The Young Sun’s Outbursts Were Trapped in Blue Crystals From ...
Gases trapped inside a meteorite that fell to Earth offer the first physical clues of the “terrible twos” […]
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‘Global Greening’ Sounds Good. In the Long Run, It’s Terrible. ...
Rising carbon dioxide levels are making the world greener. But that’s nothing to celebrate. Published: July 30, 2018 […]
Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
What wonders lie at the center of our Galaxy? In Jules Verne‘s science fiction classic A Journey to […]
One Night One Telescope One Camera
Taken on the same night, from the same place, with the same telescope and camera, these postcards from […]
What Is a Genetically Modified Crop? A European Ruling Sows ...
In Europe, plants created with gene-editing technologies will be stringently regulated as G.M.O.’s. But older crops whose DNA […]
Grieving Orca Carries Dead Calf for More Than 3 Days: ...
The calf, part of a declining population of orca whales in the Pacific Northwest, was the first born […]
‘Blood Moon’ Provides Dramatic Sights, and a Dose of Folklore ...
A lunar eclipse on Friday drew viewers from around the world as the moon passed through the Earth’s […]
Mars Opposition
Look opposite the Sun in the sky tonight and you’ll see Mars at its brightest. Also within days […]
Worker Ants: You Could Have Been Queens by KAREN WEINTRAUB
Whether an ant becomes a worker or colony royalty may depend on insulin metabolism. Published: July 26, 2018 […]
‘Amazing Dragon’ Discovery in China Reshapes History of Dinosaurs’ Evolution ...
Fossilized remains of Lingwulong shenqi show that big herbivores with long necks reached East Asia and evolved earlier […]