In Napa Valley, Future Landscapes Are Viewed in the Past
By JIM ROBBINS Ecologists restoring parts of San Francisco Bay are guided by tattered maps, old snapshots, even […]
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The Bugs Sharing Your Home (Get Out a Calculator)
By SINDYA N. BHANOO An unsual survey identifies many of the bugs living with us in our houses. […]
Old Nuclear Fallout Proves Useful for Sea Turtle Clues
By RACHEL NUWER Researchers are relying on radiocarbon from bomb tests decades ago to learn more about endangered […]
Unraveling the Ties of Altitude, Oxygen and Lung Cancer
By GEORGE JOHNSON Humans need oxygen, but the link between higher altitudes, where there’s less of it, and […]
In an Ancient Tomb, a Hierarchy of the Dead
By SINDYA N. BHANOO A Neolithic community buried its members in layers. Those on top died unhappily, it […]
For Prairie Voles, a Furry Shoulder to Cry On
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Prairie voles demonstrate sympathetic behavior, scientists find. Published: January 26, 2016 at 01:00AM from […]
Who Ever Said No Two Snowflakes Were Alike?
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR A physicist in California has engineered a method to make “identical twin” snowflakes. Published: […]
Telling Jewels From Junk in DNA
By CARL ZIMMER Some cellular DNA yields molecules that serve mysterious but important functions in the cell, new […]
New Biggest Prime Number = 2 to the 74 Mil ...
By KENNETH CHANG A prime number is one that can be divided by only 1 and itself. A […]
California Said to Target Exxon in Climate Inquiry
By JOHN SCHWARTZ California appears to have joined New York in weighing Exxon Mobil’s honesty in admitting to […]