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South Korea is scouting out the moon

South Korea set off for the moon on Thursday. But it doesn’t want to stop there. “We are also considering using the moon as an outpost for space exploration,” Kwon Hyun-joon, director general of space and...

An undated photo from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio of the Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole, one of many that are perpetually in shadow. (NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio via The New York Times)
Winston Chow, the lead researcher of Cooling Singapore, which aims to build a computer model of the city that would analyze the effectiveness of heat mitigation measures, in Singapore, July 13, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
A Monarch butterfly, which is now placed in the endangered category of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, perches at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, Canada July 21, 2022.
Plenty of us have medications that are past their expiration date — but are they still OK to use? (Delcan & Co./The New York Times)
Studies have shown that walking at least 30 minutes per day is enough to reap significant physical and emotional benefits. (Yana Paskova/The New York Times)
This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
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An undated photo provided by Angela Ziltener, a biologist, shows a dolphin with a fungal infection on its dorsal fin. (Angela Ziltener via The New York Times)
Ollie with his owner in McCarren Park in New York, Jan. 21, 2022. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
An infectious diseases research team catches bats for a study outside the Khao Chong Phran Cave in Ratchaburi, Thailand, Dec. 11, 2020. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)
Theres limited data on how marijuana impacts driving performance, but experts urge caution before getting behind the wheel. (Aileen Son/The New York Times)
Experts say we may be thinking about food triggers for migraines and other kinds of headaches the wrong way. (Aileen Son/The New York Times)
As masking mandates lift and new coronavirus infections fall across the United States, theres lots of confusion about if, and when, to wear a mask. (Tim Peacock/The New York Times)
A foot massage with a frozen water bottle, which helps minimize pain and inflammation, in New York, April 11, 2022.
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