Stingray Robot Powered by Light, and Living Rat Cells
By STEPH YIN Among other applications, a new artificial stingray can teach scientists more about how the heart […]
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Los Angeles Looks for Extra Water Down Its Alleys
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG In the fifth year of a drought, Los Angeles wants to convert miles of extra […]
Another Inconvenient Truth: It’s Hard to Agree How to Fight ...
By JOHN SCHWARTZ While activists can agree that something must be done, differences arise over exactly what and […]
Moon Meets Jupiter
What’s that next to the Moon? Jupiter — and its four largest moons. Skygazers around planet Earth enjoyed […]
Story of Philistines Could Be Reshaped by Ancient Cemetery
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Archaeologists in Ashkelon, Israel, said they had found a burial site that could help […]
Noctilucent Clouds Tour France
Bright noctilucent or night shining clouds are not familiar sights from northern France. But these electric-blue waves coursed […]
Juno: Piercing Jupiter’s Clouds
By DENNIS OVERBYE, JONATHAN CORUM and JASON DRAKEFORD On July 4, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive to […]
Mysterious Rite of Reproduction
By NATALIA V. OSIPOVA Watch corals in their procreative dance, a spectacular event that happens once a year […]
The Swirling Core of the Crab Nebula
At the core of the Crab Nebula lies a city-sized, magnetized neutron star spinning 30 times a second. […]
A Secret to Swordfish Speed Is Found: Grease
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Scientists have discovered an oil-producing gland that lubricates the fish’s head and helps it achieve […]