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With a growing number of satellites orbiting the Earth and space junk increasingly becoming a concern, the Federal Communications Commission announced on Tuesday that it had for the first time fined a company for failing to properly dispose of a dead satellite. The commission said that Dish, the television provider, had agreed as part of…
What would normally have been a pleasant sea breeze along the eastern coast of Florida was instead a hazy plume of smoke on Tuesday. The smoky sky obscured the sunrise along the state’s East Coast beaches before moving inland and down to the ground, creating unhealthy air quality and, at times, reduced visibility across the…
Why It Matters: Rates of S.T.I.s are skyrocketing. In 2021, there were 1.6 million cases of chlamydia, more than 700,000 cases of gonorrhea and nearly 177,000 cases of syphilis in the United States, together tallying up to $1.1 billion in direct medical costs. (Rates of babies born with syphilis also soared that year, with nearly…
Humankind has never been better at fighting diseases. Researchers are coming up with new vaccines and treatments at an astounding speed. But climate change is making public health gains a lot harder to achieve and undoing some of the world’s hard-earned progress. Consider the mosquito, which kills more humans than any other creature. Until very…
An Arizona farm owned by a Saudi Arabian company that grows alfalfa for export is set to lose its access to state land in a move Gov. Katie Hobbs said would “protect Arizona’s water future.” The farm, in Butler Valley in western Arizona, has been mired in controversy over its pumping of unlimited amounts of…
Many of us have thousands of photos on our PCs, which can make it way more difficult to get organized. I find it to be super daunting when looking at a cluttered device; however, getting organized doesn’t have to be that difficult. There are various software programs for PCs that can help you get all…
Home sweet home is a sentiment many of us cherish. Yet, imagine brewing your morning coffee only to discover that your beloved abode isn’t yours anymore. No, we’re not scripting a new “Twilight Zone” episode. This scenario captures the chilling reality of home title theft. It’s a crime as real as your daily caffeine fix. …
This article is from a special report on the Athens Democracy Forum, which gathered experts last week in the Greek capital to discuss global issues. Moderator: Liz Alderman, chief European business correspondent, The New York Times Participants: Ann Florini, professor of practice, Arizona State University, and fellow, New America Political Reform Program; Daniel Lindvall, senior…
In more than 1,500 animal species, from crickets and sea urchins to bottlenose dolphins and bonobos, scientists have observed sexual encounters between members of the same sex. Some researchers have proposed that this behavior has existed since the dawn of the animal kingdom. But the authors of a new study of thousands of mammalian species…
Stockholm — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studying how electrons zip around atoms in fractions of seconds, a field that could one day lead to better electronics or disease diagnoses. The award went to Pierre Agostini, Hungarian-born Ferenc Krausz and French-born Anne L’Huillier for their work with the tiny part…
