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    Seeing Red in the Fossil Record

    A discovery in a fossilized mouse could help scientists work out the true colors of dinosaurs and other creatures from prehistory.

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    Where Did the Right Whales Go?

    New evidence suggests that the endangered population lost much of a critical food source, but may be stabilizing slightly as it shifts territory to feed elsewhere.

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    How Making Chocolate Is Like Mixing Cement

    Researchers delved into the physics of conching, the stirring process that transforms ground cacao into a meltingly smooth treat.

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    To Fight Deadly Candida Auris, New York State Proposes New Tactics

    The state health department calls on hospitals to do more to fight Candida auris, a mystery germ spreading the globe.

    By Matt Richtel

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    Forecasts Call for a Normal Hurricane Season, but ‘It Only Takes One’

    Government forecasters predict as many as fifteen named storms, and as many as four major hurricanes, during the season which begins June 1 and stretches to Nov. 30

    By John Schwartz

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    There’s Evidence on How to Raise Children, but Are Parents Listening?

    Day-to-day individual choices matter less than we think, but national policies seem to matter a lot.

    By Emily Oster

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    Dr. Leonard Bailey, Who Gave a Baby a Baboon’s Heart, Dies at 76

    The case of Baby Fae, the recipient of Dr. Bailey’s experimental transplant in 1984, generated worldwide headlines — along with criticism, demonstrations and threats.

    By Denise Grady

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    One Thing You Can Do: Drive Smarter

    Also this week, climate report cards for Democratic candidates.

    By Lisa Friedman and Eduardo Garcia

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    Measles Outbreak Now at 880 Cases, With Fastest Growth Still in New York

    Warming weather usually slows transmission of the virus, but it is not clear that this outbreak is fading, experts said.

    By Donald G. McNeil Jr.

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    Tuesday Could Be the Beginning of the End of Philadelphia’s Soda Tax

    A slew of opponents of the tax are running in the city’s election Tuesday and beverage industry has spent more than $600,000 on ads aiming to turn public opinion against it.

    By Andrew Jacobs

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    I Have the Tree. Where’s the Grapefruit?

    Grapefruit trees need light, bees — and a temperature gradient.

    By C. Claiborne Ray

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    Why High-Class People Get Away With Incompetence

    People who came from higher social classes were more likely to have an inflated sense of their skills, a new study found. This overconfidence was interpreted by strangers as competence.

    By Heather Murphy

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    E.P.A. Plans to Get Thousands of Pollution Deaths Off the Books by Changing Its Math

    The E.P.A. plans to change the way air pollution health risks are calculated in a way that would sharply lower estimated deaths from new, looser rules for coal plants.

    By Lisa Friedman

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