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The Uncertain Fate of France’s Last Two Captive Orcas
At a closed marine park in the south of France, two orcas swim lonely circles in an aging tank, its…
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Trump Administration Sues Minnesota to Block Climate Lawsuit
The federal government is suing Minnesota to try to stop that state’s own lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, the American Petroleum…
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Mysterious world beyond Pluto may have an atmosphere, astronomers say
A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may have been…
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A Strong El Niño May Be Coming. Global Warming Is Changing Its Effects.
Forecasters say a powerful El Niño weather pattern could form later this year, with a chance of becoming one of…
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A Medical Examiner Chases Down an Elusive Killer
The chief medical examiner was not satisfied. The toxicology report on the dead man’s blood samples made no sense, given…
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A Long, Strange Trip: How the G.O.P. Came to Embrace Psychedelic Drugs
Mindbending may be just the word to describe the Oval Office ceremony on April 18, when President Trump ordered federal…
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The Super Shoe’s Step-by-Step Evolution
When the messenger Pheidippides ran from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over the Persians…
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What’s Safe to Eat? Birds of a Feather Learn Together
By watching their peers, dolphins learn to capture fish in empty conch shells, then ferry the shells up to the…
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Chonkers the ‘Food-Motivated’ Sea Lion Plops Into San Francisco
A very large sea lion is drawing onlookers to a pier popular among both other sea lions and tourists in…
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The World Met to Talk Climate Change. The U.S. Wasn’t Invited.
For the past week, diplomats from nearly 60 countries gathered in Colombia to discuss one of the most urgent and…
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