Hot Heads: Why Mammals Need R.E.M. Sleep by CARL ZIMMER
Sleeping fur seals toggle between two brain patterns: one while at sea, the other on land. Researchers suggest […]
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Space Station Could Be Split to Aid Privatization, New NASA ...
Jim Bridenstine, the agency’s new administrator, said he is considering various ways to allow private companies to assume […]
A Sun Pillar over Norway
Have you ever seen a sun pillar? When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or […]
Stick Insects Are Easy Bird Food, and That Might Help ...
The tough eggs carried by bugs that mimic plants may be spread by hungry birds to new locations […]
How the Ice Age Shaped New York by WILLIAM J. ...
Long ago, the region lay under an ice sheet thousands of feet thick. It terminated abruptly in what […]
Complex Jupiter
How complex is Jupiter? NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter is finding the Jovian giant to be more complicated […]
This Knife-Wielding Mini-Monster Wants You to Back Off by NICHOLAS ...
Venomous stonefish carry a bony, retractable blade in each cheek, scientists have discovered. It’s not just for looks. […]
China’s Giant Salamanders Pose a Conservation Conundrum by RACHEL NUWER
Most of the animals now are found on farms in China. Giant salamanders released recently into the wild […]
Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
These people are not in danger. What is coming down from the left is just the Moon, far […]
Saturns Iapetus: Painted Moon
What has happened to Saturn’s moon Iapetus? Vast sections of this strange world are dark as coal, while […]