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Ang Rita, Who Conquered Everest Again and Again, Dies at 72

September 25, 2020BHADRA SHARMAComments Off on Ang Rita, Who Conquered Everest Again and Again, Dies at 72

Earning the nickname Snow Leopard for his agility, he climbed the world’s highest mountain 10 times without supplemental oxygen between 1983 and 1996.

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A Simple Way to Save Lives as Covid-19 Hits Poorer Nations.

June 24, 2020DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Comments Off on A Simple Way to Save Lives as Covid-19 Hits Poorer Nations.

Aid agencies are scrambling to get oxygen equipment to low-income countries where the coronavirus is rapidly spreading.

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Low-Tech Way to Help Some Covid Patients: Flip Them Over

May 13, 2020PAM BELLUCKComments Off on Low-Tech Way to Help Some Covid Patients: Flip Them Over

Turning ventilated patients onto their stomachs, called proning, helps them by opening their lungs. Now doctors are testing to see if it can keep others off ventilators altogether.

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Dip in Italy’s Cases Does Not Come Fast Enough for Swamped Hospitals

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020Jason Horowitz and David D. KirkpatrickComments Off on Dip in Italy’s Cases Does Not Come Fast Enough for Swamped Hospitals

Even as new coronavirus infections appear to slow, a backlog is forcing doctors to make increasingly tough choices about treatment.

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What Does Coronavirus Do to the Body?

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020PAM BELLUCKComments Off on What Does Coronavirus Do to the Body?

Here’s what scientists have learned about how the new virus infects and attacks cells and how it can affect organs beyond the lungs.

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Wired Bacteria Form Nature’s Power Grid: ‘We Have an Electric Planet’

July 1, 2019July 3, 2019CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Wired Bacteria Form Nature’s Power Grid: ‘We Have an Electric Planet’

Electroactive bacteria were running current through “wires” long before humans learned the trick.

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On Everest, a Trail of Old and Faulty Oxygen Equipment

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019KAI SCHULTZComments Off on On Everest, a Trail of Old and Faulty Oxygen Equipment

Illicitly recycled gear has fueled profits for some expedition companies for years. But after some harrowing failures, Nepal is taking action as Everest climbing season begins.

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Trilobites: How Giant Sea Spiders May Survive in Warming Oceans

April 14, 2019April 15, 2019JOANNA KLEINComments Off on Trilobites: How Giant Sea Spiders May Survive in Warming Oceans

The strange creatures’ adaptations to the cold of the Antarctic Ocean may also help them as their habitats heat up.

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Matter: The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything.

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Matter: The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything.

In some ways, the planet’s worst mass extinction — 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period — may parallel climate change today.

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