In Towering Redwoods an Abundance of Tiny Unseen Life
By RACHEL NUWER Conducting a top-to-bottom inventory, researchers have found hundreds of species coexisting with their massive hosts. […]
Monthly Archives: April 2016
How Many Eggs Does a Chicken Lay in Its Lifetime?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Rough estimates for the first two or three years of laying, when a hen […]
Lyrid Meteor Shower Is Spectacular Albeit Obscured
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The annual celestial light show, a display of comet debris from several centuries ago, […]
Mostly Sunny for today in #Pully #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 17°C and a low of […]
Do Honeybees Feel? Scientists Are Entertaining the Idea
By JAMES GORMAN An Australian scientist and a philosopher propose that the structure of insect brains suggests they […]
Daily Activity Summary for April 18, 2016
These are the results of my activities* for April 18, 2016: Total steps: 3836 Calories burned: 2150 Traveled: […]
The World is Full of Dogs Without Collars
By JAMES GORMAN Three-quarters of the billion dogs on the planet are not pets. A new book argues […]
Parrots: The Highlight Reel
By MICHAEL ROSTON Hundreds of readers submitted charming videos of their avian companions. The Times wasn’t always so […]
The Dogs That Don’t Belong to Anyone
By Compiled by MICHAEL ROSTON and DULCE RAMOS We asked Times readers on many continents – both English […]
Vipers Aren’t the Only Kings of the Quick Strike
By JAMES GORMAN Vipers have been thought to strike faster than other snakes. But new research shows that […]