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View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story September 20, 2022 A Rural Doctor Gave Her All. Then Her Heart Broke. Physicians suffer one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. Dr. Kimberly Becher, one of two family practitioners in Clay County, West Virginia, learned the hard way. By Oliver Whang and Maddie McGarvey Malcolm Schuyl/Alamy The Godwit's Long, Long Nonstop Journey Researchers marvel at the bird's record-holding migratory flight of 7,000 or so miles from Alaska to New Zealand at this time of year. No eating or refueling along the way. By Jim Robbins KCNA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Physics Body Concedes Mistakes in Study of Missile Defense Two scientists said the American Physical Society had erred in evaluating their plan to use drones to shoot down North Korean long-range missiles. By William J. Broad Alamy How to Change Minds? A Study Makes the Case for Talking It Out. Researchers found that meaty conversations among several people can align beliefs and brain patterns — so long as the group is free of blowhards. By Virginia Hughes Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Email us Let us know how we're doing at sciencenewsletter@nytimes.com. Illustration by Somnath Bhatt The Search for Intelligent Life Is About to Get a Lot More Interesting There are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe, home to an unimaginable abundance of planets. And now there are new ways to spot signs of life on them. By Jon Gertner Alfonso (Poncho) Aceves-Aparicio Trilobites This Acrobatic Hunting Trick Is Straight Out of the Spider-Verse A small Australian spider uses a Cirque du Soleil-worthy tactic to prey on fierce ants. By Sam Jones NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS Life on Mars? This Could Be the Place NASA's Rover Helps Us Find It. Rocks collected by Perseverance are filled with organic molecules, and they formed in a lake that would have been habitable a few billion years ago. By Kenneth Chang Jin Liwang/Xinhua, via Associated Press China's Discovery of Lunar Mineral Could Add to Fuller View of the Moon Scientists found a single crystal of a new phosphate mineral while analyzing lunar basalt particles, which were collected from the moon two years ago by the Chang'e-5 mission. By Christine Chung Go Ahead, Ask for Help. People Are Happy to Give It. Asking for help can be hard, but new research suggests we underestimate how willing people are to lend a hand. By Catherine Pearson To Save Whales, Don't Eat Lobster, Watchdog Group Says The group says that the shellfish, long considered a more responsible choice, cannot be considered a guilt-free meal anymore. By Annie Roth Valery Polyakov, Who Took the Longest Journey in Space, Dies at 80 Seeking to demonstrate the safety of long space missions, he worked out on his trip and returned 437 days later looking "like he could wrestle a bear," one astronaut said. By Alex Traub Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE Josh Edelson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Another Culture War Front: Are Companies Too 'Woke' When It Comes to Climate? Conservatives in the U.S. have targeted firms for their environmental policies, but many companies are standing their ground. By David Gelles Jeremie Souteyrat for The New York Times A Key to Controlling Emissions: More Buildings in a City's Unused Spaces Constructing more condensed communities in existing neighborhoods has been found to go a long way toward fighting climate change. 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