Hoags Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy
Is this one galaxy or two? This question came to light in 1950 when astronomer Arthur Hoag chanced […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
Bearing Witness to an Asteroid’s Assassination by ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS
At first astronomers thought they had spotted a comet, but it was really an asteroid in the belt […]
It’s Not Just Poor White People Driving a Decline in ...
A new study shows that death rates increased for middle-aged people of all racial and ethnic groups. Published: […]
C.D.C. Reports More E. Coli Illnesses Linked to Romaine Lettuce ...
The agency said the outbreak had affected 19 states and resulted in 39 people being hospitalized. Published: November […]
TikTok Blocks Teen Who Posted About China’s Detention Camps by ...
The app faced renewed questions about whether it censors material after it removed an American’s video about Muslims […]
Ethel Paley, Champion of Nursing Home Patients, Dies at 99 ...
Well into her own advanced age, she guided nursing home residents and their surrogates in navigating a labyrinthine […]
NASA Invites Media to SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test for Commercial ...
Media accreditation is open for SpaceX’s In-Flight Abort Test as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The flight […]
Seeking a New Lens to Study Same-Sex Behavior in Animals ...
A team of researchers say that science has relied on a human heterosexual baseline and made faulty assumptions […]
In Praise of Lumpy Gravy From the Cosmic Kitchen by ...
Without that texture, there’d be none of us. Published: November 26, 2019 at 01:00AM from #NYT Science Read […]
Measles Cases Continue to Rise Around the World by BY ...
Nearly a quarter of a million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are thought to have been […]