The Green-Feathered Terror That Slaughtered Bats in Spain by VERONIQUE ...
The largest bat in Europe, a vulnerable species, found shelter in a city park’s trees. Then they started […]
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Galaxies in the River
Large galaxies grow by eating small ones. Even our own galaxy practices galactic cannibalism, absorbing small galaxies that […]
In Ancient Skeletons, Scientists Discover a Modern Foe: Hepatitis B ...
From 15 sets of skeletal remains, researchers have recovered DNA from the oldest viruses known to have infected […]
100 Images From Cassini’s Mission to Saturn by JONATHAN CORUM
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere on Friday, after 20 years in space. Published: September 14, […]
The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble
How was the unusual Red Rectangle nebula created? At the nebula’s center is an aging binary star system […]
How the Father of Computer Science Decoded Nature’s Mysterious Patterns ...
In research shortly before his death in 1954, Alan Turing used mathematics to explore how forms emerge, yielding […]
The Observable Universe
How far can you see? Everything you can see, and everything you could possibly see, right now, assuming […]
The Unusual Boulder at Tychos Peak
Why is there a large boulder near the center of Tycho’s peak? Tycho crater on the Moon is […]
Ships Unearthed in Virginia Offer Glimpse of Colonial Era by ...
Excavation for a new waterfront development in Old Town Alexandria reveals the bones of ships that were scuttled […]
Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why. ...
A series of unusual experiments in mice finds that dietary fiber fine-tunes the immune system and may help […]