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What the Historic U.S. Climate Bill Gets Right and Gets Wrong
The Inflation Reduction Act promises the largest investment in climate action in U.S. history and could lead to significant emissions reductions
The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism
William MacAskill's movement set out to help the global poor. Now his followers fret about runaway A.I. Have they seen our threats clearly?
New Langya Virus That May Have Spilled Over From Animals Infects Dozens
An international team of scientists identified a new virus that was likely to have been transmitted to humans after it first infected animals
Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryos, A Potential Key to Healing Humans
The embryo developed for eight days, with a beating heart, a rudimentary brain and a gut tube
Will Low-Dose Vaccination Stretch the Monkeypox Vaccine Supply, or Backfire?
The U.S. needs a concerted effort to make sure enough vaccines and therapeutics are available to address needs and to reduce suffering
Three More Ships with Grain Depart Ukraine Ports Under UN Deal
The ships bound for Ireland, the UK, and Turkey follow the first grain shipment to pass through the Black Sea since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Radiotherapy Under the Falling Bombs: a Tale of Two Ukrainian Cancer Centers
An interview with the radiation oncologists in Mariupol and Kyiv on providing cancer treatment in wartime
Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate
The U.S. Senate bill avoided the political pitfalls of past legislative attempts
We Can Fight Monkeypox Without Hysteria or Homophobia
Monkeypox is overwhelmingly diagnosed among gay men and their sexual networks
The U.S. Declared Victory Over Polio in 1979. Now, It's Here Again
How a polio case in the United States affects global eradication efforts
He Discovered the Origin of the Monkeypox Outbreak — and Tried to Warn the World
Five years ago, Dr. Dimie Ogoina saw perhaps the most important patient of his career
The Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil's Indigenous Land
The Times identified hundreds of airstrips that bring criminal mining operations to the most remote corners of the Amazon