The Crystals That May Have Helped Vikings Navigate Northern Seas ...
Norse sagas refer to “sunstones,” and new computer simulations shore up a hypothesis that they were used to […]
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NGC 3324 in Carina
This bright cosmic cloud was sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from the hot young stars of open […]
How Do You Count Endangered Species? Look to the Stars ...
Pairing astronomers’ algorithms for star-hunting with drones equipped with infrared cameras, scientists have developed a new tool kit […]
NGC 289: Swirl in the Southern Sky
About 70 million light-years distant, gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 289 is larger than our own Milky Way. Seen […]
Baleen Whales Intermingled as They Evolved, and Share DNA With ...
Genome sequencing of six species of baleen whales shows how they have evolved into more of a network […]
In Footprints on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, Signs of a ...
Ancient footprints left by long-necked sauropods offer a snapshot of the mid-Jurassic period, which has yielded relatively few […]
Hot Springs Lower Stress in Japan’s Popular Bathing Monkeys by ...
Photogenic snow monkeys have been a long time tourist attraction, but only recently have scientists investigated their unusual […]
The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations
You may have heard of the Seven Sisters in the sky, but have you heard about the Seven […]
The F.B.I. and the Mystery of the Mummy’s Head by ...
A museum wasn’t sure whose head they had put on display. That’s when the F.B.I.’s forensic scientists were […]
At 12, His Science Video Went Viral. At 14, He ...
Marco Zozaya critiqued those linking vaccines and autism, but he struggles like many science communicators with social media […]