Why We Can’t Look Away From Our Screens
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS In a new book, the social psychologist Adam Alter warns that our devotion to digital […]
Science
On Galápagos, Revealing the Blue-Footed Booby’s True Colors
By NATALIE ANGIER With no real predators, the birds live proud, public lives. That accessibility has proved a […]
Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, Pioneering Liver Surgeon, Dies at 90
By JEREMY PEARCE In the 1960s, Dr. Starzl performed the first successful liver transplant on a human patient […]
Still Life with Reflecting Dust
In this beautiful celestial still life composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170 shines at the […]
Spring Amphibians, on the Move, Could Use Some Crossing Guards
By JOANNA KLEIN Frogs and salamanders, wakened a bit sooner than usual this year, are walking to their […]
How the Amazon’s Cashews and Cacao Point to Cultivation by ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR A study that examined domesticated trees and plants, including in areas near archaeological sites, […]
The Secret to a Really Crisp Apple
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Differences in cell walls result in some apples being mealy and some being magnificent. […]
First Seen 30 Years Ago, a Supernova Refuses to Be ...
By DENNIS OVERBYE New images from the Hubble Space Telescope have been released of the supernova called SN1987A, […]
Annular Eclipse After Sunrise
From northern Patagonia, morning skies were clear and blue on Sunday, February 26. This sweeping composite scene, overlooking […]
The Woolly Mammoth’s Last Stand
By NICHOLAS WADE A new study shows how an endangered or declining species may result in an irreversible […]