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Nobel prize for medicine goes to U.S. duo for discovery of microRNA

STOCKHOLM: U.S. scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its crucial role in how multicellular organisms grow and live, the award-giving body said on...

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How can I tell if I’m depressed or burned out?

Clinicians and researchers offer advice on how to tell the difference between depression and burnout, and what to do about both. (Erick Helgas/The New York Times)

Polio was almost eradicated but staged a comeback this year

Dr. Jai Das speaks with residents, hoping to convince them to get the polio vaccine, in the neighborhood of Rheri Goth in Karachi, Pakistan, April 25, 2022. (Khaula Jamil/The New York Times)

The Forgotten Virus: Zika families struggle for support

Veronica Santos, who spends her days and nights never more than a few feet away from her son Jo

South Korea is scouting out the moon

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)

How Singapore is trying to cool itself down

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)

Monarch butterfly joins global endangered species list

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.

When are expired drugs truly expired?

Plenty of us have medications that are past their expiration date — but are they still OK to use? (Delcan & Co./The New York Times)

6 ways to level up your daily walk

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)

NASA releases next wave of images from James Webb Space Telescope

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

Nasa and ESA discuss sending first European to Moon

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Climate change erased a fifth of exposed nations’ growth

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Three Chinese astronauts arrive at space station

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How to get Dolphin-smooth skin

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)

They’re all good dogs, and it has nothing to do with their breed

Ollie with his owner in McCarren Park in New York, Jan. 21, 2022. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)

Climate change will accelerate viral spillovers

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)
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