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Turning your perfectly unnatural (yet impressively green!) lawn into an imperfectly wild(ish) piece of land requires a little time and energy at first. And then...a lot less mowing.

What was Junior Dos Santos thinking when he threw that overhand right against Francis N’gannou?

SAN FRANCISCO—Acknowledging that some of his clients have to overcome some initial hesitation, cognitive therapist Dr. Daniel Boyer spoke Monday regarding his innovative technique of simply allowing his patients to beat the living shit out of him for 45 minutes. “Sometimes I fight back at first, but it’s important for…

With news of catastrophic storms and record-setting heat waves coming at a near-weekly clip, there’s never a shortage of stories about the damage climate change is already doing to the Earth. But amidst the seemingly never-ending flurry of bad news, it looks like scientists have finally found a silver lining:…

If you take the Manhattan downtown 6 train past the end of the line, you’ll see the abandoned City Hall subway stop. If you wander the residential areas of San Francisco, you can slide down the concrete Seward Street Slides or walk up the Vulcan Stairway. And until recently, downtown Houston had a literal big red…

Teams with quarterbacks still on rookie contracts were more successful than ever in 2018. Will that continue in 2019 and beyond?

Tony Stark still looms large as 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' approaches, and here's how Peter Parker can take the MCU into the future.

Today’s links include the All-Star Game rosters, a better method for predicting the success of a pitch, and thoughts on two-way rookie Brendan McKay.

The Phillies and Indians took a step-forward last week, and a look at some of the emerging narratives as we enter July. 

A month after the mass shooting, Jason Nixon’s push for an outside investigation is gathering momentum.

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Chapman stars in A’s rout of Halos...
• Ostler: New All-Star Matt Chapman leads A’s power surge in win over Angels...
• Gallegos: Barreto hopes to seize opportunity in bigs...
• Gallegos: Piscotty sprains knee, placed on IL...
• Ostler: Stephen Piscotty injury outlook more optimistic for Athletics...
• Poindexter: A’s week in review — Back in the wild-card mix thanks to a surging offense... ($)
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Your 2019 All-Star class has arrived.

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A lot of people have a lot of theories.

So far in 2019, Mexico is the deadliest country for journalists.

Climate change scares me more than the risk of meltdowns

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1919: The Tarrant Tabor was the largest airplane in the world—for a very, very brief moment.

Biologists are building an organism that can shrug off any virus on the planet. Impervious human cells may be next

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Not alone, but it could be part of the solution

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But its consequences could be troubling

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Fixing a problem first requires recognizing that it exists

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The new discipline of network neuroscience yields a picture of how mental activity arises from carefully orchestrated interactions among different brain areas

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Top news from around the world

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Mining company Rio Tinto extracts the mineral ilmenite in southeastern Madagascar's coastal forest—a severely threatened ecosystem.

Scientific and commercial activities by multiple nations and companies could coexist in the Moon Village.

It can flag pathogens long before patients show up in clinics

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