Stratolaunch’s Gargantuan Flying Launchpad Edges Toward the Skies
By NICK WINGFIELD and KENNETH CHANG The planned airborne launcher — funded by Paul Allen, a Microsoft founder […]
Science
The Launch of OSIRIS REx
Near sunset on Thursday, clear skies saw the launch of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Sporting a single solid rocket […]
Beware the Bonds of Female Bonobos
By NATALIE ANGIER In the African forest, the critically endangered species demonstrates a peculiar gender split. The matriarchal […]
North Korea Will Have the Skills to Make a Nuclear ...
By WILLIAM J. BROAD The Pentagon warned this year that Pyongyang’s new missiles, if perfected, “would be capable […]
Marching One by One, Trilobites Traversed the Seafloor
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Some 365 million years ago, eyeless trilobites lined up and were some of the […]
Smoking and Drinking Rates Among U.S. Teenagers Fall to New ...
By SABRINA TAVERNISE The trends among teenagers were encouraging, experts said, but other data in a national survey […]
NASA Launches Osiris-Rex Spacecraft to Retrieve Asteroid Pieces
By KENNETH CHANG The craft is set to return to Earth in seven years with bits of a […]
NASA Launches the Osiris-Rex Spacecraft to Asteroid Bennu
By JONATHAN CORUM Osiris-Rex launched Sept. 8 on a seven-year mission to the asteroid Bennu. Published: September 8, […]
A Quadruple Take on the Giraffe: It’s Four Species, Not ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Zoos across the world are going to have to change their labels if they […]
Eclipse to Sunset
September’s eclipse of the Sun is documented in the 68 frames of this timelapse composite. Starting at 1pm […]