancer Screening
Your skin is your largest organ, but it doesn’t get the attention it deserves—especially when it comes to skin checks for cancer. That should change,...
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Even Small Amounts of Alcohol Can Cause Cancer, Surgeon General Says
On Jan. 3, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a sobering report about the cancer risks linked to something that most Americans enjoy frequently: an alcoholic...
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What Being in Space Does to Your Brain
The human body has no business being in space. Without the familiar tug of gravity, bones can decalcify, muscles can atrophy, blood pressure can plunge,...
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Mental Health Leveled Up in 2024
Progress in addressing mental health is notoriously slow and mostly incremental. Breakthrough treatments tend to be rare, and trained professionals too few to meet the...
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Is Raw Milk Safe? Here’s What to Know
Remember the days when you didn’t know what raw milk was (and didn’t need to)? Well, those are over: raw—or unpasteurized—milk has been in the...
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Complementary Therapies for Prostate Cancer
For people battling prostate cancer, the fight can feel like a contest between the disease and the doctors. Their body is the battlefield, but they...