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Is it safe to wear earbuds while sleeping?

I sleep better when I block out noise by listening to music with my earbuds. But I worry about damaging my ears. Is there a safer way to use them for sleep?A: Many people pop in earbuds at bedtime, hoping that soothing...

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My mom can’t stand my sister-in-law. How can I stop her griping?

Wells new Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, helps a reader who is sick of being her mothers dumping ground. (Marta Monteiro/The New York Times)

Scientists discover new species of Australia's deadliest spider

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2024 brought the world to a dangerous warming threshold

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Blue Origin eyes a Tuesday launch

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket sits on the launch pad one day before its maiden flight (NG-1)

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,
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