Moons and Jupiter
On April 10, a Full Moon and Jupiter shared this telephoto field of view. Both were near opposition, […]
Science
A Dinosaur Cousin’s Crocodile Ankles Surprise Paleontologists
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The features of 245-million-year-old Teleocrater fossils may help fill in our understanding of how […]
Valiant in Battle, These Ants Rescue Their Wounded
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR After attacking termites, ants of a species in sub-Saharan Africa retrieve the injured so that […]
Riddle of Why Hitler Didn’t Use Sarin Gas Remains Unsolved
By WILLIAM J. BROAD Theories abound as to why the deadly nerve agent was not used during World […]
A Lizard With Scales That Behave Like a Computer Simulation
By STEPH YIN Two mathematical models converge to illuminate the process through which an ocellated lizard’s scales repeatedly […]
Saber-Toothed Cats Paid a Stiff Price for Lunch
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Researchers analyzed tens of thousands of bones retrieved from the La Brea Tar Pits […]
Leo Trio
This group is popular in the northern spring. Famous as the Leo Triplet, the three magnificent galaxies gather […]
How Ants Figured Out Farming Millions of Years Before Humans
By JOANNA KLEIN A new study traces the evolutionary history of ants throughout the Americas that cultivate fungus […]
In Ancient Guano, a Record of Penguin Disaster
By JAMES GORMAN Guano in lake sediment showed that an Antarctic penguin colony was devastated three times during […]
Man, Dog, Sun
This was supposed to be a shot of trees in front of a setting Sun. Sometimes, though, the […]