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Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge of Antarctica.
Read MoreRecords show that Karen Budd-Falen, a top Interior Department official, didn’t disclose a contract between her husband and the developers of a mine approved by the agency.
Read MoreIn Trilobites, reporters aim to share new findings in the science world, be it interspecies friendships or discoveries of ancient fossils.
Read MoreWho is left on the International Space Station?
Read MoreA pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say.
Read MoreGenerations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing relationship with the most mysterious continent.
Read MoreThe U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back.
Read MoreConstruction can continue on an $11.2 billion project off the coast of Virginia, said to be 70 percent complete.
Read MoreOver two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters by enabling conservation zones.
Read MoreTwo regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise some worrisome questions.
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