Why Is That Dog Looking at Me?
By JAMES GORMAN The reasoning behind why dogs look at humans — and wolves don’t — is not […]
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Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Company, to Launch from Florida
By KENNETH CHANG A rocket company founded by Jeffrey P. Bezos, the Amazon chief executive, announced plans to […]
732,000: American Lives Saved by Vaccination
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR A federal agency estimates that the vaccination of children from 1994 to 2013 will prevent […]
Windows on the Deep
By CHRIS DIXON A government laboratory in Hawaii has made important deep-sea discoveries with piloted submersibles. But dwindling […]
Ceres’s Bright Spots of Mystery
By SINDYA N. BHANOO New images captured by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft were the best view to date of […]
Newly Risen From Yeast: THC
By ROXANNE KHAMSI By creating constituents of marijuana, researchers hope to test its worth as a medicine. Published: […]
Study Finds Snowfall in California’s Sierra Nevada to Be Lowest ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The report suggests droughts in the state may become more common as precipitation on […]
Plants That Are Predators
By NATALIE ANGIER Carnivorous plants like the Venus flytrap capture prey and minds with their (not always deadly) […]
A Wasp That Turns a Spider Into the Walking Dead
By JAMES GORMAN First an ichneumonid wasp lays an egg on an orb weaver spider. The larva essentially […]
A Decline in the Nutritional Value of Crops
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Studies have suggested that foods being grown now are less nutritious, but there may […]