Envying the Starfish, Regenerator of Limbs
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Human beings can regenerate some tissues, notably the liver and skin, but limbs are […]
Science
Bach Pie Recipe
By EUGENIA CHENG How to make an oblong rectangle of creamy dark chocolate studded with banana slices, topped […]
Eugenia Cheng Makes Math a Piece of Cake
By NATALIE ANGIER It can also be a piece of pie, or custard — so says a professor […]
Researchers Aim to Put Carbon Dioxide Back to Work
By HENRY FOUNTAIN Scientists are working on ways to recycle and reuse carbon dioxide, rather than storing it […]
After a Comeback, New Challenges for Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears
By JIM ROBBINS Being “delisted” as threatened under the Endangered Species Act could subject a larger bear population […]
Contemplating the Sun
Have you contemplated your home star recently? Featured here, a Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by […]
Moon over Makemake
Makemake, second brightest dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt, has a moon. Nicknamed MK2, Makemake’s moon reflects sunlight […]
What Is Alzheimer’s Disease?
By PAM BELLUCK Here are answers to some common questions about a disease that can seem frightening, mysterious […]
Fermi’s Gamma-ray Moon
If you could only see gamma-rays, photons with up to a billion or more times the energy of […]
The Curious Case of the Caspian Sea’s Scars
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR A NASA oceanographer saw what appeared to be a scraped seafloor on satellite images […]