Timef 10/17/2025
- U.S. Threatens Countries That Back a Fee to Clean Up Ship Pollution nytimes.com2025-10-17 21:20:09
As nations vote on a draft agreement at the International Maritime Organization this week, the Trump administration says it could sanction those supporting it.
- A Somali Hospital Closed After U.S. Aid Cuts. Fired Employees Reopened It Without Pay. nytimes.com2025-10-17 19:21:35
After the Trump administration stopped funding a medical center for women and children, a determined group of health care workers refused to let it shutter.
- Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too. nytimes.com2025-10-17 17:02:23
Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes.
- ‘You Could Treat a Child for a Few Dollars.’ Now Those Clinics Are Gone. nytimes.com2025-10-17 17:01:10
Hunger and the diseases that stalk small children have surged in Somalia after the U.S. slashed its aid to the country.
- An Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever nytimes.com2025-10-17 17:00:18
Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a high-speed data connection.
- Jeffrey Meldrum, Scholar Who Stalked Bigfoot, Dies at 67 nytimes.com2025-10-17 05:23:17
His willingness to bring scientific rigor to Sasquatch studies earned him the gratitude of enthusiasts and the withering scorn of debunkers.
