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The COP28 Climate Summit Has Gadgets, Networking and Even a Light Show

Outside the negotiating rooms, COP28 is part trade fair, part lobbyist jamboree, part debate tournament. And, there’s a light show every evening.

A Quarter of Freshwater Fish Are at Risk of Extinction, a New Assessment Finds

A global update from the leading authority on the status of species shows that climate change is compounding other threats to plants and animals.

What Ails Offshore Wind: Supply Chains, Ships and Interest Rates

A few years ago, interest in offshore wind energy was so strong that developers proposed spending tens of billions of dollars to plunk hundreds of turbines the size of skyscrapers in the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Virginia.But several of those projects have recently...

How NASA Learned to Love the Worm Logo

ImageLast month, NASA welcomed Richard Danne to its headquarters in Washington to celebrate work he had done nearly half a century ago.Mr. Danne never studied the stars. He never built a rocket.But he and his design partner, Bruce Blackburn, came up with one of...

Was Maine Gunman’s Brain Damaged by Blast Exposure in the Army?

After a 40-year-old Army Reservist named Robert Card went on a shooting spree in Lewiston, Maine, in October, his community grasped for answers.Eighteen people were killed. Neighborhoods were locked down for days as the police hunted for Mr. Card. Then, after he was found...

Should Penn’s Troubles Force a Rethink of University Leadership?

In the wake of a controversy at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard over antisemitism, a debate has arisen over whether academics are best suited to lead big schools.ImageImageRethinking university leadership After weeks of criticism from alumni, donors and public officials — and disastrous...

Gazans Mass at Border, and Pressure Rises on Harvard’s President

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Is Anti-Zionism Always Antisemitic? A Fraught Question for the Moment.

From the halls of Congress to America’s streets and universities, a once largely academic issue has roiled national discourse, inciting accusations of bigotry and countercharges of bullying.The brutal shedding of Jewish blood on Oct. 7, followed by Israel’s relentless military assault on Gaza, has...

Merck, Moderna begin new Phase 3 trial for mRNA-based cancer therapy

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Tencent, other chip designers aim to fill Nvidia void in China amid US curbs – report

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