A Warning for Dogs, and Their Best Friends, in Study ...
By JAN HOFFMAN Decreased sperm quality and other effects could be related to environmental causes, and further declines […]
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How Bad Is Your Air-Conditioner for the Planet?
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG Governments recently met to limit a chemical with a powerful heat trapping effect, highlighting air-conditioning’s […]
Monkeys That Smile the Way We Do
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG A recent study shows that seven baby Japanese macaques spontaneously smiled a combined 58 times […]
Perseid Meteors over Mount Shasta
Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer […]
As Peat Bogs Burn, a Climate Threat Rises
By HENRY FOUNTAIN Warming temperatures can dry out northern peatlands, increasing the risk of fires that release thousands […]
Ahmed H. Zewail, Nobel-Prize-Winning Chemist, Dies at 70
By KENNETH CHANG Dr. Zewail, a naturalized American citizen, was the first Arab to win a Nobel in […]
Io: Moon over Jupiter
How big is Jupiter’s moon Io? The most volcanic body in the Solar System, Io (usually pronounced “EYE-oh”) […]
Las Campanas Moon and Mercury
Last Thursday the view toward sunset from the 2.5 kilometer summit of Cerro Las Campanas in the remote […]
The Particle That Wasn’t
By DENNIS OVERBYE Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider reveal that mounds of data did not support […]
First We Made Fire! But It May Have Come With ...
By STEPH YIN Figuring out how to make fire was no doubt an evolutionary boon to our ancestors. […]