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Few easy ways out for US as war drags on
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AMR benchmark warns drug resistance outpacing pharma efforts

Five years after the release of its previous Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Benchmark, the Access to Medicine Foundation has identified encouraging progress in pharmaceutical companies’ efforts to tackle drug-resistant...

2026 AMR Benchmark Pockets of progress from some companies show the tide can be turned, but there is no time to lose

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)

NASA Moon capsule Orion due to splash down after record-setting voyage

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In a future filled with EVs, AM radio may be left behind

A radio in a 1947 Town and Country Chrysler Sedan at a garage in Allentown, Pa., Aug. 5, 2014. (Rich Schultz/The New York Times)

Why is it so hard for men to make close friends?

In a 2021 survey of more than 2,000 adults in the United States, less than half of the men said they were truly satisfied with how many friends they had, while 15 percent said they had no close friends at all a fivefold increase since 1990. (Eiko Ojala/The New York Times)

Black tea may benefit your health later in life

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Liftoff! NASA launches mega Moon rocket, ushering new era of exploration

The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 16, 2022.

Is it better to brush before breakfast or after?

A photo illustration of a toothbrush, instead of a fork, beside a breakfast plate, in New York, Oct. 7, 2022. (Aileen Son/The New York Times)

Can’t sleep? Try sticking your head in the freezer.

In the new book The Sleep Prescription, the psychologist Aric Prather offers tips for better rest without reaching for a pill. (Rachel Levit Ruiz/The New York Times)

Zinc? Honey? Ginger? What actually helps when you have a cold or the flu?

Ginger root for throat-soothing tea, one of the possible cold and flu solutions at home, in New York, Oct. 16, 2022. (Molly Matalon/The New York Times)

Cholera outbreaks surge worldwide as vaccine supply drains

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‘3,000 years of history are literally just beneath our feet’

Residents look at the site of an ancient tomb discovered beneath a street in a residential district north of Lima, Peru, Sept. 30, 2022. (Marco Garro/The New York Times)

3rd edition of Oman Science Festival begins

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At long last, can malaria be eradicated?

Simon Peter Ochieng receives his second of four malaria vaccine doses at Lumumba Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya, Dec. 8, 2021. (Kang-Chun Cheng/The New York Times)
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