A Dust Angel Nebula
The combined light of stars along the Milky Way are reflected by these cosmic dust clouds that soar […]
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Peacocks Don’t Just Show Their Feathers, They Rattle Them
By JAMES GORMAN Researchers studied the physics of how peacocks shake their tail feathers and found they resonate […]
Lizards, Too, May Sleep in Stages
By ERICA GOODE The bearded dragon shows stages of sleep similar to those in humans and other mammals, […]
This Is Your Brain on Podcasts
By BENEDICT CAREY Different people’s brains absorb a compelling story in the roughly the same complicated pattern, using […]
Omega Centauri: The Brightest Globular Star Cluster
This huge ball of stars predates our Sun. Long before humankind evolved, before dinosaurs roamed, and even before […]
SpaceX Says It Plans to Send a Probe to Mars
By KENNETH CHANG Elon Musk’s company said it would dispatch its Dragon vessel to the planet, possibly as […]
Should You Hug Your Dog?
By CHRISTINE HAUSER A psychology professor’s suggestion some dogs may feel distressed by being hugged ricocheted across social […]
Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer
By MATT RICHTEL Policy makers and road safety experts are reaching back to tested strategies: They want to […]
Wait, What’s That Noise? Cicadas, the New Batch, to Sound ...
By CHRISTOPHER MELE Everything you need to know about the insects set to ascend from the ground after […]
2nd Lawsuit Filed in U.S. to Block Chimps’ Move to ...
By JAMES GORMAN Animal rights groups and primate sanctuaries are fighting a plan to send eight chimpanzees living […]