NASA Reschedules Mars InSight Mission for May 2018
By KENNETH CHANG Problems with the enclosure for a seismic instrument forced a two-year delay, but the mission […]
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Views of the Total Solar Eclipse
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Thousands across the world watched the eclipse on Wednesday, with many capturing captivating images. […]
Unappetizing Experiment Explores Tools’ Role in Humans’ Bigger Brains
By CARL ZIMMER Scientists at Harvard concluded that stone tools that broke down food could have helped early […]
How to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Skywatchers across Southeast Asia and the western Pacific can witness a solar eclipse. Here’s […]
Jeff Bezos Lifts Veil on His Rocket Company, Blue Origin
By KENNETH CHANG Mr. Bezos introduced reporters to Blue Origin for the first time on Tuesday, offering updates […]
Methane Has Never Looked So Beautiful
By JOANNA KLEIN What looks like a page ripped from an alien’s dream journal, is actually a frozen […]
An Insect That Masters Water and Air
By JAMES GORMAN The lily pad beetle moves about with a very rapid form of self-propelled windsurfing while […]
Mystery Feature Now Disappears in Titan Lake
What is that changing object in a cold hydrocarbon sea of Titan? Radar images from the robotic Cassini […]
Unplanned Pregnancies Hit Lowest Level in 30 Years
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Of 6.1 million pregnancies for those 15 to 44 in the United States in 2011, […]
Marine Life Thrives in Unlikely Place: Offshore Oil Rigs
By ERIK OLSEN The realization is adding momentum to efforts to convert some of the platforms into artificial […]