timef 03/13/2026
- E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on Ethylene Oxide nytimes.com2026-03-13 23:32:11
The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer and other ailments.
- Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle NCAR Research Lab nytimes.com2026-03-13 23:06:28
Proposals include transferring a supercomputer to the University of Wyoming and shifting a space weather lab to a private company.
- A New Lifeline Helps Inmates Transition to Life Out of Prison nytimes.com2026-03-13 17:01:06
Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.
- Palisades Fire Recovery Tests L.A.’s Ability to Invest in Resilience nytimes.com2026-03-13 17:01:05
Palisades fire victims want to raise money for disaster hardening. Their idea could be a model — if it can get past L.A.’s most vexing housing problems.
- His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts. nytimes.com2026-03-13 17:00:21
Will Mair, who studies aging, lost almost all his research funds when the White House cracked down on Harvard. He was wholly unprepared for the upheaval that followed.
- NASA Says Artemis II Moon Launch Is On Track for April 1 nytimes.com2026-03-13 05:52:22
After postponing launch opportunities in February and March, the agency determined that four astronauts could proceed toward the first crewed lunar journey in more than 50 years.
- Flowers Are Blooming in California’s Death Valley nytimes.com2026-03-13 00:47:46
Visitors are flocking to see a bonanza of wildflowers that has transformed this barren desert.
