How Omicron Could Mark the Beginning of the End

When Jeremy Luban first looked over the genetic sequence of the Omicron variant on his phone one day last November, it was five o’clock in the morning….

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How White People Got COVID-19 Vaccines Meant for Others

It takes about eight minutes to try and save a life. Or at least that’s how long it takes a volunteer with a tablet, standing in the…

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New York State Probes ‘Fraudulently Obtained’ COVID-19 Vaccines

(Bloomberg) — A health care provider in New York may have fraudulently obtained COVID-19 vaccines and diverted them to members of the public in violation of priority…

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Henrietta Fore on the Global Education Crisis

The myth that children aren’t being impacted by the coronavirus pandemic urgently needs to be dispelled, say actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore….

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Our Vocabulary Is Adapting to a Hotter Planet_1

There was no way of knowing on Aug. 8, 1975, just how many readers turned to the new paper in the journal Science by geochemist Wallace Broecker,…

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The New Technologies Aiding COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

As the delivery truck snaked its way over Northern California’s interstates and two-lane highways, a team of analysts watched over nearly every aspect of its journey in…

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This Is the First-Ever Photo of a Total Solar Eclipse

Millions of Americans will see a total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, and many of them will point their cameras skyward to capture the celestial event. But…

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Water Is the New Oil in the Gulf

In the arid desert landscapes of the Gulf, where oil has long been the region’s economic bedrock, a new narrative is unfolding—one where water’s increasing recognition as…

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We Can Beat Climate Change If We Do One Thing Fast

Now, finally, much of the world has become convinced, first-hand, that global warming is not only real but heating up more rapidly than we expected, unleashing irreversible…

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