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The administration says this is necessary to ensure the safety of the vaccines. Critics say the move is unnecessary and could make it impossible to make updated vaccines available by next fall. Rob Stein, NPR News.
The damage to the painting, titled Gray Orange on Maroon No. 8, happened during what a museum spokesperson called an unguarded moment when a child scratched the painting, leaving superficial marks visible in the unvarnished paint layer in the lower part of the painting. A spokesperson for Rotterdam's Museum, Boymans von Beunigen, says it's considering the next steps on how to repair the damage.
The damage to the painting, titled Gray Orange on Maroon No. 8, happened during what a museum spokesperson called an unguarded moment when a child scratched the painting, leaving superficial marks visible in the unvarnished paint layer in the lower part of the painting. A spokesperson for Rotterdam's Museum, Boymans von Beunigen, says it's considering the next steps on how to repair the damage.
The abstract painting is estimated to be worth more than $50 million. The museum did not comment on who will be held liable for the damage to the 1960 painting, but it's previously billed visitors who have caused damage to artworks on display. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
The abstract painting is estimated to be worth more than $50 million. The museum did not comment on who will be held liable for the damage to the 1960 painting, but it's previously billed visitors who have caused damage to artworks on display. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
The Health and Human Services Department is cutting off funding for all the centers that have been collecting data about tens of thousands of women who've been participating in the Women's Health Initiative for decades. The project has produced a series of landmark discoveries about women's health, including the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women.
The Health and Human Services Department is cutting off funding for all the centers that have been collecting data about tens of thousands of women who've been participating in the Women's Health Initiative for decades. The project has produced a series of landmark discoveries about women's health, including the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women.
Scientists say the decision cuts off crucial research at a time when the nation needs to study older women and chronic disease more than ever. Rob Stein, NPR News.
Scientists say the decision cuts off crucial research at a time when the nation needs to study older women and chronic disease more than ever. Rob Stein, NPR News.
They simply said they had been given orders not to allow me to visit him.
They simply said they had been given orders not to allow me to visit him.
The original federal websites had provided the public with basic information about COVID-19, such as vaccines, treatment, and testing. But those sites are gone, and now direct visitors to the White House website and a page titled, The True Origins of COVID-19. That theory argues the virus escaped from a Chinese government lab in Wuhan, China, and then spread around the world.
The original federal websites had provided the public with basic information about COVID-19, such as vaccines, treatment, and testing. But those sites are gone, and now direct visitors to the White House website and a page titled, The True Origins of COVID-19. That theory argues the virus escaped from a Chinese government lab in Wuhan, China, and then spread around the world.
Most scientists believe that the virus most likely originated naturally in a wild animal and then spread to people in a market located in Wuhan. Rob Stein, NPR News.
Most scientists believe that the virus most likely originated naturally in a wild animal and then spread to people in a market located in Wuhan. Rob Stein, NPR News.
Colossal Biosciences in Dallas says company scientists edited the genes of gray wolves to breed animals with key traits of dire wolves. Dire wolves have been extinct for more than 12,000 years and were featured in the HBO series Game of Thrones. The colossal scientists created embryos from genetically modified gray wolf cells and then implanted them into female dogs.
Colossal Biosciences in Dallas says company scientists edited the genes of gray wolves to breed animals with key traits of dire wolves. Dire wolves have been extinct for more than 12,000 years and were featured in the HBO series Game of Thrones. The colossal scientists created embryos from genetically modified gray wolf cells and then implanted them into female dogs.
The surrogate mother dogs gave birth to three healthy wolves with dire wolf traits. The company named the animals Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi. Colossal hopes to do something similar with other extinct species, including the woolly mammoth. Rob Stein, NPR News.
The surrogate mother dogs gave birth to three healthy wolves with dire wolf traits. The company named the animals Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi. Colossal hopes to do something similar with other extinct species, including the woolly mammoth. Rob Stein, NPR News.
Researchers at Brown University analyzed data collected from more than 73,000 older adults in the United States and Europe between 2010 and 2022. They weren't surprised to find that the wealthiest people in both the U.S. and Europe tended to live longer than the poorest. But they were surprised by this.