Gene Drives Offer New Hope Against Diseases and Crop Pests
By NICHOLAS WADE The technique involves propelling a gene of choice throughout a population. It hasn’t been tested […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
Would a Potato Chip Lover Tire of Eating Only Chips?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Research suggests that most people would quickly get tired of eating even a favorite […]
Daily Activity Summary for December 21, 2015
These are the results of my activities* for December 21, 2015: Total steps: 10136 Calories burned: 2670 Traveled: […]
When the Situation Is Fluid, Sit Back and Watch
By JAMES GORMAN Fluid dynamics, as mathematically demanding and challenging to the nonscientist as any field of physics, […]
California Wants to Store Water for Farmers, but Struggles Over ...
By JUSTIN GILLIS The state is debating how best to save water that arrives between drought years and […]
After Cecil Furor, U.S. Aims to Protect Lions Through Endangered Species ...
By ERICA GOODE Five months after the death of Cecil the lion spurred outrage, the new rules will […]
A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite
There is something very unusual in this picture of the Earth — can you find it? A fleeting […]
Rain for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 9°C and a low of […]
Daily Activity Summary for December 20, 2015
These are the results of my activities* for December 20, 2015: Total steps: 9436 Calories burned: 2702 Traveled: […]
Star Streams and the Whale Galaxy
NGC 4631 is a spiral galaxy found only 25 million light-years away, toward the well-trained northern constellation Canes […]