Researchers Report Milestone in Developing Quantum Computer
By JOHN MARKOFF A team of University of California, Santa Barbara, and Google scientists reported that they had […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
Rain for today in Pully, Switzerland!
Good morning This is the weather forecast for today: With a high of 4°C and a low of […]
A Dust Devil on Mars
It was late in the northern martian spring when the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spied […]
Vitamin-Packed With Promises
By CHRISTIE ASCHWANDEN How supplements became ubiquitous in our food and in our stores, even though evidence they […]
Good Thing Bumblebees Don’t Have Car Keys
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Just as they can remember different flowers, bumblebees can forget them, too, researchers have […]
Britain Had Wheat Before Farming, Study Says
By SINDYA N. BHANOO DNA from an underwater site suggests wheat made its way from the Neolithic farmers […]
A Quest to Solve Ceres’ Mysteries
By KENNETH CHANG NASA’s Dawn mission will begin orbiting Ceres, the largest known asteroid, on Friday. Scientists want […]
A Few Reasons to Love Bleeding
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY In at least a few specific ailments, periodic blood donations have advantages for the […]
Gulf of Mexico Turns Deadly for Dolphins
By RACHEL NUWER A scientific explanation has proved elusive, but evidence is building that the BP Deepwater Horizon […]
NASA Spacecraft Making First Visit to Dwarf Planet Ceres
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A NASA spacecraft is about to reach the end of a nearly eight-year journey […]