Timef 04/02/2025
- This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning nytimes.com2025-04-02 04:31:54
Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said.
- Trump Administration Begins Layoffs at CDC, FDA and Other Health Agencies nytimes.com2025-04-02 02:36:24
The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically overhaul the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Federal Health Workers Make Up Less Than 1% of Agency Spending nytimes.com2025-04-02 02:07:47
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing homes.
- Dr. Oz ‘Disavows’ Support for Transgender Care, Allaying a Senator’s Concerns nytimes.com2025-04-02 00:50:44
Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, pressed Dr. Oz on transgender care and abortion, and now says he will vote for the physician’s confirmation to become head of Medicare and Medicaid.
- How the Myanmar Earthquake Shook Skyscrapers in Bangkok nytimes.com2025-04-02 00:22:59
Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions.
