Can You ‘Suntan’ Through a Window?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Can you get useful quantities of vitamin D while sitting in a sunny window […]
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Scientists Ponder the Prospect of Contagious Cancer
By GEORGE JOHNSON What if malignant cells, rather than dying with their host, had the ability to travel […]
M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
What’s lighting up the Cigar Galaxy? M82, as this irregular galaxy is also known, was stirred up by […]
Douglas L. Inman, Coastal Science Pioneer, Dies at 95
By CORNELIA DEAN Dr. Inman helped change the understanding of the processes that shape the beach and trained […]
In Zika Epidemic, a Warning on Climate Change
By JUSTIN GILLIS In the coming decades, global warming is likely to increase the range and speed the […]
Acidic Ocean Leads to Warped Skeletons for Young Coral
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG A study found that oceans that had absorbed more atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to young […]
Where Your Shadow Has Company
Want to take a relaxing interstellar vacation? Consider visiting Kepler-16b, a world in a binary star system. In […]
Two Naked Mole Rats, Seemingly Immune to Cancer, Got Cancer
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Scientists report two cases of cancer in the species, which is much less susceptible […]
So You Wanna Be a NASA Astronaut? Pretty Unlikely.
By KENNETH CHANG By the deadline on Thursday, more than 18,300 people had submitted their résumés in hopes […]
Male Sellers on eBay Have an Edge Over Women, Study ...
By PAM BELLUCK A study in the journal Science Advances said that when vendors with equal selling reputations […]