Central Asia Could Be Birthplace of the Modern Dog
By JAMES GORMAN The DNA analysis of a large and diverse group of dogs led researchers to determine […]
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Museum Specimens Find New Life Online
By ERIK OLSEN Scientific organizations around the world are turning to digital technology to reveal collections that have […]
Babies Take Months to Link Touches to What Touches Them
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Babies do not link the sensation of touch with the object or person touching […]
Warming Oceans May Threaten Krill, a Cornerstone of the Antarctic ...
By MICHELLE INNIS Global carbon emissions could significantly reduce the hatch rates of Antarctic krill, with implications for […]
Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan
Why is this cloud so bubbly? Normally, cloud bottoms are flat. The flatness is caused by moist warm […]
Bright Spiral Galaxy M81
One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth’s sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: […]
Richard F. Heck, Chemist Who Revolutionized Drug Development, Dies at ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Dr. Heck shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating techniques to synthesize […]
Night Hides the World
Stars come out as evening twilight fades in this serene skyscape following the Persian proverb “Night hides the […]
NOAA: Thanks to El Nino, the US Looks Pretty Wet ...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS El Nino this winter will leave a big wet but not necessarily snowy footprint […]
M16 and the Eagle Nebula
A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 […]