This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful for Science
By MICHAEL ROSTON We’re not saying you can’t talk about politics on Thanksgiving. But here are some conversation […]
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Figaro, the Toolmaking Cockatoo
By JAMES GORMAN What a bird in Vienna could do with his beak and a few raw materials […]
Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Surpass Hubble
By DENNIS OVERBYE After 20 years, the James Webb Space Telescope is now on schedule for a 2018 […]
Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Replace Hubble
By DENNIS OVERBYE After 20 years, the James Webb Space Telescope is now on schedule for a 2018 […]
NGC 4414: A Flocculent Spiral Galaxy
How much mass do flocculent spirals hide? The featured true color image of flocculent spiral galaxy NGC 4414 […]
IC 5070: A Dusty Pelican in the Swan
The recognizable profile of the Pelican Nebula soars nearly 2,000 light-years away in the high flying constellation Cygnus, […]
Your A.T.M. Is Covered in Microbes, but Mostly Harmless
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR To researchers, automated teller machines are like miniature laboratories where they can study the […]
Who First Farmed Potatoes? Archaeologists in Andes Find New Evidence
By STEPH YIN Archaeologists have found ancient starch grains pinpointing the Titicaca Basin of southern Peru as a […]
Philadelphia Perigee Full Moon
A supermoon sets over the metropolis of Philadelphia in this twilight snapshot captured on November 14 at 6:21am […]
Dr. Denton Cooley, Whose Pioneering Heart Surgery Set Off a ...
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN Working at the Houston cardiology center he founded, Dr. Cooley, in 1969, implanted the […]