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Cancer-detecting blood tests are on the rise. Do they work?

In the spring of 2021, the cancer field was abuzz over research that suggested a simple early-detection blood test could find dozens of different cancers, including many for which there is no routine screening.Four and a...

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Dengue treatment advances in animal trials

An aedes aegypti mosquito is displayed under a microscope at the National Environmental Agency's mosquito production facility in Singapore August 19, 2020.

Is there an ethical way to kill rats?

A rat runs along a platform of a subway station in New York, June 15, 2015. (Michael Appleton/The New York Times)

Soy, oat, and almond Drinks can be called milk: FDA

The dairy-free milk section in a Wholefoods grocery store at Columbus Circle, New York, on Oct. 17, 2018. (An Rong Xu/The New York Times)

How to stop having those same silly fights

If youre having those same silly fights with your partner, experts say there are ways to meet somewhat near the middle. (Tyler Comrie/The New York Times)

Asteroid to come 'extraordinarily close' to Earth: NASA

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Could air someday power a flight? Airlines are betting on it

New technologies, including one fuel extracted from the atmosphere itself, could make flying more sustainable; but the challenges are many and the timeline is uncertain. (Rune Fisker/The New York Times)

Is it bad to drink coffee on an empty stomach?

A French press and coffee mug in Palm Springs, Calif. on Jan. 14, 2023. (Joyce Lee/The New York Times)

USDA approves first vaccine for honeybees

A beekeeper at the Bryant Park apiary in New York, April 13, 2018. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

US approves new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease

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How to spare yourself from shoulder pain

Gerard Burley, a fitness coach, uses exercise bands to stretch his shoulder, in Washington, D.C., March 30, 2022. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)

Once in a 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eye

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EXPLAINER-What do we know about the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant?

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50 years after the Apollo 17 mission, the moon looks closer than ever

The Apollo 17 command and service module in orbit around the moon on Dec. 14, 1972. (NASA via The New York Times)

Huge meteorite crater discovered in Mahout

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What are whole grains, anyway?

Brown rice in New York, Feb. 16, 2018. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
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