Timef 01/17/2026
- Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80 nytimes.com2026-01-17 22:57:45
A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.
- 3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older People nytimes.com2026-01-17 21:48:52
Two regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise some worrisome questions.
- World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law nytimes.com2026-01-17 18:02:06
Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters enabling countries to create special conservation zones.
- No Link Between Acetaminophen in Pregnancy and Autism, a New Study Finds nytimes.com2026-01-17 07:30:06
The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.
- Supreme Court to Decide if the Pesticide Roundup Is Shielded From Lawsuits nytimes.com2026-01-17 05:49:53
The case could affect thousands of claims that the widely used weedkiller causes cancer.
- Virginia Coastal Offshore Wind Project Can Continue, Judge Rules nytimes.com2026-01-17 04:19:26
Construction can continue on an $11.2 billion project off the coast of Virginia, said to be more than 60 percent complete.
