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Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song
Whether it’s a cicada’s earsplitting drone, a bee’s blaring buzz or a cricket’s incessant chirp, insects are a staple of…
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Taxpayers for U.S. Chips
The United States has authorized $280 billion in taxpayer money to subsidize rich computer chip companies and invest in technology…
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Blinken Presses Congo Leaders to Slow Oil-and-Gas Push in Rainforests
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Pushing for a reconsideration of plans by the Democratic Republic of Congo to auction…
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Justice Dept. Charges Iranian in Plot to Kill John Bolton
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday with plotting to assassinate…
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Gary Schroen, Who Led the C.I.A. Into Afghanistan, Dies at 80
Gary C. Schroen, a veteran C.I.A. operative who, just weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, led the first…
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Astronomers May Have Found the Galaxy’s Youngest Planet
Over the last 30 years, astronomers have found more than 5,000 exoplanets, an eclectic menagerie of worlds far from our…
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The Greenest Block Grows in Brooklyn
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. We’ll find out why a block in Crown Heights is Brooklyn’s greenest. And, how much has…
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The Art of Making Garden Rooms
It’s the key question in making any garden: How do you get all the plants you can’t resist and the…
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FIFA Proposes Last-Minute Change to World Cup Schedule
Qatar has had 12 years to plan for the World Cup. Now, with the first games of the tournament just…
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At the U.S. Open, Serena Williams Was a ‘Game Changer’
In 1998, when Serena Williams made her singles debut at the U.S. Open, it was typical to see a crowd…