Slow and Steady, a Tortoise Is Winning Its Race With ...
The Burmese Star Tortoise was called functionally extinct by ecologists, but a captive breeding program in Myanmar has […]
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Ancient Viruses Are Buried in Your DNA by CARL ZIMMER
Endogenous retroviruses wormed into the human genome eons ago. Today viral genes continue to produce a variety of […]
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2017 Awarded for Cryo-Electron Microscopy ...
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson developed a process that may lead to “detailed images of life’s […]
The Soul Nebula in Infrared from Herschel
Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More specifically, a large star forming region […]
Miles of Algae Covering Lake Erie by JUGAL K. PATEL ...
A large algae bloom overtook the western basin of Lake Erie last week, alarming residents and local officials. […]
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to LIGO Black Hole Researchers ...
Rainer Weiss of M.I.T. and his Caltech collaborators Kip Thorne and Barry Barish discovered ripples in space-time known […]
Ice Ring around Nearby Star Fomalhaut
Why is there a large ice ring around Fomalhaut? This interesting star — easily visible in the night […]
Yearly 9/11 Tribute Shows Light Pollution’s Effects on Birds by ...
Scientists used the annual memorial to the fallen Twin Towers to quantify the effects of urban nighttime light […]
Scientists in Mexico Scramble to Deploy Seismic Sensors by NATALIE ...
Two destructive earthquakes have lent urgency to the country’s plans to build an underwater seismic network. Published: October […]
As Seas Warm, Whales Face New Dangers by KAREN WEINTRAUB
Scientists are worrying that many humpback and right whales are dying. Published: October 2, 2017 at 02:00AM from […]