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1. Scientists Hunting Dark Matter Found Something Strange
   A lone signal from an experiment in South Dakota doesn’t fit the profile of any other known particles, physicists say.
2. Study A.I. Consciousness? The Bots Would Like a Word With You.
   Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them.
3. Gene-Editing Technology Offers New Ways to Create the Dogs of Our Dreams
   Technologies like CRISPR are giving us new ways to create the dogs of our dreams — and a reason to reckon with our past mistakes.
4. Coral Reefs Are Running Out of Time to Recover, Research Finds
   Rising sea temperatures mean reefs don’t have enough time to bounce back between intense heat waves, a new report warns.
5. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Leaves Earth to Chart the Stars
   Astronomers will use data collected by Roman’s wide, deep gaze to study the dark universe and hunt for new worlds.
6. How the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, NASA’s New Window Into the Universe, Came to Be
   The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch on Sunday, will study dark energy and discover a multitude of planets.
7. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Promises a Breakthrough in Cosmic Exploration
   NASA’s latest offering to the stars comes from a legacy of great observatories that enabled decades of discovery and unearthed new mysteries about the universe.
8. Mount Everest Base Camp Is Melting. Human Urine Is a Contributor.
   More than 6,000 liters are produced daily by thousands of climbers and guides, according to a study.
9. Narwhals Have Stunning Spiraled Tusks. That’s Not the Only Twist.
   X-rays revealed that the tusks have an internal opposing twist, which may help explain how they grow so straight — the only tusks like them in nature.
10. A Data Center Backlash
    Today we visit Pennsylvania, where there’s a high-stakes clash over A.I. jobs and the environment.
11. Ada Yonath, Chemist and First Israeli Woman to Receive a Nobel, Dies at 87
    Her mapping of the ribosome, which led to new designs for antibiotics, faced years of derision, as many scientists saw it as a dead-end effort.
12. New York Climate ‘Superfund’ Law Falls in Court
    The court said the measure, which required energy companies to pay $75 billion to the state, conflicted with federal law.
13. A Melting Glacier in Nepal Was a Time Bomb. There Are More to Come.
    A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common.
14. An Experimental Single-Time Treatment Slashed Cholesterol for a Year
    A small gene-editing study significantly reduced LDL cholesterol levels, and the results have stuck a year later.
15. A.I. Brings Big Gains to Hurricane Forecasts, Google Researchers Say
    Analysis by the company’s DeepMind unit suggests that an A.I.-enabled model delivers accurate forecasts a day or more before conventional models can.
16. High School Sports in the Heat
    High temperatures and new safety rules are transforming practice as a new school year begins.
17. A Study of Brain Proteins Offers New Targets to Treat Autism
    Researchers hope their findings could help inform future therapies for people with severe autism.
18. Climate Change Raises Risk of Disasters Like Nepal Floods
    Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s landslide.
19. New Drug Approved by F.D.A. for Pancreatic Cancer Could Be First of Many
    Companies are testing dozens of similar drugs in cancers of the pancreas, lung, colon and more.
20. Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why.
    Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.
21. Smuggled Turtles Saved at J.F.K. Are Recovering in the Bronx
    China’s exotic pet market is driving a spike in animal smuggling, U.S. wildlife officials say. But these turtles are getting a second chance.
22. Inside One of Peru’s Most Vulnerable Penguin Colonies
    Scientists worry about the penguins’ future amid changing temperatures and warming waters this year.
23. Near-Total Lunar Eclipse Will Turn Moon Blood Red
    People in the Americas, Africa and Europe will have a chance to see Earth’s shadow create a near-total blood moon.
24. Dolly Parton’s Other Legacy: A Fortune Given Away, Dollar by Dollar
    The country star supported early childhood literacy, disaster relief, the development of the Covid-19 vaccine and more.
25. Army Awards $2.2 Billion for ‘Microreactors’ On U.S. Bases
    The move is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to spur the country’s largest expansion of nuclear power in more than three decades.
26. F.D.A. Approves the Drug Daraxonrasib That’s Poised to Transform Pancreatic Cancer
    In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.