This is an edition of The Weekly Planet, a newsletter that provides a guide for living through climate change. Sign up for it here. If you live in a single-family…
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Michel Euler / AP Mason Symons of the United States and Mike Whitehead of Canada vie for the ball during the 2024 Paralympics wheelchair rugby match between United States and…
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Kacper Pempel / Reuters The final Paralympic torchbearers gaze at the “Flying Cauldron” after lighting it in Paris on August 28, 2024. More than 4,400 athletes from more than 180…
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Not long ago, tracking the spread of a virus by sampling wastewater counted as a novelty in the United States. Today, wastewater monitoring offers one of the most comprehensive pictures…
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For many Christian families who desire children, in-vitro fertilization has long held an uneasy position. To maximize the chances of a viable pregnancy, IVF usually involves creating more embryos than…
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Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general of the United States, used to spend his time focused on the traditional issues of the nation’s doctor. He led campaigns and authored reports to…
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Halo hair extensions are so easy to put on, feel weightless, and make you instantly look glam in just a few minutes. But without seamlessly blending them in with your…
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For nearly 50 years, the Hyde Amendment has been considered an unassailable fixture of the United States budget. First passed in 1976, just three years after the now-defunct Roe v.…
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The wave of new obesity drugs has been defined as much by people who are taking them as by those who aren’t. For all the hype, the weekly shots have…
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By the time Lisa started breaking open her Mounjaro pens with pliers, she had run out of other ideas. She was 300 pounds. She had already tried bariatric surgery. (It…