Timef 06/13/2025
- How a Purge at One Obscure Panel Could Disrupt Vaccinations nytimes.com2025-06-13 17:01:56
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, dismissed 17 scientific advisers to the C.D.C. Critics fear newly appointed members will roll back vaccine recommendations.
- Amanda Feilding, Countess Who Drilled a Hole in Her Head, Dies at 82 nytimes.com2025-06-13 04:27:15
She was ridiculed for drilling a hole in her skull to increase blood flow, but her foundation’s research into the therapeutic use of counterculture drugs proved visionary.
- Soaring Temperatures Threaten Crops, So Scientists Are Looking to Alter the Plants nytimes.com2025-06-13 04:17:09
Genetically altering crops may be key to helping them adapt to extreme temperatures. But shrinking funds and social acceptance stand in the way.
- Shining a Light on the World of Microproteins nytimes.com2025-06-13 02:50:16
From viruses to humans, life makes microproteins that have evaded discovery until now.
- A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres. nytimes.com2025-06-13 00:38:11
Senate Republicans want to sell the land to build more housing in the West, but the idea is contentious even within their own party.
- Russian Scientist Released After Four Months in Federal Custody nytimes.com2025-06-13 00:33:42
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, still faces criminal charges for failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her suitcase.
