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  1. PhotoDario Gil, director of IBM Research, standing in front of the IBM Q System One quantum computer. It is sealed in a cube of black glass to keep in the cold and seal out the universe of noise and interference.
    CreditMisha Friedman for The New York Times

    Out there?

    Quantum Computing Is Coming, Bit by Qubit

    With transmons and entanglement, scientists strive to put subatomic weirdness to work on the human scale.

  4. Photo“To me, consciousness is the thing that feels like something,” said Carl Safina, an ecologist. “We’re learning that a lot of animals — dogs, elephants, other primates — have it.
    CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times

    A Conversation With...

    Carl Safina Is Certain Your Dog Loves You

    Animals have rich emotional lives, the ecologist argues. The evidence is “right in front of your eyes.”

  1. PhotoThe astronauts Jessica Meir, left, and Christina Koch, aboard the International Space Station.
    CreditNASA, via Associated Press

    Why NASA’s First All-Women Spacewalk Made History

    Two women on Earth, Jessica Bennett and Mary Robinette Kowal, had a chat about two women astronauts in medium-sized spacesuits.

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  1. PhotoThe mapwing butterfly. A new study has found that butterflies evolved from moths some 98 million years ago, about 50 million years before echolocating bats appeared.
    CreditAkito Y. Kawahara

    How the Butterfly Discovered Daylight

    Nocturnal moths evolved into daytime butterflies not to escape bats, as biologists once thought, but to enjoy an abundant new drink: the nectar of flowering plants.

  3. PhotoOf all sharks and rays, the two species of mantas are the only ones known to exhibit melanism.
    CreditStephanie Venables

    The Mystery of the Melanistic Manta Rays

    Scientists are trying to work out why some manta rays have black blotches on their skin, which is uncommon in the oceans.

  4. PhotoA side view of a 9-day-old embryonic chicken gut.
    CreditNicolas Chevalier/CNRS/Université de Paris & Thomas Guilbert/IMAG’IC Facility Institut Cochin

    The Twitch That Helps Your Intestines Grow

    Pulsing movements in an embryo are crucial to helping intestines grow into the wonder tube that it is, a study finds.

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    What Causes a Mysterious Paralysis in Children? Researchers Find Viral Clues

    In one study, nearly 70 percent of children with the disease had antibodies to common enteroviruses that usually produce mild effects but can sometimes cause neurological problems.

    By Pam Belluck

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    $260 Million Opioid Settlement Reached at Last Minute With Big Drug Companies

    The deal involves large pharmaceutical distributors and Teva, resolving cases that sought redress from the devastation caused by two decades of opioid abuse.

    By Jan Hoffman

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    MIND

    Be Humble, and Proudly, Psychologists Say

    Humility is not the boldest of personality traits, but it’s an important one, studies find. And it’s hard to fake.

    By Benedict Carey

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    The New Health Care

    Steps to Prevent Dementia May Mean Taking Actual Steps

    Brain-training apps can’t match the several ways that exercise benefits the mind, research shows.

    By Austin Frakt

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    Dr. Bernard Fisher, Who Revolutionized Breast Cancer Treatment, Dies at 101

    He brought an end to the routine use of the debilitating radical mastectomy. He later battled false allegations of scientific misconduct.

    By Denise Gellene

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    Hikers Find Mystery Skeleton on Remote Mountain in California

    The remnants of shoes and a belt found with the bones may offer investigators useful clues.

    By Heather Murphy

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    The Secret World of Life (and Death) in Ireland’s Peat Bogs

    A handful of museums and protected natural sites have made it easier for visitors to appreciate the cultural and ecological importance of Ireland’s mucky peatlands.

    By Emily Toner

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    New Energy Secretary Fits Trend: Cabinet Dominated by Lobbyists

    President Trump said he would “drain the swamp,” but with the elevation of a former auto lobbyist to be energy secretary, he is sticking to the trend of filling his cabinet with Washington insiders.

    By Lisa Friedman

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    Global health

    W.H.O. Continues Emergency Status for Ebola Outbreak in Congo

    New cases are down to 15 a week from a high of 128 in April, but outbreaks are still popping up in remote and dangerous mining areas.

    By Donald G. McNeil Jr.

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    Zantac Recall Widens as Sanofi Pulls Its Drug Over Carcinogen Fears

    The company’s announcement follows decisions by Walgreens, CVS and others to remove the drug from their shelves and after other manufacturers recalled their products.

    By Katie Thomas

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