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Mackenzie Ames has a hereditary heart condition that killed her grandfather, lower left, at age 30. Her mother, lower right, had heart surgery when she was 42. Eamon Queeney for The New York Times Why Aren't Heart Patients Getting These Cholesterol-Reducers? By GINA KOLATA Powerful PCSK9 inhibitors were supposed to revolutionize care for cardiac patients. But insurers and other payers balked at sky-high prices.

Hassan Ammar/Associated Press Who Wants to Eat a Gooey Jellyfish? Pretty Much Everyone in the Ocean By CARL ZIMMER Scientists had long assumed that few creatures dined on these gelatinous animals. But new research suggests that jellyfish may be an important part of the ocean's food supply. Heritage Auctions Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon. To These Boys, He Was Just Dad. By KENNETH CHANG With an upcoming auction of the astronaut's keepsakes, his sons reflect on an unusual childhood. Francisco Estrada-Belli/PACUNAM Hidden Kingdoms of the Ancient Maya Revealed in a 3-D Laser Map By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Using technology known as lidar, a team of archaeologists found evidence beneath the jungle canopy in Guatemala of how the Mesoamerican civilization altered its landscape. Gracia Lam Personal Health The Risk of Alternative Cancer Treatments By JANE E. BRODY Avoiding evidence-based treatments in favor of untested ones can contribute to higher death rates, a Yale study found.

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Hanna Franzen/EPA, via Shutterstock Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to U.S., French and Canadian Scientists By THE NEW YORK TIMES Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland were recognized for their work in developing tools made of light beams. Toshihisa Yashiro Life With No Males? These Termites Show That It's Possible By STEPH YIN A discovery among termite colonies in Japan suggests that males can be discarded from advanced societies in which they once played an active role. Antara Foto/Reuters Indonesia Tsunami's Power After Earthquake Surprises Scientists By HENRY FOUNTAIN Catastrophic tsunamis often result from quakes that move vertically along a fault. Friday's was different, moving mostly horizontally. U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York The Bizarre Tale of the 'Dinosaur Artist' Who Trafficked in Stolen Fossils By PETER BRANNEN Paige Williams tells a panoramic story that has, at its center, a man who tried to sell a stolen Tyrannosaurus skeleton from Mongolia. Alba Vigaray/EPA, via Shutterstock Biased News Media or Biased Readers? An Experiment on Trust By JONATHAN ROTHWELL Those who are most distrustful of the news media, and those with more extreme political views, tend to be the most biased readers, research shows. Jaime Chirinos/Zoological Society of London The Elephant Bird Regains Its Title as the Largest Bird That Ever Lived By DOUGLAS QUENQUA A study seeks to restore the elephant bird's heavyweight title, finding one member of a previously unidentified genus of the birds could have weighed more than 1,700 pounds.

The Marvelous Filters in the Manta Ray's Mouth By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD Killer Whales Face Dire PCBs Threat By KAREN WEINTRAUB Trump Administration Prepares a Major Weakening of Mercury Emissions Rules By CORAL DAVENPORT Q&A Why do some fabrics become transparent when wet? By C. CLAIBORNE RAY

Climate Change Tomas Munita for The New York Times Across Senegal, the Beloved Baobab Tree Is the 'Pride of the Neighborhood' By DIONNE SEARCEY Baobabs have endured for centuries as essential cultural symbols. But increasingly, they are threatened by climate change, urbanization and a growing population. Josh Haner/The New York Times Saving Scotland's Heritage From the Rising Seas By JIM DWYER AND JOSH HANER Citizens and scientists on the Orkney Islands are racing to protect thousands of ancient structures threatened by climate change.

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Health T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times They Say Sexual Assault, Kavanaugh Says It Never Happened: Sifting Truth From Memory By BENEDICT CAREY AND JAN HOFFMAN How trauma and time alter the way we recollect significant events. • Expecting Women to Describe How Sexual Assault Affected Them Creates Barriers to Reporting It Jonathan Nackstrand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy Researchers By DENISE GRADY James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo were recognized for a discovery that the body's immune system can be used to attack cancer cells. Eye of Science/Science Source Breakthrough Leukemia Treatment Backfires in a Rare Case By DENISE GRADY The groundbreaking treatment that genetically engineers a patient's own cells to fight leukemia turned lethal in one patient, reversing his remission. Stephanie DeAngelis The Confidence Gap for Girls: 5 Tips for Parents of Tween and Teen Girls By CLAIRE SHIPMAN, KATTY KAY AND JILLELLYN RILEY Between the ages of 8 and 14, girls' confidence levels fall by 30 percent. Fighting it requires taking some risks. Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images More Evidence That Nutrition Studies Don't Always Add Up By ANAHAD O'CONNOR A Cornell food scientist's downfall could reveal a bigger problem in nutrition research. Getty Images Are We Wired to Sit? By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Even when people know that exercise is desirable and plan to work out, electrical signals within their brains may be nudging them toward being sedentary.

Ask Well Many medications should be taken on an empty stomach. How do you know when your stomach is empty? By RICHARD KLASCO, M.D. In the Nursing Home, Empty Beds and Quiet Halls By PAULA SPAN Kids' Brainpower Tied to Exercise, Sleep and Limited Screen Time By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Syphilis Rises Sharply Among Newborns By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

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