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Ivar Giaever, Nobel Winner in Quantum Physics, Dies at 96
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Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful...
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Increasingly Acidic Seas Threaten Oyster Farming
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Anna Ornstein, Psychoanalyst Who Survived the Holocaust...
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Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots
Records show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency ex...
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With Etch a Sketches and Apples, Math Is Revealed
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National Climate Report Website Goes Dark
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Lucian Leape, Whose Work Spurred Patient Safety in Medi...
Despite resistance from the medical establishment, he found systemic ways to red...