Giant Trap Is Deployed to Catch Plastic Littering the Pacific ...
Organizers hope a 2,000-foot-long unmanned boom will collect 150,000 pounds of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch […]
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M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a […]
Hand-Feeding Hummingbirds: You Can Do It, but Should You? by ...
Videos abound on the internet of people using customized hats and other tools to hand-feed the tiny fliers. […]
Flying Toward the Light by C. CLAIBORNE RAY
Several theories examine why night airborne insects are drawn to artificial lights, even if it spells doom for […]
Hundreds of Seals Are Dying on the New England Coast ...
Deaths of gray and harbor seals, in much greater numbers than usual, have been attributed to viruses related […]
New Antarctica Map Is Like ‘Putting on Glasses for the ...
A high resolution terrain map of Earth’s frozen continent will help researchers better track changes on the ice […]
Word Detectives: Science May Help Finger Opinion Columnist by THE ...
Language detectives say the key clues to who wrote the anonymous New York Times opinion piece slamming President […]
The Omnivorous Sharks That Eat Grass by VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
Diminutive bonnethead sharks are the first omnivorous sharks known to science, which could change our understanding of what […]
Along the Western Veil
Delicate in appearance, these filaments of shocked, glowing gas, are draped across planet Earth’s sky toward the constellation […]
NGC 3682: Sideways Spiral Galaxy
What do spiral galaxies look like sideways? Featured is a sharp telescopic view of a magnificent edge-on spiral […]