Bringing the Ocean to a Sea
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Has anyone suggested piping or channeling water from the Pacific Ocean to the Salton […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
A Business Plan for Space
By KENNETH CHANG The Federal Aviation Administration gave a foundation to U.S. companies seeking a foothold on celestial […]
Unchanged for More Than Two Billion Years
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA Scientists have discovered micro-organisms beneath the ocean floor that apparently have not evolved for a […]
Atlantic Corals: Colorful and Vulnerable
By JAMES GORMAN Possible protections for fragile ecosystems from fishing in and around 15 ocean canyons are being […]
Layered Rocks near Mount Sharp on Mars
What caused these Martian rocks to be layered? The leading hypothesis is an ancient Martian lake that kept […]
Sunny 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 Never-Ending Genetic Quest
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS Mary-Claire King discovered BRCA1, the so-called breast cancer gene, and now believes every woman should […]
In Nevada, a Controversy in the Wind
By DEBORAH BLUM Scientists and state officials disagree over the risk posed by naturally occurring asbestos in Nevada. […]
Training the Mind Not to Wander
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA Students at Princeton had their brain activity monitored, and learned to recognize that their attention […]
Training Birds to Aid a Scientific Breakthrough
By JAMES GORMAN In a first, researchers directly measured the aerodynamic force of a flying animal, as parrotlets […]