Velvet Worms, Squirting Slime
By JAMES GORMAN How do those squiggly things, which are actually more like insects, do that? A team […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
In Vietnam, Rampant Wildlife Smuggling Prompts Little Concern
By RACHEL NUWER Several species, valued as food, medicine or pets, may become extinct in a country where […]
Climate Change Threatens to Kill Off More Aspen Forests by ...
By JUSTIN GILLIS Scientists warned that the aspen forests could be doomed if emissions of greenhouse gases continue […]
The Condition Cancer Research Is In
By SABRINA TAVERNISE Dr. Harold Varmus, the departing director of the National Cancer Institute, addresses funding challenges and […]
How Not to Catch a Cold on a Plane
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY There are ways for passengers to avoid whatever may be going around up there. […]
Rain/Wind for today in Pully, Switzerland!
Good morning This is the weather forecast for today: With a high of 12°C and a low of […]
A Flag Shaped Aurora over Sweden
It appeared, momentarily, like a 50-km tall banded flag. In mid-March, an energetic Coronal Mass Ejection directed toward […]
Modern Explorers Seek a Place in a GPS World
By DANIEL ENGBER When every inch of the planet seems mapped, what’s left for the adventurous? Published: March […]
A Struggle to Save the Scaly Pangolin
By ERICA GOODE A peculiar creature that looks like a four-legged artichoke is thought to be the planet’s […]
Daily Activity Summary for March 30, 2015
These are the results of my activities* for March 30, 2015: Total steps: 8521 Calories burned: 2419 Traveled: […]