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Where do space junk crashes occur?

Large chunks of space junk that return to Earth at supersonic speeds are like artificial meteors, emitting sonic booms that shake the atmosphere before slamming into the ground.That phenomenon gave Benjamin Fernando, a...

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Sumaya al Seyabi contests final stage of Stars of Science programme

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Stars of Science: Sumaiya wins first place

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New evidence for liquid water on Mars discovered by scientists

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Nobel prize goes to pioneers of Lego-like "click chemistry"

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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to scientists Aspect, Clauser and Zeilinger

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Long Covid remains a mystery, though theories are emerging

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How to avoid hurting yourself at the gym

High knees exercise in New York, Sept. 25, 2022. (Monica Dzik/The New York Times)

Why we get motion sick, and how to stop it

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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)
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