Ripples Through a Dark Sky
Sunlight ripples through a dark sky on this Swedish summer midnight as noctilucent or night shining clouds seem […]
Science
Blue Danube Analemma
The Sun’s annual waltz through planet Earth’s sky forms a graceful curve known as an analemma. The analemma’s […]
Hypnosis May Put You in a ‘Trance’ Because You Expect ...
By ERICA GOODE A study at Stanford showed the “trance” people fall into is more a byproduct of […]
An Orangutan’s Mimicry Offers Clues to Language’s Origins
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Rocky lives in the Indianapolis Zoo and can accurately copy the pitch and tone […]
Seattle, With Its Needle, Is Turning Into a Space Center
By NICK WINGFIELD Commercial aerospace start-ups are attracting access to investors with deep pockets and an abundance of […]
The Grand Sea Turtle Experiment on Padre Island
By STEPH YIN Every year, National Park Service employees release an average 17,000 Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings […]
What Your Brain Looks Like When It Solves a Math ...
By BENEDICT CAREY Researchers demonstrated a method for reconstructing how the brain moves from understanding a problem to […]
Study Asks if Moon Astronauts Got Increased Heart Risks
By STEPH YIN With deep space exploration on the horizon, researchers say more research on radiation exposure and […]
Insecticide Can Cut Bee Sperm by Nearly 40 Percent, Study ...
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH Much of the global food supply requires pollinators like honeybees, and the bees’ decline […]
M13: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars
M13 is one of the most prominent and best known globular clusters. Visible with binoculars in the constellation […]