IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula
South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission nebula IC 4628. Nearby hot, […]
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Letters to the Editor
By Unknown Author Readers react to articles in Science Times. Published: July 5, 2016 at 02:00AM from #NYT […]
Learning From Healthy Bears (You Mean We Should Hibernate?)
By ERICA GOODE Studies of bears’ long, deep sleep are giving scientists clues to fighting obesity, diabetes, heart […]
Slowing Ocean Acidification With Kelp
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Researchers hope that planting seaweed could be a local strategy to ease the effects […]
Daily Activity Summary for July 4, 2016
These are the results of my activities* for July 4, 2016: Total steps: 8269 Calories burned: 2497 Traveled: […]
Female Elephants Follow in Their Mothers’ Footsteps
By AMY YEE As poaching thins out the ranks of matriarchs, their daughters are taking over as the […]
Consciousness: The Mind Messing With the Mind
By GEORGE JOHNSON Science is struggling to figure out if we, or even a thermostat, truly possess matter […]
What Poison Ivy Has Against Us
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Most people know, and fear, the distinctive three-leaf pattern in the wild. Do other […]
What to Expect When NASA’s Spacecraft Juno Gets to Jupiter
By KENNETH CHANG Juno will orbit the gas giant 37 times in 20 months, with the hopes that […]
A Space Pioneer, 79, Is Ready to Track Juno for ...
By KENNETH CHANG Susan G. Finley, whose career with NASA spans more than five decades, will monitor signals […]