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  2. PhotoThe Orion spacecraft, part of NASA’s Artemis mission which aims to fly to the moon, in the vehicle assembly building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida last month.
    CreditFrank Micheaux/NASA, via EPA, via Shutterstock

    NASA Moves Moon Landing Deadline Back to 2025

    The space agency acknowledged that it cannot return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024, a timeline set under President Trump.

    By Joey Roulette

  1. Trilobites

    PhotoA fossil of a priapulan worm from the Silurian Period found in Shropshire, England.
    CreditThe Natural History Museum, London, via Alamy

    These Oddly Named Worms May Have Been the First Hermits

    So-called “penis worms” get attention for all the wrong reasons. But new research finds they may have been early pioneers in a creative survival technique.

    By Asher Elbein

  2. Trilobites

    PhotoA piece of Cretaceous charcoal recovered from Antarctica, next to a Brazilian real for scale.
    CreditFlaviana Jorge de Lima, Polar Research 2021

    Antarctica Was Once a Land of Fire and Not Ice

    Charcoal recovered from a dig near the southern continent shows that the region wasn’t spared from the era scientists call a “super fire world.”

    By Emily Cataneo

  4. Trilobites

    PhotoA Steller’s sea eagle at a Russian zoo. Another of its species has turned up in Canada — so far from home, “it’s mind-boggling,” an ornithologist said.
    CreditIlya Naymushin/Reuters

    This Eagle Is Very, Very Lost

    Bird-watchers have been tracking a Steller’s sea eagle. They’re usually found in Asia, but this one turned up in Eastern Canada and may have flown as far as South Texas.

    By Marion Renault

  5. Out There

    PhotoAn artist’s rendering of the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile. Astronomers propose linking it with another giant telescope, the Thirty Meter Telescope, to create the Extremely Large Telescope project.
    CreditGiant Magellan Telescope Organization

    A New 10-Year Plan for the Cosmos

    On astronomers’ wish list for the next decade: two giant telescopes and a space telescope to search for life and habitable worlds beyond Earth.

    By Dennis Overbye

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    How Much Are Countries Pledging to Reduce Emissions?

    The newest plans by countries to fight climate change still fall short of what scientists say is necessary. Here’s what the 10 biggest emitters have promised.

    By Brad Plumer, Blacki Migliozzi and Nadja Popovich

  1. The Quiet Scientific Revolution That May Solve Chronic Pain

    New science is rewriting the book on chronic pain — and may make treatment more accessible

    By David Dobbs

  2. Oklahoma Supreme Court Throws Out $465 Million Opioid Ruling Against J.&J.

    The 5-1 decision is a setback for those who are fighting to hold big drug makers accountable for the opioid epidemic.

    By Jan Hoffman

  3. Moderna and U.S. at Odds Over Vaccine Patent Rights

    Moderna’s patent application names several employees as the sole inventors of a crucial component of its coronavirus vaccine, excluding three government scientists.

    By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Rebecca Robbins

  4. How hot is lava erupting from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano?

    Test your science knowledge.

    By Kenneth Chang

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    SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Splashes Down Off Florida Coast

    Four astronauts from the NASA Crew-2 mission safely landed at night off the coast of Pensacola, Fla. The crew members have spent about half a year at the International Space Station.

    By Nasa Tv Via Reuters

  6. The toilet on the Crew Dragon capsule was out of service. The crew had to use diapers.

    The malfunctioning toilet was first detected in another SpaceX capsule last month.

    By Joey Roulette

  7. Scientists Fight a New Source of Vaccine Misinformation: Aaron Rodgers

    The Green Bay Packers quarterback, one of the most visible athletes in the country, last week used anti-vaccination rhetoric as his reasoning for not getting vaccinated against Covid-19.

    By Ken Belson and Emily Anthes

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Departs International Space Station

    Four astronauts from the mission undocked from the International Space Station in the Crew Dragon capsule and headed back to Earth after spending about half a year in space.

    By Spacex

  9. Can Glasgow Deliver on a Global Climate Deal?

    Negotiators from about 200 countries are entering Week 2 of climate talks trying to resolve big issues around money, transparency and timelines.

    By Brad Plumer and Lisa Friedman