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One of five turbines that make up the Block Island Wind Farm.
One of five turbines that make up the Block Island Wind Farm. Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times
America's First Offshore Wind Farm May Power Up a New Industry
By JUSTIN GILLIS
A just-completed project off the coast of Rhode Island, though relatively tiny, is at the forefront of a sea-based transition to renewable energy.
• A Danish Wind Turbine Maker Harnesses Data in a Push to Stay Ahead
 
Changing Climate
Garry Charnock near some of the many solar panels in Ashton Hayes, England. Mr. Charnock, a former journalist, started the town's emissions-reduction effort about 10 years ago.
Elizabeth Dalziel for The New York Times
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG
In Ashton Hayes, residents have banded together to cut greenhouse emissions with solar panels, wine-and-cheese nights and no politicians.

 
By HEIDI CULLEN
July wasn't just hot — it was the hottest month ever recorded, according to NASA. And this year is likely to be the hottest year on record.
The introductory frame from a presentation last year at a meeting of the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute, an industry group representing coal interests in Western states.
 
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
A presentation at a trade group meeting showed that coal companies were seeing comparisons that environmentalists typically make.
• Coal Burning Causes the Most Air Pollution Deaths in China, Study Finds
• That Cloth Mask for Smoggy Days? A Paper One Works Better.
An abandoned house at the west end of Shishmaref, Alaska, that slid during a storm in 2005. Residents have voted in favor of relocating the community to the mainland.
Diana Haecker/Associated Press
By CHRISTOPHER MELE AND DANIEL VICTOR
Residents voted to move Shishmaref from a barrier island that has been disappearing because of erosion and flooding attributed to climate change.
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A composite image of a mouse hand and a fish fin, each labeled with the same molecular markers.
From Fins Into Hands: Scientists Discover a Deep Evolutionary Link
By CARL ZIMMER
The findings by a University of Chicago team will help researchers understand how our ancestors left the water, transforming fins into limbs so they could move on land.
A Risk for Sudden Death in Epilepsy That Often Goes Unmentioned
By GINA KOLATA
Sudep kills an estimated 2,600 Americans a year, but most neurologists don't bring it up. Estimating the risk is uncertain, and there are no proven ways to prevent it.
Evidence of a cancerous tumor was found on a bone fossil dating back 1.7 million years.
Cancer Is Really, Really Old
By GEORGE JOHNSON
A fossilized bone tumor in South Africa is the oldest known case of cancer, researchers say. But how common it was back then is not known.
New Clues in the Mystery of Women's Lagging Life Expectancy
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
A new state-by-state study of the impact of economic and social environments on mortality found that where a woman live matters as much as who she is.
City employees cleaning the streets in Miami Beach on Friday to control the spread of mosquitoes and contain the Zika virus.
What We Know and Don't Know About the Zika Cases in South Florida
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
Thirty-six people have caught the Zika virus in southern Florida, but no one knows how large an area is affected or how long the danger will last.
• In Florida, Pregnant Women Cover Up and Stay Inside Amid Zika Fears
Fu Yuanhui of China poses with her medal
How Periods Might Affect Women's Athletic Performance
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
When the Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui talked about her period, it was a rare public acknowledgement of a topic that is much discussed in private among female athletes: Does a woman's menstrual cycle affect her performance as an athlete?
 
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A mouse tagged with fluorescent protein that has undergone treatment with uDisco to become transparent.
Seeing Through to a Mouse's Nervous System
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR

Finches that were played incubation calls grew more slowly when raised in hot conditions.
Bird Song Found to Somehow Protect Babies From High Temperatures
By STEPH YIN

A rocket with the world's first quantum communications satellite lifting off from Jiuquan, in Gansu Province, on Tuesday.
China Launches Quantum Satellite in Bid to Pioneer Secure Communications
By EDWARD WONG

CAPTION FROM PRESS MATERIAL: Assemblage of images of the Iceman's clothing as on display at the Museum of Archaeology, Bolzano. From Top Left: A shoe with grass interior (left) and leather exterior (right), the leather coat (reassembled by the museum), leather loincloth, grass coat, fur hat, and leather leggings.
Ötzi the Iceman's Patchwork Ensemble
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR

Skull of a newly discovered Alaskan River Dolphin that was found in a drawer in the Smithsonian.
A New Dolphin Species, Long Gone, Found in a Drawer
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Q&A
I observed a school of fish swirling around in a clockwise manner. Do they all do that?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY

 
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A New Therapy for Insomnia: No More Negative Thoughts
By RONI CARYN RABIN

Is Teff the New Super Grain?
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Genetic Tests for a Heart Disorder Mistakenly Find Blacks at Risk
By DENISE GRADY

Got a Thyroid Tumor? Most Should Be Left Alone.
By GINA KOLATA

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The Underused HPV Vaccine
By JANE E. BRODY

 
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