Red Wolves Need Emergency Protection, Conservationists Say
By JOANNA KLEIN A petition has been submitted to the Fish and Wildlife Service to increase protection for […]
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Following New Horizons’ Long Mission, Pluto Gets a Forever Stamp
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR NASA and the United States Postal Service released two new Forever 47-cent stamps commemorating […]
Triplet and Higher-Order Births in U.S. Down 41%
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The decline, which comes after a rapid rise in the 1980s and ’90s, occurred between […]
Cave Rings Indicate Neanderthals Were Smarter Than We Thought
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The two structures, found deep in a French cave and estimated to be 176,500 […]
To Protect Soldiers From Bombs, Military Scientists Build a Better ...
By MARY ROACH The Army is developing a crash-test dummy that simulates the injuries suffered by soldiers in […]
A Close Encounter for Earth and Mars
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The two planets will be at their closest in more than a decade, separated […]
How, and Why, to Hunt the Red-Spotted Newt
By JAMES GORMAN First of all, newts and salamanders are just plain cool. Also, many species in the […]
Do Big Brains Make for Smart Animals?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY As with many traits, the answer is “It depends.” Published: May 31, 2016 at […]
Ronald C. Davidson, Pioneer of Fusion Power, Dies at 74
By KENNETH CHANG During Dr. Davidson’s tenure, the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory made major advances toward harnessing fusion, […]
Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
Mars will look good in Earth’s skies over the next few days — but not this good. To […]