Leap Second Will Extend the Day, and Might Roil the ...
By KATIE ROGERS To balance a gradual slowing in the Earth’s rotation, Tuesday will be one second longer. […]
Daily Archives: June 30, 2015
Why Birds Sound Like Morning People
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Birds seem particularly noisy around dawn, when they’re establishing their territories and then singing […]
Now Comes the SpaceX Rocket Whodunit: A Complex Mystery
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A rocket’s dead, blown to bits in public view. Now it’s time for “Rocket […]
Evaporation Gives Spores Energy-Generating Muscle
By JAMES GORMAN A team used the combination to do small tasks, and power a toy car. The […]
High Schoolers’ Experiment Lost Again on Launch Failure
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Three high school students were going to get the science lesson of a lifetime […]
Dark Region of Ocean May Shed Light on Climate Change ...
By WILLIAM J. BROAD The area from just below the surface to 3,300 feet also may become more […]
Review: ‘The Bad Doctor’ and ‘Graphic Medicine Manifesto’
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. Two intriguing new works make a case, in entirely different ways, for how graphic […]
Sunny for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 29°C and a low of […]
A Scientific Ethical Divide Between China and West
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW Some experts worry that medical researchers are stepping over established ethical boundaries in Beijing’s […]