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A view of The Point in Newport, Rhode Island. Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times 'We Cannot Save Everything': A Historic Neighborhood Confronts Rising Seas By CORNELIA DEAN Colonial-era homes line the streets of The Point in Newport, R.I. Climate change is forcing experts to reimagine the future of historic preservation here. • A Renowned Home, Prone to Flooding, Tests the Ingenuity of Engineers

James Steinberg Aid in Dying Soon Will be Available to More Americans. Few Will Choose It. By PAULA SPAN By October, more than one in five U.S. adults will be able to obtain lethal prescriptions if terminally ill. But for those who try, obstacles remain. Wes Frazer for The New York Times Sarah Parcak Thinks We Need to Learn From the Fall of Egypt's Old Kingdom By JOSHUA SOKOL In a new book, the archaeologist makes the case that ancient history illuminates solutions to modern problems. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Source New Weapons Against Cancer: Millions of Bacteria Programmed to Kill By CARL ZIMMER Genetically modified microbes release "nanobodies" that alert the immune system to cancer in mice, scientists report. Doug Mills/The New York Times Trump Saw Opportunity in Speech on Environment. Critics Saw a '"1984" Moment.' By KATIE ROGERS AND CORAL DAVENPORT Consultants thought the speech would help President Trump's re-election efforts. But experts said many of the president's claims weren't based in fact. • Fact Check: Trump's Misleading Claims About His Environmental Record

ONE GIANT LEAP: THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING, 50 YEARS ON On July 21, The New York Times presents the reading of a short play by Tony Award-winning author J.T. Rogers. Commissioned specifically for this event, the play weaves together transcripts of the Apollo 11 mission, Times coverage from the period and excerpts from interviews with the men and women who made it happen. Following the reading, Michael Barbaro of "The Daily" will host an onstage conversation with Michael Collins, command module pilot on Apollo 11, Peggy Whitson, the first female commander of the International Space Station, and Poppy Northcutt, the first female engineer to work in NASA's mission control, starting with Apollo 8. Tickets $50–$200. For more information, see https://timesevents.nytimes.com/onegiantleap.

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Thomas Prior for The New York Times Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life. What Could Go Wrong? By MATTHEW SHAER In experiments on pig organs, scientists at Yale made a discovery that could someday challenge our understanding of what it means to die. Melissa Aja DNA Begins to Unlock Secrets of the Ancient Philistines By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Genetic analysis of remains from ruins in Israel hints at the origins of the Levantine people described in the Hebrew Bible. New York University Archives The Moon Sits for Its Portrait By VICKI GOLDBERG A trailblazing exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum explores our fascination with the moon, from the first time Galileo trained his telescope on it to the present. Neon CNN Films Remembering Apollo 11: What to Watch and Listen To By MEKADO MURPHY As the 50th anniversary of the moon landing approaches, these movies, television shows and podcasts help shine a light on the story.

Mickey Kapp, Who Made Mixtapes for Astronauts, Dies at 88 By NEIL GENZLINGER During a Solar Eclipse, What Are Plants Doing? By CARA GIAIMO Could This Be the End of Frankincense? By JOANNA KLEIN Q&A Do any animals have fingerprints or other features that uniquely identify individuals? By C. CLAIBORNE RAY

Climate Change Sean Gallup/Getty Images Heat Wave Nudged the Planet to Its Hottest June, European Forecasters Say By HENRY FOUNTAIN A United States government analysis due this month is expected to reach similar conclusions, though the rankings of record months might differ slightly. Ben C. Solomon/The New York Times Melting Greenland Is Awash in Sand By HENRY FOUNTAIN As the changing climate melts Greenland's ice sheet, the runoff is filling its fjords with immense amounts of sand. Will the world want to buy some? Erin Kirkland for The New York Times Climate Change Denialists Dubbed Auto Makers the 'Opposition' in Fight Over Trump's Emissions Rollback By HIROKO TABUCHI Newly released government emails show how climate denier groups quickly dominated the internal discussion over the historic rollback of the Obama-era climate rules. Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times Restoring Forests Could Help Put a Brake on Global Warming, Study Finds By SOMINI SENGUPTA Researchers looked at how many trees could be planted on every available parcel of land on Earth, where they could go, and what impact could be on our survival.

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Health Gracia Lam Personal Health The Challenge of Caring for a Stroke Patient By JANE E. BRODY A young woman's struggle to help a husband whose brain was suddenly scrambled. Jeenah Moon for The New York Times Why So Many of Us Don't Lose Weight When We Exercise By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Most of us eat more when we exercise, and though it may be just a few extra bites a day, the result is weight gain. Michael Kirby Smith for The New York Times What Would Giving Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants Mean? By JAN HOFFMAN Nearly every Democrat running for president supports the idea, a sharp change from even a few years ago. Here's a look at the policy behind the politics. Marco Bello/Reuters The Zika Virus Is Still a Threat. Here's What the Experts Know. By ANDREW JACOBS The mosquito-transmitted virus, which can cause severe birth defects, faded after 2016, but it's still circulating and has now spread to other countries. iStock Team Sports May Help Children Deal With Trauma By PERRI KLASS, M.D. Training, working hard, and learning to win and lose helps children develop resilience, experts say. Kelly Radinsky What Do Teenagers Need? Ask the Family Dog By LISA DAMOUR Pets provide comforts that seem tailor-made for the stresses of normal adolescent development. Johnson & Johnson Judge Blocks Trump Rule Requiring Drug Companies to List Prices in TV Ads By KATIE THOMAS AND KATIE ROGERS A federal court judge said the Health and Human Services Department had overreached its regulatory authority in trying to force drugmakers to disclose their prices. Kate Warren for The New York Times To Reduce Hospital Noise, Researchers Create Alarms That Whistle and Sing By EMILY S. RUEB Why do medical devices sound so terrible? A group of clinicians, psychologists, musicians and designers are developing signals that are less startling and more informative. Listen here.

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