You Say Tomato, These Moths Say Dinner
By STEPH YIN Tomato crops worldwide are being ravaged by a moth no larger than an eyelash. It […]
Science
The Dogs That Don’t Belong to Anyone
By Compiled by MICHAEL ROSTON and DULCE RAMOS We asked Times readers on many continents – both English […]
How Did Lightning Kill More Than 300 Reindeer?
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Four hooves on the ground create more potential pathways for electrical current to flow. […]
Like Tens of Millions of Matchsticks, California’s Dead Trees Stand ...
By CYNTHIA H. CRAFT A complex convergence of factors — the drought, bark beetles, a pathogen spreading sudden […]
With Dogs, It’s What You Say — and How You ...
By JAMES GORMAN New research suggests that dogs respond to meaning and intonation in human voices. Published: August […]
Japan’s ‘Hail Mary’ at Fukushima Daiichi: An Underground Ice Wall
By MARTIN FACKLER The project is designed to keep water out of the damaged reactor buildings at the […]
Stuck in Traffic, Polluting the Inside of Our Cars
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG According to a study, pollution levels in vehicles at red lights or in traffic jams […]
A NASA Satellite Ends the Silent Treatment
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The signal from STEREO-B, one of twin crafts put in orbit to study the sun, […]
A Summer Evening in Texas Isn’t Complete Without a Bat ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Every night, millions of bats emerge in the middle of the state, including more than […]
New Form of Fire, Inspired by Bourbon, Might Help With ...
By JAMES GORMAN Scientists turned a fire whirl, sometimes called a firenado, into a new form — a […]