{"id":1338,"date":"2018-08-10T15:05:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T13:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/?page_id=1338"},"modified":"2021-02-21T13:38:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T12:38:55","slug":"ny-times-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/?page_id=1338","title":{"rendered":"NYT Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feedzy-5bcab1739d98f9485c80a7bbbc9c9618 feedzy-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/science\" class=\"rss_title\" rel=\"noopener\">NYT &gt; Science<\/a> <span class=\"rss_description\"> <\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/20\/science\/autoimmune-diseases-evolution-ms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Where Do Autoimmune Diseases Come From?\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"default\" style=\"background-image:url(\/images\/butterfly-512.png);\" title=\"Where Do Autoimmune Diseases Come From?\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/images\/butterfly-512.png\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/20\/science\/autoimmune-diseases-evolution-ms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Where Do Autoimmune Diseases Come From?<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">David Quammen<\/a> on 20 October 2026 at 09:00 <\/small><p>Our genes evolved to fight ancient threats, but in the modern world, some of those changes may be turning against us.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/science\/russia-satellite-kosmos-2612.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Russian Satellite Makes a Menacing Approach to Another Craft in Orbit\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/19\/science\/19SCI-SAT-STALKER\/19SCI-SAT-STALKER-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"Russian Satellite Makes a Menacing Approach to Another Craft in Orbit\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/19\/science\/19SCI-SAT-STALKER\/19SCI-SAT-STALKER-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/science\/russia-satellite-kosmos-2612.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Russian Satellite Makes a Menacing Approach to Another Craft in Orbit<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Kenneth Chang<\/a> on 20 October 2026 at 00:24 <\/small><p>Although Kosmos 2612 is now backing away, the maneuver raised alarm bells for analysts who see it as part of a pattern of Russian aggression.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/science\/mmx-mars-moons-jaxa-launch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"A Japanese Spacecraft Aims to Bring Back a Bit of a Martian Moon\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/19\/multimedia\/19sci-mars-moons1-mbjw\/19sci-mars-moons1-mbjw-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"A Japanese Spacecraft Aims to Bring Back a Bit of a Martian Moon\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/19\/multimedia\/19sci-mars-moons1-mbjw\/19sci-mars-moons1-mbjw-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/science\/mmx-mars-moons-jaxa-launch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">A Japanese Spacecraft Aims to Bring Back a Bit of a Martian Moon<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Kenneth Chang<\/a> on 19 October 2026 at 20:41 <\/small><p>The mission, which launched on Monday, is headed to Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars. It could carry back the first samples from the Martian system.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/us\/california-climate-change-warning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/19\/multimedia\/19nat-ca-climate-kfvm\/19nat-ca-climate-kfvm-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/19\/multimedia\/19nat-ca-climate-kfvm\/19nat-ca-climate-kfvm-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/us\/california-climate-change-warning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Soumya Karlamangla<\/a> on 19 October 2026 at 17:09 <\/small><p>The dire projections come from the state\u2019s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation\u2019s most-populous state.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/14\/science\/spudcell-adamala-biotic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"They Created a Cell That\u2019s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now?\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"default\" style=\"background-image:url(\/images\/butterfly-512.png);\" title=\"They Created a Cell That\u2019s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now?\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/images\/butterfly-512.png\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/14\/science\/spudcell-adamala-biotic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">They Created a Cell That\u2019s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now?<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Carl Zimmer<\/a> on 19 October 2026 at 16:56 <\/small><p>SpudCells may one day produce new medicines and materials. But first scientists have to improve them \u2014 and make sure they aren\u2019t misused.