Water’s Big (and Then Bigger) Bounce
By JAMES GORMAN Researchers found a way that microscopic droplets can be made to spontaneously launch themselves upward, […]
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120 Multistate Outbreaks: Tip of Iceberg in Food-borne Infection
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Every state has been affected, and multistate outbreaks led to 7,929 illnesses from 2010-14, though […]
Pluto: From Mountains to Plains
What do the sharpest views ever of Pluto show? As the robotic New Horizons spacecraft moves into the […]
Scientists Hope to Bring a Galápagos Tortoise Species Back to ...
By SANDRA BLAKESLEE Close relatives of Lonesome George, who died in 2012, have been found by geneticists who […]
An Effort to Bring a Galápagos Turtle Species Back From ...
By SANDRA BLAKESLEE Relatives of Lonesome George, the last of his species, who died in 2012, have been […]
How Fish Communicate, Even Using Noise
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Fish can send signals via motion and electrical pulses, bioluminescence and chemicals. Researchers have […]
When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal
From a radiant point in the constellation of the Twins, the annual Geminid meteor shower rain down on […]
Climate Accord Is a Healing Step, if Not a Cure
By JUSTIN GILLIS By highlighting the gulf between humanity’s stated goals and its plans to achieve them, the […]
What Does a Climate Deal Actually Mean for the World?
By Unknown Author A group of 195 nations reached a landmark climate agreement on Saturday. Here is what […]
Comet Meets Moon and Morning Star
A crescent Moon and brilliant Venus met in predawn skies on December 7, a beautiful conjunction of planet […]