timef 01/31/2026
- When the Doctor Needs a Checkup nytimes.com2026-01-31 23:25:48
The physician work force is aging fast, and some hospitals now require that older clinicians undergo testing for cognitive decline. Many have resisted.
- Morris Waxler, F.D.A. Official Who Switched Stance on Lasik, Dies at 88 nytimes.com2026-01-31 22:56:50
While at the federal agency, he approved the laser device for eye surgery but later warned of its potential to cause harm.
- A Predictor of a Good Social Life? Your Parents. nytimes.com2026-01-31 18:02:34
A decades-long study suggested that close relationships with family members during teenage years could lead to a rich network of friendships in adulthood.
- Grids Are Surviving the Storm. But the Next 5 Years Could Be Rough. nytimes.com2026-01-31 04:13:35
A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people.
- A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules nytimes.com2026-01-31 03:57:05
The researchers produced a report a that was central in a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution.
- U.S. Grids Are Surviving the Winter Storm. But the Next 5 Years Could be Rough. nytimes.com2026-01-31 03:01:00
A group that monitors the nation’s electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people.
- Drilling Through the Thwaites Glacier for Clues to Its Melting nytimes.com2026-01-31 01:59:02
A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot water to punch through ice.
- Algae Growth on Greenland’s Ice Contributes to Melting, Studies Show nytimes.com2026-01-31 01:11:07
New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region.
