Diamonds in a Meteorite May Be a Lost Planet’s Fragments ...
The space rock crashed in a desert in Sudan in 2008, and the flaws in its embedded minerals […]
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Do You Know Which Dog Breeds Are in a Mutt? ...
A new online citizen science questionnaire is a brain teaser for people who think they’re good at guessing […]
New York Mice Are Crawling With Dangerous Bacteria and Viruses ...
Columbia University researchers analyzed feces from city mice and found bacteria, drug-resistant bugs and viruses never seen before. […]
How a Common Beetle May Offer Deep Insights Into Evolution ...
A molecular biologist has turned a childhood obsession with a common beetle into a scientific quest. Published: April […]
Watch NASA Launch TESS, Its Latest Planet Hunter by DENNIS ...
The orbiting satellite will search for planets around nearby star systems, advancing the search for other signs of […]
Friendship’s Dark Side: ‘We Need a Common Enemy’ by NATALIE ...
Friendship generally is regarded as an unalloyed good. But scientists have found it also can be a conspiracy, […]
You Share Everything With Your Bestie. Even Brain Waves. by ...
Scientists have made astonishing discoveries about the nature and evolution of friendship. Without it, humans suffer significant physical […]
Gray Ghosts, the Last Caribou in the Lower 48 States, ...
The herd of southern mountain caribou, the last in the contiguous United States, has dwindled to three animals. […]
The Evolution of the Eyebrow by DOUGLAS QUENQUA
A new study suggests that brow ridges probably didn’t evolve for practical reasons, but for sometimes subtle communications. […]
Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each ...
Viruses shape the ecology of the planet, but scientists still have only a rudimentary understanding of the microbial […]