Sale of Drilling Leases in Arctic Refuge Fails to Yield a Windfall
For decades the refuge, most of it virtually untouched wilderness, had remained off limits to oil development. But in 2017, a Republican-controlled Congress approved a...
Jon Ossoff wins Georgia runoff election, giving Democrats control of Senate
Victory unseats Republican David Perdue, who held the seat for the past six years, and follows fellow Democrat Raphael Warnock’s winGeorgia Senate runoffs – follow...
Study Says Blood Plasma Reduces Risk of Severe Covid-19 if Given Early
It will be difficult “to find and diagnose them within that vanishingly small window,” said Dr. Ilan Schwartz, an infectious disease physician at the University...
Federal Reserve Officials Fretted Over Covid Surge at December Meeting
Federal Reserve officials were warily eyeing a surge in coronavirus cases at their Dec. 15-16 meeting, but they hoped that vaccine breakthroughs might set the...
Bryan Sykes, Who Saw the Ancient Past in Genes, Dies at 73
What’s more, unlike nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA passes virtually unchanged from mother to child, with a predictable rate of mutation that gave Dr. Sykes and...
What the Senate Vote Could Mean
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Qatar emerges from Gulf spat resolute and largely unscathed
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qataris awoke to a surprise blockade and boycott by Gulf Arab neighbors 3 1/2 years ago, and this week...
A W.N.B.A. team co-owned by Loeffler helped Warnock defeat her. What happens now?
On Tuesday morning, the Rev. Raphael Warnock made a final pitch to voters in Georgia with a video released on social media that prominently featured...
Showdown as Congress meets to certify Biden victory, with Georgia runoff result imminent – live
Trump supporters storm barriers outside CongressBiden to nominate Merrick Garland as attorney general – reportRev Raphael Warnock defeats Republican senator Kelly LoefflerGeorgia Senate runoff elections...
Here’s why meteorologists launch weather balloons every day
Synchronized weather balloon launches have helped meteorologists create forecasts over the past 150 years, and now the old tradition is going high tech.Twice a day...