Republicans Try a New Tack on Climate Change
By JUSTIN GILLIS Trump cabinet nominees offer a more nuanced view of climate change: The Earth is warming, […]
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The Purpose of Sleep? To Forget, Scientists Say
By CARL ZIMMER Two studies suggest that the brain edits itself during sleep, paring back the tangle of […]
Trump Has Choices to Make on Climate Policy. What Would ...
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG Donald Trump and his cabinet have sent mixed signals on some big environmental decisions they […]
Open Wide: Deep-Sea Fishes That Are Built to Eat Big
By JOANNA KLEIN Food can be scarce in the unusual parts of the ocean where barbeled dragonfish live. […]
Finding the Speed of Evolution in a Study of Bird ...
By STEPH YIN Much of the variety in the bills of today’s birds evolved long ago, very quickly, […]
‘Listen to Evidence’: March for Science Plans Washington Rally on ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Hoping to mirror the success of the women’s march on Washington last month, the […]
Maggot to Blowfly: Ready for Its Close-Up
By JAMES GORMAN With X-ray video and microscopic CT scans scientists have recorded in detail the metamorphosis of […]
How Squirrels Build Their Nests
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY What looks like nothing more than a clump of leaves is a complex, layered […]
The Cats Eye Nebula from Hubble
To some, it may look like a cat’s eye. The alluring Cat’s Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand […]
Science Will Suffer Under Trump’s Travel Ban, Researchers Say
By HENRY FOUNTAIN College officials and policy makers say that new restrictions on travel will affect thousands of […]