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To Fight Deadly Candida Auris, New York State Proposes New Tactics
The state health department calls on hospitals to do more to fight Candida auris, a mystery germ spreading the globe.
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As deadly new fungus spreads, New York State aims to contain infection with tough, new hospital guidelines.
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Dr. Leonard Bailey, Who Gave a Baby a Baboon’s Heart, Dies at 76
The case of Baby Fae, the recipient of Dr. Bailey’s experimental transplant in 1984, generated worldwide headlines — along with criticism, demonstrations and threats.
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Dr. Leonard L. Bailey, 76, died on May 12. He was a pioneer in heart transplants for babies, but provoked outrage from some by transplanting a baboon heart into a dying infant, Baby Fae. She survived 21 days.
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How Did Life Arrive on Land? A Billion-Year-Old Fungus May Hold Clues
A cache of microscopic fossils from the Arctic hints that fungi reached land long before plants.
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Fungi have been around for at least a billion years, far longer than most other species, scientists report. And good thing: Without fungi, this planet would be unlivable.
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Human Composting Legalized in Washington State as Cemeteries Fill Up
Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation making Washington the first state to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains.
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Urban cemeteries are filling up. Cremation releases greenhouse gases. Now, Washington has legalized a third option: human composting.
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Study Pinpoints Source of Banned Gas That Saps Ozone Layer: Eastern China
An international team of researchers said Wednesday that two provinces in China were the source of most of the emissions of a banned gas that harms the ozone layer.
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The ozone layer, which protects people from harmful UV radiation, is threatened by new emissions of CFC-11, an ozone-destroying gas. Where is the gas coming from? China, scientists say.
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‘Battle of the Thermostat’: Cold Rooms May Hurt Women’s Productivity
In a new study, women scored better on tests they took in warmer rooms.
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In warmer rooms, women didn't just score better on tests, they tried to answer more questions
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Why High-Class People Get Away With Incompetence
People who came from higher social classes were more likely to have an inflated sense of their skills, a new study found. This overconfidence was interpreted by strangers as competence.
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People who come from higher social classes are more likely to have an inflated sense of their skills, a study found. Strangers tend to interpret this as competence.
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Why do high-class people seem to advance even when they are incompetent? A study tried to find out.
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‘Earthworm Dilemma’ Has Climate Scientists Racing to Keep Up
Worms are wriggling into Earth’s northernmost forests, creating major unknowns for climate-change models.
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The world’s boreal forests have been earthworm-free since the Ice Age. But as invaders arrive and burrow into the leaf litter, they free up carbon and may accelerate climate change.
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Native plants such as the pink-and-white lady slipper, the official flower of Minnesota, may see their ranges shifted by the work of invading earthworms
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Earthworms were recently found in Alaska's forests; in some areas, the worm biomass is 500 times greater than that of moose, a keystone species.
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Alone, They Stink. Together They Create Dark Chocolate’s Alluring Aroma.
With the help of a trained panel of sniffers, chemists uncovered the molecules that give a rich treat its scents.
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The aroma of dark chocolate comes down to a small group of molecules, some of which you might find very disgusting if you smelled them on their own
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A Rare Genetic Mutation Leads to Cancer. The Fix May Already Be in the Drugstore.
A common dietary supplement may help overcome mutations in the Pten gene. Should patients take it?
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Suppose you have a genetic mutation linked to cancer. Suppose researchers found that a widely available substance might help prevent it. Do you wait for the trial to prove it?
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Dax Cowart, Who Suffered for Patients’ Rights, Dies at 71
Doctors forced Mr. Cowart to undergo treatment after he was severely burned in an explosion. He spent the rest of his life arguing for patient autonomy.
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Dax Cowart lost both of his eyes, most of his ears and all of his fingers, except for a portion of his left thumb, in the explosion. He instructed doctors, nurses and anyone else who would listen that he did not want to be treated for his injuries.
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Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics, Alarming Health Officials
In its decision to approve two drugs for orange and grapefruit trees, the E.P.A. largely ignored objections from the C.D.C. and the F.D.A., which fear that expanding their use in cash crops could fuel antibiotic resistance in humans.
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Orange growers in Florida have begun spraying their trees with antibiotics to fight a devastating disease. But some health experts worry the mass spraying will fuel drug resistance that can harm humans.
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Lifesaving antibiotics that treat syphilis and tuberculosis have a new use: the nation's ailing orange groves.
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Lifesaving antibiotics that treat syphilis and tuberculosis have a new use: the nation's ailing orange groves.
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The Global Helium Shortage Is Real, but Don’t Blame Party Balloons
It’s not just Party City. Everyone is running out of helium. Part of the problem is that it’s so difficult to store.
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Is there actually a global helium shortage? Yes indeed. And it’s much bigger than Party City.
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Is there actually a global helium shortage? Yes indeed. And it’s much bigger than Party City.
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The Ins and Outs of Knit Theory
For physicist Elisabetta Matsumoto, “knitting is coding,” and yarn is a programmable material.
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Applied physicist Elisabetta Matsumoto is undertaking a five-year, N.S.F.-funded project to investigate the mathematics and mechanics of “the ancient technology known as knitting.”
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Of Age and Pleasure
What can be done to help a woman who is having less-satisfying sexual experiences as she ages?
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What can be done to help a woman who is having less-satisfying sexual experiences as she ages?
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Attention Young People: This Narcissism Study Is All About You
New research found that those aged 18 to 25 believe theirs is the most narcissistic and entitled living generation. But that doesn’t make it true.
A Single Mother Landed a NASA Internship. But Houston Was a Problem.
India Jackson, a doctoral student in physics, landed a coveted NASA internship in Houston. Within 24 hours, a GoFundMe campaign raised enough money to make it possible.
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A single mother and Ph.D. candidate is headed to NASA as an intern this summer with the help of strangers who donated to her GoFundMe campaign. “I didn’t think random strangers would help me,” she said. “I am still amazed.”
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A single mother and Ph.D. candidate is headed to NASA as an intern this summer with the help of strangers who donated to her GoFundMe campaign. “I didn’t think random strangers would help me,” she said. “I am still amazed.”
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Scientists Created Bacteria With a Synthetic Genome. Is This Artificial Life?
In a milestone for synthetic biology, colonies of E. coli thrive with DNA constructed from scratch by humans, not nature.
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These bacteria carry genomes made from scratch by researchers. They may be the first of a new breed of synthetic organisms.
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Goro Shimura, 89, Mathematician With Broad Impact, Is Dead
His insights provided the foundation for the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem and led to tools widely used in modern cryptography.
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“His works are fantastic,” a colleague said. A former student said his work “permeates modern-day cryptography,”
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“His works are fantastic,” a colleague said. A former student said his work “permeates modern-day cryptography,”
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How Fish May See Color in the Deep Ocean’s Darkness
Fish that have never known sunshine could be able to see the world in shades of blue and green we can’t even imagine.
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There are more colors in the darkness of the deep ocean than you might expect, and some fish may have a unique ability to see them
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