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The Numbers That May Have Convinced Elon Musk That Twitter Was Worth $44 Billion

Elon Musk is anything but conventional. Typically, when companies (or multi-billionaires) spend boatloads of money on acquisitions, they take their time reviewing internal documents and financial statements that aren’t available to the public—before making their...

By John Simons and Lon Tweeten

An Animated Guide to This Year's Massive Brood X Cicada Emergence

Trillions of the insects are about to emerge across the eastern U.S.

By Lon Tweeten and Rebecca Katzman

29 Numbers That Show How the Pandemic Has Changed Our Lives

It was a year ago that COVID-19 pandemic seized control of our lives. While essential workers remained on the job, the rest of America, confined to quarters, tried to come to terms with a life...

By Emily Barone and Lon Tweeten

Carbon Emissions Dropped Due to Coronavirus. Can It Last?

COVID-19 has brought much of the world came to a screeching halt. International borders have been shuttered, families have kept close to home, and governments have ordered businesses to close their doors. To see the...

By TIME Staff , Emily Barone , Lon Tweeten , Chris Wilson and Tara Law

How Remdesivir Fights COVID-19 Inside the Body

On May 1, the U.S Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency-use authorization of remdesivir, an experimental anti-viral drug. With this clearance, doctors in the U.S. are now allowed to use the drug to treat...

By Emily Barone and Lon Tweeten

A Timeline of How the Wuhan Coronavirus Has Spread—And How the World Has Reacted

A new virus has emerged from central China, infecting thousands with severe respiratory illness and killing dozens. Health officials, doctors and researchers are scrambling to contain the outbreak. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter...

By Lon Tweeten , Emily Barone and Elijah Wolfson

Greed, Weather and Inexperience: See How Mount Everest's Deadly Season Compares to Past Years

Expert climbers blame greed, inexperience and bad weather

By Emily Barone and Lon Tweeten

This Map Shows Where Americans Are Being Told 'Do Not Travel' in Mexico

The State Department is urging Americans to avoid these areas

By Julia Zorthian and Lon Tweeten

Why Total Solar Eclipses Are So Rare

A total solar eclipse occurs on a given spot on the planet only once every 375 years

By Lon Tweeten and Jeffrey Kluger

Teens Are Getting More Depressed But Using Fewer Drugs

The latest report compiles information on substance use, as well as treatment, reported in 2015 from two large national surveys.

By Lon Tweeten and Alice Park
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