How Three Friends Proved That Jellyfish Can Sleep by STEPH ...
What started as a midnight excursion of curious graduate students turned into a study with implications for basic […]
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NASA’s Osiris-Rex Spacecraft Is Headed for a Flyby With Earth ...
The spacecraft will make a flyby of Earth on Friday, using the planet’s gravity to steer it toward […]
Clues to Africa’s Mysterious Past Found in Ancient Skeletons by ...
An analysis of DNA recovered from fossils thousands of years old hints at enormous migrations that shaped the […]
A September Morning Sky
The Moon, three planets, and a bright star gathered near the ecliptic plane in the September 18 morning […]
Sea Turtles Appear to Be Bouncing Back Around the World ...
Researchers analyzed all existing public data of sea turtle nesting sites around the world and found a tale […]
The Big Corona
Most photographs don’t adequately portray the magnificence of the Sun‘s corona. Seeing the corona first-hand during a total […]
Chemical Industry Ally Faces Critics in Bid for Top E.P.A. ...
Michael Dourson, who has long run a premier firm for the chemical industry, is set for a confirmation […]
Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Exploded Star
Wisps like this are all that remain visible of a Milky Way star. About 7,000 years ago that […]
Genes Color a Butterfly’s Wings. Now Scientists Want to Do ...
In two new studies, researchers turned to DNA editing to learn how master genes shape the patterns and […]
In Mexico, Weavers Embrace Natural Alternatives to Toxic Dyes by ...
Concerned about the health impacts of textile chemicals, traditional artisans are producing vivid colors from crushed insects and […]