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/climate\/tree-pandemics-northeast-forests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/multimedia\/19CLI-TREE-PLAGUES-stillpromo\/19CLI-TREE-PLAGUES-stillpromo-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/multimedia\/19CLI-TREE-PLAGUES-stillpromo\/19CLI-TREE-PLAGUES-stillpromo-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/climate\/tree-pandemics-northeast-forests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 19 October 2026 at 15:55 <\/small><p>Trees are suffering one devastating epidemic after another, unleashed by insects and bacteria that enter the country because of global trade.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/science\/evolution-life-earth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"How Did Life Arise? Three Turning Points in Early Evolution\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/19\/multimedia\/19SCI-UNKNOWNS-ORIGINS-top-gbkw\/19SCI-UNKNOWNS-ORIGINS-top-gbkw-mediumSquareAt3X-v2.jpg');\" title=\"How Did Life Arise? Three Turning Points in Early Evolution\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/19\/multimedia\/19SCI-UNKNOWNS-ORIGINS-top-gbkw\/19SCI-UNKNOWNS-ORIGINS-top-gbkw-mediumSquareAt3X-v2.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/science\/evolution-life-earth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">How Did Life Arise? Three Turning Points in Early Evolution<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">William J. Broad, Kenneth Chang and Carl Zimmer<\/a> on 19 October 2026 at 12:56 <\/small><p>Where did it start? How did it grow complex? Why did it get big? Three moments in Earth\u2019s early history when evolution suddenly, inexplicably turned up the dial.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/world\/asia\/amelia-earhart-plane-search-explained.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"What to Know About the Search for Amelia Earhart\u2019s Plane\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/05\/15\/insider\/19xp-earhart-wwk-top\/merlin_153558765_214636da-aed5-433e-93cd-c6001de8ab5e-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"What to Know About the Search for Amelia Earhart\u2019s Plane\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/05\/15\/insider\/19xp-earhart-wwk-top\/merlin_153558765_214636da-aed5-433e-93cd-c6001de8ab5e-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/world\/asia\/amelia-earhart-plane-search-explained.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">What to Know About the Search for Amelia Earhart\u2019s Plane<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Jin Yu Young<\/a> on 19 October 2026 at 10:47 <\/small><p>A satellite image sent researchers to a remote Pacific atoll, but their findings brought no resolution to the decades-old search. Here\u2019s what to know.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/18\/science\/the-new-science-of-stuttering.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"The New Science of Stuttering\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"default\" style=\"background-image:url(\/images\/butterfly-512.png);\" title=\"The New Science of Stuttering\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/images\/butterfly-512.png\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/18\/science\/the-new-science-of-stuttering.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">The New Science of Stuttering<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Jack Tamisiea<\/a> on 18 October 2026 at 11:41 <\/small><p>Experts are reaching consensus on what the condition is. Now they\u2019re debating how best to treat it.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/17\/health\/helen-branswell-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"A Reporter Who Saw Covid Coming Has Died\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/multimedia\/16obit-branswell-lkhw\/16obit-branswell-lkhw-mediumSquareAt3X-v2.jpg');\" title=\"A Reporter Who Saw Covid Coming Has Died\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/multimedia\/16obit-branswell-lkhw\/16obit-branswell-lkhw-mediumSquareAt3X-v2.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/17\/health\/helen-branswell-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">A Reporter Who Saw Covid Coming Has Died<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Jer\u00e9 Longman<\/a> on 17 October 2026 at 17:17 <\/small><p>Helen Branswell recognized the threat of the pandemic ahead of the vast majority of journalists and even medical experts. She was 69.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/17\/science\/sothebys-science-books-auction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/17\/multimedia\/17SCI-RARE-BOOKS-01-lpjt\/17SCI-RARE-BOOKS-01-lpjt-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/17\/multimedia\/17SCI-RARE-BOOKS-01-lpjt\/17SCI-RARE-BOOKS-01-lpjt-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/17\/science\/sothebys-science-books-auction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">William J. Broad and Andres Kudacki<\/a> on 17 October 2026 at 09:01 <\/small><p>At Sotheby\u2019s, a feast of rare science books includes volumes from Copernicus, Galileo and Newton that together revolutionized human understanding of the cosmos.