A Moth’s Tail Can Deceive Bats
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA With its tail, assuming it has one, the luna moth can frustrate a bat’s ability […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
Sweetest Violins Explained: Holes Fill In Blanks
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA What was it about the exquisite instruments produced in Cremona, Italy? Researchers conducted experiments to […]
Crossed Legs, Heightened Worries?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Does sitting with one leg crossed over the other lead to circulatory problems? Published: […]
M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center
What’s happening at the center of spiral galaxy M106? A swirling disk of stars and gas, M106‘s appearance […]
Sunny for today in Pully, Switzerland!
Good morning This is the weather forecast for today: With a high of 7°C and a low of […]
Disorder Rules the Universe
By AMIR ALEXANDER In a rich and entertaining new book, a philosopher and a physicist describe how the […]
Hand of a Superhero
By JACQUELINE MROZ Three-dimensional printers create inexpensive, striking prosthetics for children who are missing fingers. Published: February 17, […]
The Science of Finding Romance Online
By RACHEL NUWER Two researchers discovered ways to make your profile stand out. One of them proved just […]
Daily Activity Summary for February 16, 2015
These are the results of my activities* for February 16, 2015: Total steps: 6638 Calories burned: 2274 Traveled: […]
Two Hours Before Neptune
Two hours before closest approach to Neptune in 1989, the Voyager 2 robot spacecraft snapped this picture. Clearly […]