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What we know about HMPV virus spreading in China

Reports of a surge in cases of a respiratory virus in China have evoked dark echoes of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic almost exactly five years ago. But despite the surface similarities, this situation is very...

An X-ray image provided by Hilmes et al., Pediatric Radiology, 2017 shows a four-month-old boy infected with human metapneumovirus, or HMPV.

What we know about HMPV virus spreading in China

An X-ray image provided by Hilmes et al., Pediatric Radiology, 2017 shows a four-month-old boy infected with human metapneumovirus, or HMPV.

Babies born during 2025-39 will be known as Gen Beta

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The fastest spacecraft ever heads for its close-up With the sun

An image from NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman shows Eugene Parker visiting the probe in a clean room of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., in 2017. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman via The New York Times)

How to sleep on an airplane

These tested strategies can help you get some degree of rest, even in an unforgiving upright seat. (Pete Gamlen/The New York Times)

Why am I so tired all the time?

An illustrative image of exhaustion, in New York, Nov. 25, 2024. (Eric Helgas/The New York Times)

Superflares erupt from stars every 100 years

An artists impression of a superflare on a sun-like star as seen in white light. (Alexey Chizhik via The New York Times)

Do I need to throw out my black plastic spatula?

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Google unveils AI agent that can use websites on its own

Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, talks about Gemini at the Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., May 10, 2023. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)

Why do my ears hurt on planes?

An illustrative image of ear pain

2024 will be the world's hottest year on record

A fish carcass is seen on a sandbank that emerged in the middle of the Solimoes River in the Amazon Basin, which is suffering from the worst drought on record

Plastics: How single-use plastic rules the world

Plastic waste and garbage are seen at Guanabara Bay on a shore in Rio de Janeiro,

Heart Disease: 8 factors that raise your risk

Conditions that lead to plaque buildup on the inside walls of blood vessels are a big concern.

Many kids’ melatonin supplements don’t contain the doses they claim

Melatonin products have been used as sleep aids by adults in the United States for decades.

Covid can raise the risk of heart problems for years

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Messy is good, especially with toddlers

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