A flattened curve suggests some measure of control over the situation, but no one should be too happy with a large number of new infections every day, even if that number is constant.

We Flattened the Curve. Our Kids Belong in School. Communities that worked hard to beat the coronavirus should reap the benefits of doing so.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., a number of different states have already flattened the curve. In these states, flattening the curve does not mean an immediate end to novel coronavirus ...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip—This 9-mile-long borderland separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt was once a bustling commercial crossing for goods and people—and, Israel says, arms and supplies for Hamas ...

I got a flat tire. It wasn’t even a bad flat tire, as such things go. It didn’t happen on the freeway, or while I was driving, or even when I was in a hurry to get somewhere. It just happened ...

A version of this article appears in print on June 13, 2023, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: A Clearer View: X-Ray Vision Uncovers Identity of Fossil Flattened by Time.