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Inside China’s Quest to Defy Aging with Longevity Labs and ‘Immortality Islands’

Longevity labs, “immortality islands” and grapeseed pills are part of China’s national project to conquer aging, despite sometimes shaky science and extravagant claims.

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Attendees trying out a cryogenic therapy room at a longevity and anti-aging conference in Shanghai in September.
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Biden Warns of a ‘Very, Very Dark Moment’ as He Hits Out at Trump

The former president, now a far less popular figure in his party, appeared in Nebraska for an overtly political speech that slammed his successor.

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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was presented with a ceremonial quilt by Native American tribal leaders as he appeared on Friday night at a Democratic gala in Omaha.
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The DNA Helix Changed How We Thought About Ourselves

“The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we conceived of life itself.

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The x-ray crystallography by Rosalind Franklin in 1952 that assisted James Watson and Francis Crick in their discovery of the structure of DNA.
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Canada Culls Hundreds of Ostriches as a Court and a Kennedy Fail to Save Them

The birds, exposed to the avian flu, were killed after Canada’s Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal and a rescue effort by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fell short.

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Dave Bilinski, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms in British Columbia, where hundreds of ostriches were ordered to be killed by the Canadian government.
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Prince Harry Apologizes to Canadians for Wearing an L.A. Dodgers Cap

Harry, who referred to the episode as “Hat Gate,” was seen wearing the cap at a World Series game in Los Angeles between the Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, at a World Series game in Los Angeles last month. He apologized for wearing an L.A. Dodgers cap instead of a Toronto Blue Jays cap.
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Democrats Scale Back Shutdown Demands, but G.O.P. Digs In

After weeks of stalemate, Senate Democrats said they were willing to reopen the government in exchange for a one-year extension of health care subsidies. Republicans ruled it out.

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“Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes health care affordability,” Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said on Friday.
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In Cozying Up to Trump, Leaders Hedge Their Reliance on Moscow and Beijing

President Trump has made it easier for countries that are close to Russia and China to build ties with the United States. Those countries are embracing the opportunity.

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President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, with leaders of other Central Asian countries, at the White House on Thursday.
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Trump Pardons Darryl Strawberry, Former Mets and Yankees Slugger

The eight-time All-Star baseball player pleaded guilty in 1995 to one count of tax evasion. He was sentenced to six months of home confinement.

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The former baseball star Darryl Strawberry at Citi Field in Queens in 2023. Mr. Strawberry, an eight-time All-Star, said he got a call from President Trump telling him that he was pardoned.
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The Farmers’ Almanac Succumbs to the Digital Age

One of two major American almanacs is ceasing publication after more than two centuries of predicting the weather and offering tidbits of wisdom.

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The Farmers’ Almanac editor Sandi Duncan and the publisher Peter Geiger in Auburn, Maine, in 2011.
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