Too Many Deer on the Road? Let Cougars Return, Study ...
By JAMES GORMAN A repopulation of cougars in the Eastern U.S., with their steady diet of deer, could […]
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Grinding Chemicals Together in an Effort to be Greener
By XIAOZHI LIM Chemistry driven by mechanical force is radically different from the traditional way of dissolving, heating […]
Why Jet Lag Can Feel Worse When You Travel West ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Researchers produced a mathematical model of certain brain cells to help explain why travel’s toll […]
Fecal Transplants Can Be Life-Saving, but How?
By CARL ZIMMER Fecal transplants have proved effective against a bacterial infection. But scientists still have a lot […]
An Icelandic Volcano Reveals Secrets of Its Eruption
By HENRY FOUNTAIN The gradual collapse of the top of Bardarbunga volcano in 2014 contributed to a lengthy […]
Dr. Alfred G. Knudson, the ‘Mendel of Cancer Genetics,’ Dies ...
By KENNETH CHANG A 1971 theory on the inheritable nature of retinoblastoma in children, proved in 1986, is […]
How Much Weed Is in a Joint? Pot Experts Have ...
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI Data from drug-related arrests offered a new insight into a matter critical for marijuana research […]
Duck, Duck, Goose, Goose. Newborn Ducklings Judge Shapes and Color
By STEPH YIN New evidence suggests that 1-day-old ducklings can distinguish between same and different with no training […]
A Year After Pluto
By JONATHAN CORUM Spinnable maps of Pluto and Charon, one year after the NASA flyby. Published: July 14, […]
The Mirrors Behind Rembrandt’s Self-Portraits
By STEPH YIN A new paper outlines optical techniques that the 17th-century Dutch painter may have used to […]