What Gives the Sycamore Its Smell? by C. CLAIBORNE RAY
Organic chemicals in the leaves and bark of the sycamore — and the unrelated sycamore fig — give […]
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Chop Off This Worm’s Head and It Can Still Detect ...
Planarian flatworms can react to light when they lose their heads and brains, and gradually regain their ability […]
Perseid Meteors over Turkey
The Perseid Meteor Shower, usually the best meteor shower of the year, will peak late next week. A […]
The Eclipse That Revealed the Universe by DENNIS OVERBYE
In 1919, British astronomers photographed a solar eclipse and proved that light bends around our sun — affirming […]
Is This Dog Dangerous? Shelters Struggle With Live-or-Die Tests by ...
A standard method for evaluating shelter dogs’ behavior — the results often meant the difference between adoption and […]
David E.H. Jones, Scientist Whose Alter Ego Challenged Conventions, Dies ...
In columns and books and on TV, Dr. Jones’s clever fictional creation, Daedalus, tweaked laymen and scientists alike. […]
Taking the Pulse of the ‘Near Threatened’ Platypus Is a ...
With indications that populations are declining, Australian scientists have embarked on an initiative to see how the platypus […]
Scientists Give a Chrysanthemum the Blues by JOANNA KLEIN
There are few true blue flowers in nature, but plant geneticists are determined to create them anyway. Published: […]
Dr. Herbert Needleman, Who Saw Lead’s Wider Harm to Children, ...
Dr. Needleman studied lost baby teeth to show that any level of absorbed lead can damage young brains. […]
Giant Telescope Atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea Should Be Approved, Judge ...
The Thirty Meter Telescope, which would be the largest in the Northern Hemisphere, could survey black holes and […]