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1. Climate
2. Space & Astronomy
3. Health
4. Trilobites
5. Origins
6. Out There
7. Covid Pandemic

Highlights

1. Origins

   What Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship.

   Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly from future shocks.

    By Carl Zimmer

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2. Trilobites

   Mountain Goats Are Not Avalanche-Proof

   The scene ends badly, as you might imagine.

    By Lesley Evans Ogden

   CreditKevin White

3. Trilobites

   Swimming Beneath Sand, It's 'the Hardest of All Animals to Find'

   Indigenous rangers in Australia's Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface.

    By Anthony Ham

   CreditKanyirninpa Jukurrpa Martu Rangers

4. A Conversation With

   Edward Dwight Aims for Space at Last

   Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight's shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he's finally going up.

    By Matt Richtel

   CreditNathan Bajar for The New York Times

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2. From Baby Talk to Baby A.I.

   Could a better understanding of how infants acquire language help us build smarter A.I. models?

    By Oliver Whang

   CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times

   Mind

3. Honeybees Invaded My House, and No One Would Help

   Responding to fears of a "honeybee collapse," 30 states have passed laws to protect the pollinators. But when they invaded my house, I learned that the honeybees didn't need saving.

    By Sarah Kliff

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Trilobites