NASA: Last Month Was Earth’s Hottest in Recorded History
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA. Published: […]
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A Curb Is Repaired, and a Seismic Marker Is Lost
By STEPH YIN When city workers in Hayward, Calif., replaced a disjointed sidewalk curb, they eliminated a visible […]
Wood That Could be Mistaken for Glass
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The scientists say they were “very surprised by how transparent it could go.” Published: […]
Reaching for the Stars, Across 4.37 Light-Years
By DENNIS OVERBYE Silicon Valley scientists and billionaires announced an effort to send probes to explore Alpha Centauri, […]
Gene Tests Identify Breast Cancer Patients Who Can Skip Chemotherapy, ...
By DENISE GRADY Researchers found that nearly half of women with early breast cancer can safely avoid the […]
One Star Over, a Planet That Might Be Another Earth
By KENNETH CHANG Scientists have detected a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest neighbor to our solar system. […]
A Planet Orbiting Our Closest Neighbor, Proxima Centauri
By JONATHAN CORUM Proxima b is the closest exoplanet to our sun. Published: August 24, 2016 at 02:00AM […]
Why Do Schools of Fish Seem to Know One Hand ...
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY The synchronized behavior of schools of fish fascinates researchers, who have yet to fully […]
A New Dolphin Species, Long Gone, Found in a Drawer
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR A skull that had spent decades at the National Museum of Natural History belonged to […]
Gigantic Jet Lightning over China
That’s no meteor. While watching and photographing this year’s Perseid Meteor Shower, something unexpected happened: a gigantic jet […]