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1. Colossal Squid Caught on Video During First Ever Sighting
   An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs.
2. How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.
   A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves.
3. DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings
   The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial number of job reductions.
4. A Cautionary Tale of 408 Tentacles
   One pet octopus suddenly became more than four dozen. They went viral. Then it all went south.
5. Blue Origin Crew of 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, Land Safely After Space Trip
   They were among the six women who made a 10-minute trip on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, as the first all-female space crew in more than 60 years.
6. Jonathan McDowell on Retiring From Harvard and Leaving the U.S.
   Jonathan McDowell is retiring from studying the universe. But he’s ramping up efforts to chronicle humanity’s exploration of space.
7. She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her
   President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.
8. Denisovans Extend Their Range to Asia’s Pacific Coast
   A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of miles away.
9. Neutrinos Are Shrinking, and That’s a Good Thing for Physics
   A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe.
10. Trump Opens Marine National Monument to Commercial Fisheries
    The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”
11. What to Know About Eli Lilly’s Daily Pill for Weight Loss
    Eli Lilly reported promising results from a study of its experimental oral drug that could rival popular injections to treat obesity and diabetes.
12. Here’s What to Know About Rare Earth Minerals and Renewable Energy
    The shift to cleaner power needs resources from China. An export ban just cut off some supplies.
13. Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis
    Surges in Mennonite communities near the U.S. border may complicate containment efforts, experts say.
14. Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar
    Eli Lilly said clinical results of its GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs.
15. Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
    Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
16. Trump Administration Aims to Redefine ‘Harm’ for Endangered Species
    Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.
17. Climate Change Is Stressing the World’s Blood Supplies
    Extreme weather disasters, increasing as the planet warms, can curb blood donations while increasing demand, a new analysis found.
18. WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty
    The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.
19. RFK Jr. Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers
    The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors scientists say are likely contributing to rising rates of the condition.
20. 2 Judges Order Federal Agencies to Unfreeze Climate Money
    The rulings are setbacks to Trump’s efforts to halt climate and environmental funding approved under the Biden administration.
21. Faces From a Meth Surge
    The devastating stimulant has been hitting Portland, Maine hard, even competing with fentanyl as the street drug of choice. Although a fentanyl overdose can be reversed with Narcan, no medicine can reverse a meth overdose. Nor has any been approved to treat meth addiction.Unlike fentanyl, which sedates users, meth can make people anxious and violent. Its effects can overwhelm not just users but community residents and emergency responders.Here are voices from one troubled neighborhood.
22. What to Know About Today’s Meth
    The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that can swiftly reverse a meth overdose and none approved to treat meth addiction.
23. As Fentanyl Deaths Slow, Meth Comes for Maine
    A powerful stimulant that keeps users sleepless for days and can ignite psychosis and violence has been rattling Portland and its safety networks.
24. Trump Seeks to Lower Drug Prices Through Medicare and Some Imports
    President Trump directed his administration to help states import drugs from Canada. But a proposal to alter a Medicare program to reduce costs could wind up raising prices.
25. Autism Rate Continues to Rise Among Children, C.D.C. Reports
    While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.”
26. How Trump Might Unwittingly Cut Emissions From Online Shopping
    Fast fashion retailers rely heavily on shipping by air. The president’s tariffs could change that.
27. This Therapist Helped Clients Feel Better. It Was A.I.
    In the first clinical trial of its kind, an A.I. chatbot eased mental health symptoms among participants. The technology may someday help solve the provider shortage.
28. Trump’s Tariff Threat for Drug imports Poses Big Political Risks
    Levies on Americans’ daily prescriptions and other medicines could raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of critical drugs.
29. A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He’s Also Paid to Promote It.
    Funded by the maple industry, a researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that syrup could help prevent serious diseases.
30. Older People Seeking Care for Cannabis Use at Greater Risk for Dementia, Study Finds
    Users needing emergency care or hospitalization were more likely to later develop dementia, researchers reported. That does not prove cannabis was the cause.
31. To Fight Federal Job Cuts, Energy Experts and States Try a New Argument
    In letters to multiple agencies, the focus is on how job reductions at E.P.A., Interior and other agencies would hurt President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda.
32. Blue Origin’s First All-Female Spaceflight Stunt
    Blue Origin’s all-female flight proves that women are now free to enjoy capitalism’s most extravagant spoils alongside rich men.
33. This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?
    Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had to see if their method would work in a pig.
34. Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Sperm Whale Teeth and Bones
    Lauren H. DeLoach of South Carolina admitted to importing more than $18,000 worth of sperm whale parts from Australia, Latvia, Norway and Ukraine, prosecutors said.
35. Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?
    With diagnoses at a record high, some experts have begun to question our assumptions about the condition — and how to treat it.
36. The Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vaccines
    The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public health good.
37. How Lauren Sanchez Helped Design Blue Origin’s Flight Suits
    Lauren Sánchez teamed up with Monse to redesign the Blue Origin flight suits with its all-female launch in mind.
38. RFK Jr. Accuses FDA of Drug Industry Influence That Barred Alternative Remedies
    The nation’s health secretary addressed agency employees, asking them to shed any corporate influence. But he did not address the mass layoffs that have gutted oversight of tobacco and vapes, food safety and drug reviews.
39. White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled
    A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.
40. Trump Administration Delays Plan to Limit Pricey Bandages
    Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” reached $10 billion last year. A leading seller made a large donation to President Trump’s election campaign.
41. Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So
    The president is trying new shortcuts to eliminate energy and environmental rules, but legal experts say the efforts could face high hurdles.
42. Pig Kidney Removed From Alabama Woman After Organ Rejection
    Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal.
43. Miami-Dade Mayor Vetoes Plan to Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water
    The veto by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, a Democrat, pushed back on a growing campaign against the mineral, which has been used for decades to prevent cavities.
44. New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee
    A draft global agreement sets a fee for cargo ships, which carry the vast majority of world trade, to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.
45. Experts Doubt Kennedy’s Timetable for Finding the Cause of Autism
    The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.