Wanted: Old Chimney, Suitable for Roosting by C. CLAIBORNE RAY
Chimney swifts in search of homes eventually may have to return to hollows in big, broken trees. But […]
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When a Mega-Tsunami Drowned Mars, This Spot May Have Been ...
The 75-mile wide crater could be something like a Chicxulub crater for the red planet. Published: July 30, […]
Toby Walsh, A.I. Expert, Is Racing to Stop the Killer ...
Autonomous weapons, capable of acting without human oversight, are closer than we think, Dr. Walsh believes, and must […]
NASA’s TESS Satellite Spots ‘Missing Link’ Exoplanets by DENNIS OVERBYE
Halfway through its first tour of the local universe, the spacecraft has found a “Super Earth” and two […]
In Brazil, Architects Explore ‘the Logic of the Weave’ by ...
Weaver and artist Alison Grace Martin employs non-Euclidean geometry in her small bamboo creations. Now she’s scaling up. […]
Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies by ...
Also called the Southern Delta Aquariids, the shower can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and […]
The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too ...
Increasingly, these ghoulish and improbable denizens of the abyss are being captured on video, revealing an array of […]
Chaser, Border Collie Trained to Recognize 1,022 Nouns, Dies at ...
Chaser, often described as “the world’s smartest dog,” made headlines worldwide for being able to identify objects by […]
Triceratops Skull, 65 Million Years Old, Unearthed by College Student, ...
Passed over for an air-conditioned summer internship, Harrison Duran instead braved rattlesnakes in a remote area of North […]
A Brutal Disease Kills Monkeys. Flies Could Be Spreading It. ...
A downside of social living among monkeys and chimpanzees, a new study suggests, is being at greater risk […]