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In Goa, about 40 percent of free-roaming dogs are too skittish to be easily handled. Atul Loke for The New York Times Rabies Kills Tens of Thousands Yearly. Vaccinating Dogs Could Stop It. By JAMES GORMAN Sometimes the interests of humans and animals are the same, but humans have to save the animals first. • Five Things to Know About Rabies • Where Rabies Is Entrenched

Deep Sea Productions/MMT A Shipwreck, 500 Years Old, Appears on the Baltic Seabed By WILLIAM J. BROAD Its condition is pristine, but its identity is a mystery. For now, maritime archaeologists call it Okänt Skepp, Swedish for "unknown ship." NASA Christopher Kraft, NASA's Face and Voice of Mission Control, Dies at 95 By ROBERT D. MCFADDEN He directed the first piloted orbital flights, orchestrated spacewalks, oversaw the first lunar landing and led the space center in Houston. Stanford University Why Are These Mice Hallucinating? Scientists Are in Their Heads By CARL ZIMMER New laser technology appeared to trigger particular images in the brains of lab mice. Jim Wilson/The New York Times Health Facts Aren't Enough. Should Persuasion Become a Priority? By AARON E. CARROLL Those with the least understanding of science oppose it the most and also think they know the most, a study showed.

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Amrita Marino Most Wikipedia Profiles Are of Men. This Scientist Is Changing That. By MAYA SALAM Jessica Wade has added nearly 700 Wikipedia biographies for important female and minority scientists in less than two years. Jose C. Noguera Even Unhatched, Birds Exchange Survival Skills By KNVUL SHEIKH Eggs vibrate in response to parental alarm calls, then pass on the warning to nearby eggs. Photo Illustration by Jessica Pettway for The New York Times NASA Practices Space Gardening to Pack Lunchboxes for Mars By SARAH MERVOSH Astronauts would probably have to grow some of their own food to survive a round trip to Mars. Could a crop of chiles be the gateway to the future? Xubo Liu This New Liquid Is Magnetic, and Mesmerizing By KNVUL SHEIKH Scientists have created "soft" magnets that can flow and change shape, and that could be a boon to medicine and robotics. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute How 'The Lion King' Gets Real-Life Lion Family Dynamics Wrong By KNVUL SHEIKH Disney's 2019 remake is no nature documentary. It should probably be "The Lion Queen" because males don't rule the pride; females do. Diego Goldberg Mitchell Feigenbaum, Physicist, Dies at 74; He Made Sense of Chaos By KENNETH CHANG His discovery of what seemed at first a mathematical curiosity led to what is known as the Feigenbaum constant, a pattern of chaos found in nature.

Why Are Native Hawaiians Protesting Against a Telescope? By MEGHAN MINER MURRAY Bill Wehrum, an Architect of E.P.A. Rollbacks, Faces New Ethics Inquiry By LISA FRIEDMAN France Nudges Europe Into Space Race, Where It Lags Behind By NORIMITSU ONISHI Q&A What would dinosaur meat have tasted like? By C. CLAIBORNE RAY

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Health Gracia Lam Personal Health The Downside of Having a Sweet Tooth By JANE E. BRODY Regular consumption of sugary drinks heightens the risk not only of tooth decay, obesity, fatty liver disease and Type 2 diabetes, but also of heart disease and premature death. Nick Schnelle for The New York Times Discrimination Is Hard to Prove, Even Harder to Fix By PAULA SPAN Even when older plaintiffs win their suits, correcting institutional biases can take years. Mohammad Khursheed/Reuters 3,271 Pill Bottles, a Town of 2,831: Court Filings Say Corporations Fed Opioid Epidemic By JAN HOFFMAN, KATIE THOMAS AND DANNY HAKIM Cities and counties are suing major drugstore chains and Walmart, contending they distributed billions of painkillers that devastated communities. Jessica Marx for The New York Times Contact Lens Start-Up, Big on Social Media, May Be Bad for Eyes, Doctors Say By SAPNA MAHESHWARI The company, Hubble, offers customers contact lens subscriptions at low monthly prices. Critics say it bypasses eye care professionals, doesn't properly vet prescriptions and takes advantage of federal regulations to the detriment of consumers. Hannah Yoon for The New York Times When Grandparents Help Hold It All Together By PAULA SPAN Sociologists use the term "intensive grandparenting" to refer to a commitment to providing regular child care, often accompanied by housekeeping or other tasks. iStock A Layered Approach to Preventing Drowning By PERRI KLASS, M.D. It happens to people who think it could never happen to them.

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