More Child Suicides Are Linked to A.D.D. Than Depression, Study ...
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS The new research found that attention deficit disorder was the most common mental health […]
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Judge Clears 7 Chimps for Departure. They’re Off to England.
By JAMES GORMAN A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the federal Fish and Wildlife Service, which approved […]
People Have Been Dying Fabric Indigo Blue for 6,000 Years
By STEPH YIN Before there were bluejeans there were blue Egyptian mummy cloths. Before blue mummy cloths? Possibly […]
A Cosmic Comet Breakup
By DENNIS OVERBYE When astronomers saw Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami 150 million miles from the sun last January, it was […]
Retrograde Mars and Saturn
Wandering Mars and Saturn have spent much of this year remarkably close in planet Earth’s night sky. In […]
Are Subpoenas on Exxon Mobil Inquiries Valid? Experts Say Yes, ...
By JOHN SCHWARTZ A House panel heard conflicting testimony over whether exceptional subpoenas arising from investigations of Exxon […]
The North and South of Jupiter
A wide, looping orbit brought Juno close to Jupiter on August 27. As the spacecraft swung around the […]
Why Pluto’s Moon Charon Wears a Red Cap
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH and NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The dwarf planet releases gases that cause its moon Charon’s […]
NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. Even our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have […]
‘Command and Control’ Warns of Decline of Nation’s Nuclear Complex
By WILLIAM J. BROAD The documentary, directed by Robert Kenner, tells the story of a missile accident in […]