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How to sleep on an airplane

What’s worse than being crammed in a too-tight, too-upright seat on an overnight flight? Being wide awake the entire time. Short of receiving a golden ticket (i.e., an upgrade to a lay-flat pod), there are some...

These tested strategies can help you get some degree of rest, even in an unforgiving upright seat. (Pete Gamlen/The New York Times)

USDA approves first vaccine for honeybees

A beekeeper at the Bryant Park apiary in New York, April 13, 2018. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

US approves new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease

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How to spare yourself from shoulder pain

Gerard Burley, a fitness coach, uses exercise bands to stretch his shoulder, in Washington, D.C., March 30, 2022. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)

Once in a 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eye

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EXPLAINER-What do we know about the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant?

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50 years after the Apollo 17 mission, the moon looks closer than ever

The Apollo 17 command and service module in orbit around the moon on Dec. 14, 1972. (NASA via The New York Times)

Huge meteorite crater discovered in Mahout

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What are whole grains, anyway?

Brown rice in New York, Feb. 16, 2018. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

NASA Moon capsule Orion due to splash down after record-setting voyage

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In a future filled with EVs, AM radio may be left behind

A radio in a 1947 Town and Country Chrysler Sedan at a garage in Allentown, Pa., Aug. 5, 2014. (Rich Schultz/The New York Times)

Why is it so hard for men to make close friends?

In a 2021 survey of more than 2,000 adults in the United States, less than half of the men said they were truly satisfied with how many friends they had, while 15 percent said they had no close friends at all a fivefold increase since 1990. (Eiko Ojala/The New York Times)

Black tea may benefit your health later in life

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Liftoff! NASA launches mega Moon rocket, ushering new era of exploration

The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 16, 2022.

Is it better to brush before breakfast or after?

A photo illustration of a toothbrush, instead of a fork, beside a breakfast plate, in New York, Oct. 7, 2022. (Aileen Son/The New York Times)

Can’t sleep? Try sticking your head in the freezer.

In the new book The Sleep Prescription, the psychologist Aric Prather offers tips for better rest without reaching for a pill. (Rachel Levit Ruiz/The New York Times)
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