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NASA Office Above ‘Seinfeld’ Diner Is a Target of Trump Budget Shrinkage

NEW YORK — Upstairs from the diner made famous by “Seinfeld,” teams of NASA scientists have spent nearly six decades expanding h...

NASA Office Above ‘Seinfeld’ Diner Is a Target of Trump Budget Shrinkage

NEW YORK — Upstairs from the diner made famous by “Seinfeld,” teams of NASA scientists have spent nearly six decades expanding h...

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Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic ...

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The World Is Wooing US Researchers Shunned by Trump

LONDON — Help Wanted. Looking for American researchers. “This is a once-in-a-century brain gain opportunity.” — Australian Strategic Policy ...

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This image provided by Prof. Per Erik Ahlberg shows an artist's illustration of the possible appearance of a reptile-like creature that lived around 350 million years ago in what's now Australia. The animal was around 2 ½ feet long (80 cm) and its feet has long fingers and claws, which are visible in newly discovered fossil footprints. (Marcin Ambrozik/Prof. Per Erik Ahlberg via AP)

How Ancient Reptile Footprints Are Rewriting the History of When Animals Evolved to Live on Land

WASHINGTON — Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 millio...

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Soviet-Era Spacecraft Plunges to Earth After 53 Years Stuck in Orbit

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was ...

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Experts Call Kennedy’s Plan to find Autism’s Cause Unrealistic

WASHINGTON — For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘s promise for “pulling back the curtain” to find au...

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Federal Cuts Threaten Science, Ethics, and Public Health

As the Trump administration continues to make significant cuts to NIH budgets and personnel and to freeze billions of dollars of funding to ...

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Cancer Before Age 50 Is Increasing. A New Study Looks at Which Types

Cancer before age 50 is rare, but increasing, in the United States and researchers want to know why. A new government study provides the mos...

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Amazon Launches Its First Internet Satellites to Compete Against SpaceX’s Starlinks

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Amazon’s first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellat...

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Is It Bad to Chew Gum All Day?

Q: Mint gum is the only thing that gets me through the workday. Is all that chewing bad for my health? A: If you’re a regular gum chewer, yo...

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A view shows the Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building on the day that FBI Director Kash Patel announced that he’s redeploying 1,500 FBI agents and shutting down the bureau’s storied headquarters, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Trump Administration Moves to Cut All Remaining Federal Contracts With Harvard

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US Supreme Court Rejects Case About Student’s ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ T-Shirt

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US Consumer Confidence Improves in May, Tariffs Anxiety Lingers

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NPR Sues Trump Administration Over Executive Order to Cut Funding

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