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A long-tailed weasel in Yellowstone National Park.
A long-tailed weasel in Yellowstone National Park. George Sanker/NPL/Minden Pictures
Weasels Are Built for the Hunt
By NATALIE ANGIER
Members of the mustelid family, including badgers, ferrets and otters, have evolved into remarkable predators.
 
Dr. Alexis LaPietra used a non-opioid trigger point injection to treat Fausto Arce's muscle spasm, which was so painful he couldn't turn his head.
Mark Makela for The New York Times
By JAN HOFFMAN
Instead of opioids, the emergency room at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J. treats most pain patients with alternatives like laughing gas, trigger-point injections and even a therapy harp.
Dawnie Wolfe Steadman, right, director of the University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center, widely known as the Body Farm. Research there found that animals make a poor basis for comparison in determining a human being's time of death.
Mike Belleme for The New York Times
By ERICA GOODE
Forensic experts have long used decomposing pigs as proxies for humans in estimating when someone died. But a study found pigs make poor stand-ins.
The zoologist Samuel K. Wasser at the University of Washington.
Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
A Conversation With
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS
A conservation biologist discusses his forensic analysis using DNA to determine the origins of seized elephant ivory.
After surgical and hormonal treatment, George Jorgensen, a Bronx-born G.I., became Christine Jorgensen, a nightclub entertainer and advocate for transsexual rights.
Fred Morgan/NY Daily News Archive, via Getty Images
Personal Health
By JANE E. BRODY
The current bathroom controversy reflects prejudice and misinformation about people who identify as transgender.
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Female mosquitoes that have been altered as part of a gene drive experiment.
Gene Editing to Alter Whole Species Gets Limited Backing
By AMY HARMON
A technique to change or eliminate entire populations of organisms could be used against virus-carrying mosquitoes. It could also have unintended consequences.
White-footed mice carry the pathogen that causes Lyme disease. An M.I.T. scientist is proposing to create mice that are genetically engineered to break the cycle of transmission.
Fighting Lyme Disease in the Genes of Nantucket's Mice
By AMY HARMON
Residents there heard a proposal Monday from an M.I.T. scientist to use genetically engineered mice to stop the spread of the tick-borne disease.
Remains dating to around 700,000 years ago discovered on the island of Flores.
New Fossils Strengthen Case for 'Hobbit' Species
By CARL ZIMMER
Teeth, a piece of jaw and tools dating to 700,000 years ago support the idea that ancestors of Homo floresiensis arrived in Indonesia about a million years ago.
A Polar Bear's Point of View
By JAMES GORMAN
Collar-mounted cameras have produced glimpses of a polar bear's life, giving researchers a picture of their activities and energy use.
Yes, There Have Been Aliens
By ADAM FRANK
They may not exist now. But new discoveries imply that they once did.
 
Kosuke Morita, center, led the researchers at the Riken institute in Japan, which discovered element 113. It now has the proposed name of Nihonium.
Four Elements on the Periodic Table Get New Names
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR

The CarbFix project uses carbon dioxide that bubbles up naturally with the hot magma that powers the Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Station in Iceland.
Iceland Carbon Dioxide Storage Project Locks Away Gas, and Fast
By HENRY FOUNTAIN

Researchers studied the genomes of a population of honeybees in South Africa, Cape bees, that often reproduce without males.
Scientists Find Genes That Let These Bees Reproduce Without Males
By JOANNA KLEIN

The west side of the newly discovered platform with a buried column drum in the foreground.
Monumental Piece of the Old, Old City of Petra
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

The Milky Way as seen from Cape Royal on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Three urban areas emanate haloes of light, from left to right: Flagstaff, Ariz., Phoenix and Prescott, Ariz., and Las Vegas.
Light Pollution Masks the Milky Way for a Third of the World's Population
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR

During the flooding in Paris, Paris, the Seine River rose about 20 feet above usual.
Quick Analysis Finds Effect of Climate Change in French Floods
By HENRY FOUNTAIN

An archerfish.
A Fish That Recognizes Peoples' Faces
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Q&A
How do insects sense and process odors?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY

 
Health
Salty Surprises in the Food You Eat
By SABRINA TAVERNISE

What if PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological?
By ROBERT F. WORTH

Why Do Health Costs Keep Rising? These People Know
By ROBERT PEAR

Meet the Ultra-Fat, Super-Cushioned Running Shoe
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Getting the Most Out of Whole Grains
By KAREN WEINTRAUB

Malnutrition and Obesity Coexist in Many Countries, Report Finds
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.

Should Pediatricians Refuse to Treat Patients Who Don't Vaccinate?
By PERRI KLASS, M.D.

Churchgoers May Live Longer
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

 
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