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/16\/us\/politics\/rfk-jr-vaccines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"RFK Jr. Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group\u2019s Goals. Here\u2019s What He\u2019s Doing.\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/multimedia\/16dc-kennedy-vaccines-hvcq\/16dc-kennedy-vaccines-hvcq-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"RFK Jr. Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group\u2019s Goals. Here\u2019s What He\u2019s Doing.\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/multimedia\/16dc-kennedy-vaccines-hvcq\/16dc-kennedy-vaccines-hvcq-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/16\/us\/politics\/rfk-jr-vaccines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">RFK Jr. Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group\u2019s Goals. Here\u2019s What He\u2019s Doing.<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Christina Jewett<\/a> on 16 October 2026 at 23:45 <\/small><p>The health secretary is quietly taking steps that public health experts fear will reduce immunization rates further.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/16\/us\/math-ai-terence-tao.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Terry Tao Is on the Front Lines of the Debate Over AI and the Future of Math\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/14\/us\/dc-tao\/dc-tao-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"Terry Tao Is on the Front Lines of the Debate Over AI and the Future of Math\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/14\/us\/dc-tao\/dc-tao-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/16\/us\/math-ai-terence-tao.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Terry Tao Is on the Front Lines of the Debate Over AI and the Future of Math<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Elisabeth Bumiller<\/a> on 16 October 2026 at 20:15 <\/small><p>The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/16\/science\/leap-second-abolished-vote.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"The Leap Second Has Been Canceled\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/16SCI-LEAP-SECOND-42587-cover\/16SCI-LEAP-SECOND-42587-cover-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"The Leap Second Has Been Canceled\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/16SCI-LEAP-SECOND-42587-cover\/16SCI-LEAP-SECOND-42587-cover-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/16\/science\/leap-second-abolished-vote.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">The Leap Second Has Been Canceled<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">K. R. Callaway<\/a> on 16 October 2026 at 20:13 <\/small><p>Earth\u2019s rotation subtly changes the length of the day. Now our clocks won\u2019t change with it \u2014 at least not for a very long time.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/16\/science\/citizen-science-ai-slop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Citizen Science Groups Grapple With the Rise of A.I. Slop\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/science\/16SCI-AI-SLOP\/16SCI-AI-SLOP-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"Citizen Science Groups Grapple With the Rise of A.I. Slop\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/16\/science\/16SCI-AI-SLOP\/16SCI-AI-SLOP-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/16\/science\/citizen-science-ai-slop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Citizen Science Groups Grapple With the Rise of A.I. Slop<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">Eric Boodman<\/a> on 16 October 2026 at 18:36 <\/small><p>Facing a flood of A.I. slop, groups bent on democratizing science create new checks and balances.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/15\/science\/russia-plague-laboratory-mystery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/20\/multimedia\/15SCI-INSIDE-PLAGUE-LAB-01-hfwt\/15SCI-INSIDE-PLAGUE-LAB-01-hfwt-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/20\/multimedia\/15SCI-INSIDE-PLAGUE-LAB-01-hfwt\/15SCI-INSIDE-PLAGUE-LAB-01-hfwt-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/15\/science\/russia-plague-laboratory-mystery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">K. R. Callaway<\/a> on 15 October 2026 at 14:12 <\/small><p>A Russian researcher, who died from an unknown illness, worked at a remote anti-plague facility. 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Johnson<\/a> on 14 October 2026 at 17:02 <\/small><p>Lung cancer is still a leading cause of cancer death, but that rate is half what it was in the 1990s, partly because newly developed treatments are working.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/14\/science\/electromagnetic-pulse-nuke-trump-officials.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/08\/science\/00SCI-EMP\/00SCI-EMP-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg');\" title=\"How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/10\/08\/science\/00SCI-EMP\/00SCI-EMP-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/14\/science\/electromagnetic-pulse-nuke-trump-officials.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\">William J. 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