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• NYT > Science2026-10-15✓ Read

  Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery

  A Russian researcher, who died from an unknown illness, worked at a remote anti-plague facility. Few foreigners have visited these labs, which dot the former Soviet states, and are shrouded in secrecy.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-14✓ Read

  Bleached Coral Rebounded After Touching Healthy Coral, Study Finds

  After sick corals were placed in direct contact with healthy ones of the same genetic make-up, they recovered at “incredible” speed, scientists found.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-14✓ Read

  A New World of Lung Cancer Therapy Awaits Pope Leo

  Lung cancer is still a leading cause of cancer death, but that rate is half what it was in the 1990s, partly because newly developed treatments are working.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-14✓ Read

  They Created a Cell That’s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now?

  SpudCells may one day produce new medicines and materials. But first scientists have to improve them — and make sure they aren’t misused.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-14✓ Read

  How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid

  For more than a decade, conservative activists held that a single atomic bomb could, without killing Americans directly, lay waste to the country — a claim that built fervor for war with Iran.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-14✓ Read

  Amit Forlit, the Israeli Private Eye at the Heart of a Climate Hacking Scandal

  He’s been linked to someone called “The Hawk.” He named his company “This Isn’t a Dentist’s Office.” The feds say he hacked American environmentalists.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-13✓ Read

  How a Logging Industry Downturn Fuels Wildfires

  Loggers are finding it impossible to profitably harvest some federal forests. That leaves more fuel for fires to accumulate.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-13✓ Read

  What Can Four-Winged Dinosaurs Teach Us About Birds?

  Flight was probably more widespread in dinosaurs than previously thought. A newly identified species sheds light on how some achieved liftoff.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-13✓ Read

  There’s Worlds Out There More Habitable Than Earth

  Scientists believe there are planets outside our solar system where life is even more abundant and sustainable.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-13✓ Read

  NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record

  Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-12✓ Read

  He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried

  In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-12✓ Read

  How Do Cuttlefish Hide? Scientists Search for the Secret to Camouflage

  Cephalopods are masters of camouflage. Scientists want to decipher how the process works in the brain.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-11✓ Read

  The Times’s New Space Editor Has Her Eye on the Cosmos

  On the Science desk, Victoria Jaggard spends her days pondering the universe’s most pressing mysteries.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-11✓ Read

  Who Were the Vikings? 21 Graves Weave a Tale of Hunters, Nomads and Sorceresses

  “The Sea-King and the Sorceress” examines the lives and deaths of the diverse people who called themselves Vikings.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-11✓ Read

  New York City’s Latest Famous Family Is a Hoot. Yes, They’re Barn Owls

  The city’s latest feathered extraordinaires are captivating the Upper West Side with their screeches.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-10✓ Read

  Why Ketamine Immobilizes Some Users

  Potent powders can produce a nearly catatonic state, particularly in those who have not tried the drug before.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-10✓ Read

  Mathematician Who Waited 50 Years for Proper Credit for Her Work Has Died

  At the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mary Tsingou Menzel’s computer programming helped set the stage for chaos theory and other fields.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-10✓ Read

  Will We Ever Understand Dementia?

  Since the days of Dr. Alzheimer himself, there has been a dream that severe senility might have an explanation — and a cure. The search for both has never been more urgent.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-10✓ Read

  The Underappreciated Benefits of Leaving Fallen Leaves Alone

  To homeowners, fallen leaves look like work. To nature, they’re an investment, with tremendous value on the secondary market as invertebrate real estate.

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• NYT > Science2026-10-09✓ Read

  Big Controversy Upends a Contest About Microscopic Videos

  Nikon announced that it had disqualified the winner of its Small World in Motion competition over how A.I. was used in his submission.

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