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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Brian Stauffer
By DENNIS OVERBYE
Axions? Phantom energy? Astrophysicists scramble to patch a hole in the universe, rewriting cosmic history in the process.
Top left, a male blue morpho butterfly; top middle, a female. The remainder are gynandromorphic, with both male and female characteristics.
Nipam H. Patel
By KAREN WEINTRAUB
From butterflies to chickens to lobsters, mixed male-female bodies offer clues as to why certain diseases strike one gender more often than the other.
Millie Georgiadis/Indiana University School of Medicine
By CARL ZIMMER
DNA is spelled out with four letters, or bases. Researchers have now built a system with eight. It may hold clues to the potential for life elsewhere in the universe and could also expand our capacity to store digital data on Earth
SpaceIL's Beresheet spacecraft, with technicians and the company's C.E.O., Ido Anteby, second left, in December.
Ariel Schalit/Associated Press
By KENNETH CHANG
With $100 million and a lot of volunteer labor, SpaceIL's Beresheet spacecraft could be the first privately built vessel to reach the lunar surface.
• After SpaceX Launch, Israeli Spacecraft Begins Journey to the Moon
Lonnie G. Johnson created the design for what would one day be called the Super Soaker. Sales for the toy reached $200 million in 1992.
Alan S. Weiner for The New York Times
By CLAUDIO E. CABRERA AND JULIA JACOBS
Garrett Morgan created an improved gas mask. Marie Van Brittan Brown patented a home security system. Lonnie Johnson dreamed up the Super Soaker.
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A new species of dinosaur, a tiny relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, called Moros intrepidus, lived 96 million years ago and its fossils were found in central Utah.
Jorge Gonzalez
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
The deer-sized dinosaur preceded one of Earth's most fearsome predators.
A recent image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the planet Neptune, whose tally of moons has been upped to 14 in a new paper.
NASA, ESA, A. Simon, M. Wong and A. Hsu
By SHANNON HALL
There is much more to learn about the solar system's eighth planet, which hasn't been visited by a spacecraft for 30 years.
Wallace's giant bee, shown here with a honeybee for scale, has a wingspan of more than 2.5 inches and a body the size of a thumb.
Clay Bolt
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
An expedition of conservationists found a living Wallace's Giant Bee on remote islands in Indonesia. It hadn't been seen since 1981.
Those stripes might be some of nature's most effective insect repellent.
Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press
By JOANNA KLEIN
If you spend time around horses or flies, you might want to invest in some zebra print.
 
The shadow of Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft cast over the asteroid Ryugu last year.
Japan's Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Lands on Ryugu Asteroid
By MICHAEL ROSTON AND KENNETH CHANG

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Climate Change
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, right, announcing the resolution on Feb. 7.
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By LISA FRIEDMAN
If you've heard a lot recently about the Green New Deal but still aren't quite sure what it is, we're here to help.
Water from recent heavy rainstorms breached a levee in Novato, Calif., on Feb. 14.
Terry Chea/Associated Press
By CORAL DAVENPORT
The Pentagon and federal intelligence agencies have said that climate change is a threat. Now, the White House is planning a panel to study whether that is true.
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Personal Health
By JANE E. BRODY
Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries among older adults. Every 19 minutes in this country, an older person dies from a fall.
CBD was offered at a Florida coffee shop in 2018. Some local governments are cracking down on its sales.
Jennifer Lett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel, via Associated Press
By RONI CARYN RABIN
"It is a kind of a new snake oil in the sense that there are a lot of claims and not so much evidence," said one expert.
One in 10 children with measles gets an ear infection, which can lead to permanent deafness.
Francis R Malasig/EPA, via Shutterstock
By PAM BELLUCK AND ADEEL HASSAN
The disease was declared eliminated in 2000. So far this year, there have been more than 100 cases.
An abortion rights supporter in Metairie, La.
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By PAM BELLUCK
The new rule would steer federal family planning funds under Title X to anti-abortion and faith based groups.
Getty Images
By PERRI KLASS, M.D.
When report cards were sent out on Fridays, child maltreatment seemed to increase on the Saturdays immediately following.
 
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By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Snoring at night, tired all day? These are just a few common symptoms of sleep apnea, and here's a guide for what you can do if you think you (or sleep next to someone who may) have the condition.
Bows & Arrows
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Men who could get through 40 or more push-ups had 96 percent less risk of heart problems in the next 10 years than those who quit at 10 or fewer.
A mural in downtown Denver in 2017, sponsored by the California-based health system Kaiser Permanente. Seven in 10 American teenagers said that mental health was a big issue among people their age.
RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post, via Getty Images
By KAREN ZRAICK
A Pew Research Center survey found that teenagers across all demographic groups grapple with mental health issues.
 
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