Dr. Julius Youngner, Polio Vaccine Pioneer, Dies at 96
By SAM ROBERTS Dr. Youngner was the last surviving member of the original three-man research team assembled by […]
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In Disposable Mucus Houses, These Zooplankton Filter the Oceans
By STEPH YIN Scientists near Monterey Bay in California find that giant larvaceans, a kind of zooplankton, can […]
The ‘Sounds’ of Space as NASA’s Cassini Dives by Saturn
By KENNETH CHANG The spacecraft recorded some light patter as it passed between Saturn and its innermost ring, […]
Why Two Volcanoes in Hawaii Are So Close, but So ...
By JOANNA KLEIN A model to explain why neighboring Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are so different could […]
Long-Awaited Miami Science Museum Comes to Life
By NICK MADIGAN The opening of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science comes after a scramble […]
NGC 3628: The Hamburger Galaxy
No, hamburgers are not this big. What is pictured is a sharp telescopic views of a magnificent edge-on […]
Touch New Stamp and Presto, Total Solar Eclipse Becomes Moon
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. Postal Service is going all out for this summer’s total solar eclipse, […]
Approach above Sunset
There it is! The Cygnus supply ship was a welcome sight to the astronauts on the International Space […]
The New Threat to Wolves in and Around Yellowstone
By JIM ROBBINS Packs of the animals, once endangered, have flourished, but biologists worry about the effects of […]
Empirical Evidence: Cats Love People
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Given a choice between human affection, toys and food, the felines sometimes chose people. Published: […]