Arctic Foxes on a Swedish Mountain Turned ‘Blue.’ It Was ...
The immigration of just three new foxes dramatically reduced inbreeding in an isolated population, providing some support for […]
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Faces More Setbacks by DENNIS OVERBYE
The space agency announced on Tuesday that its successor to the Hubble telescope has hit a series of […]
How to Spot a Nuclear Bomb Program? Look for Ghostly ...
Down a mine shaft in England, researchers plan to test a new method for spotting antineutrinos, which could […]
Unique Identifiers in Animal DNA by C. CLAIBORNE RAY
Genetic fingerprinting can distinguish individuals from one another in many different species — even to identify poached or […]
Mars Between Nebulas
What that bright red spot between the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas? Mars. This gorgeous color deep-sky photograph captured […]
Insects Flew Before Anything Else Did. So How Did They ...
Hundreds of millions of years ago, two tissues fused to form wings on ancient beetles, a genetic experiment […]
Meet Tess, Seeker of Alien Worlds by DENNIS OVERBYE
NASA’s new spacecraft, to be launched next month, will give scientists a much clearer view of the planets […]
Announcing Nova Carinae 2018
How bright will Nova Carinae 2018 become? The new nova was discovered only last week. Although novas occur […]
NGC 602 and Beyond
Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 […]
What Makes Some Hair Curly? Not Quite What Scientists Thought ...
After testing two theories about what makes sheep’s wool kinky, researchers found flaws in existing ideas about how […]