Rare White Wolf Killed in Yellowstone Park Was Shot Illegally ...
The 12-year-old alpha female, the only white wolf in the park, was found near death last month. The […]
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M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, “This is but a little Patch, but it shews itself to […]
Humans Have a Poor Sense of Smell? It’s Just a ...
The belief that the human nose isn’t very acute is not based on empirical evidence, a scientist says […]
To Simulate Climate Change, Scientists Build Miniature Worlds by CARL ...
A series of experimental “mesocosms” in Australia show that a warming world will have unexpected effects on marine […]
Broken Tulips: ‘That Last Gasp of Beauty Before Death’ by ...
Some of the most beautiful tulips ever grown result from a virus that makes the flowers wilt early, […]
The Multiwavelength Crab
The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier’s famous list of things which […]
The Harmony That Keeps Trappist-1’s 7 Earth-size Worlds From Colliding ...
Astronomers can now explain why the recently discovered Earth-size planets, tightly packed, don’t simply fly apart. And now, […]
Scientists in South Africa Reveal More on Human-Like Species by ...
A species belonging to the human family tree whose remnants were first discovered in a South African cave […]
UGC 1810: Wildly Interacting Galaxy from Hubble
What’s happening to this spiral galaxy? Although details remain uncertain, it surely has to do with an ongoing […]
Ancient Cannibals Didn’t Eat Just for the Calories, Study Suggests ...
An archaeologist’s fascination with the nutritional value of humans aims to understand the complexities of early relatives of […]