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Is motion sickness preventable?

 I often feel carsick while traveling. What are the best ways to prevent or treat motion sickness? A. Historically associated with sailors reacting to the pitch, roll and yaw of ships, motion sickness now affects...

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Is it bad to chew gum all day?

A piece of green chewed gum in New York, April 16, 2025. (Eric Helgas/The New York Times)

Earth Day 2025 seeks clean electricity 

Volunteers clean a beach to mark Earth Day

Study links diabetes in pregnancy to developmental risks

A patient who is pregnant with her first child at the CenterPlace Health medical clinic in Sarasota, Fla., Feb. 14, 2022. (Octavio Jones/The New York Times)

What are microplastics doing to our bodies?

A researcher studies microplastics content in samples at a lab at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, March 4, 2025. (Gabriela Campos/The New York Times)

Knees hurt? This exercise can help

Strength training can be one of the best treatments for chronic knee pain. (Elliott Jerome Brown Jr./The New York Times)

Abel Prize awarded to Japanese mathematician who abstracted abstractions

An undated image by Peter Bagde/Typos1/The Abel Prize of Masaki Kashiwara, a Japanese mathematician who received this years Abel Prize, which aspires to be the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in math. (Peter Bagde/Typos1/The Abel Prize via The New York Times)

Record 2024 temperatures accelerate rise in sea levels

Ice floats in front of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, February 11, 2025.

Saturn gains 128 new moons, bringing its total to 274

Titan, Saturns largest moon, measures 3,200 miles, or 5,150 kilometers, across and is larger than the planet Mercury. (NASA/JPL-Caltech, via Space Science Institute via The New York Times)

Do we age steadily, or in bursts?

For many people, aging feels like it happens in stops and starts. It turns out there may be a scientific basis for this experience. (Alberto Miranda/The New York Times)

6 sources of protein that aren’t meat

A variety of meatless proteins. (Heather Willensky/The New York Times)

‘Gentle Parenting’ Is spoiling my granddaughter. What should I do?

Intergenerational differences in parenting approaches can create tension because many parents today are reacting to how they were raised, sometimes overcorrecting in the process. . (Marta Monteiro/The New York Times)

6 weird things about your newborn

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History isn’t entirely repeating itself in COVID’s aftermath

A health care worker waits for cars to arrive at a temporary test site for people showing symptoms of COVID-19 in Arlington, Va., March 18, 2020. (Jason Andrew/The New York Times)

Security threats to smartphones weigh heavy

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Why do women live longer than men?

In the United States, women have a life expectancy of about 80, compared to around 75 for men. (Bianca Bagnarelli/The New York Times)
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