An Error Leads to a New Way to Draw, and ...
By JOHN MARKOFF Findings published in the journal Science Advances describe an “Etch A Sketch” using light that […]
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The Moon Entering Earth s Shadow
On September 27/28, from all over the planet’s nightside moon watchers enjoyed a total lunar eclipse. The dramatic […]
Study: Eurasian Farmers Migrated to Africa 3,000 Years Ago
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Scientists say they have extracted ancient DNA from the skull of a man buried […]
Horselike Fossil From 48 Million Years Ago Preserved While Pregnant
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The specimen described in a new study is the earliest and best-preserved mammalian fetus […]
Blue Sky and Red Ice at Pluto, NASA Spacecraft Discovers
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The sky over Pluto may not be sunny but it’s undoubtedly blue. Published: October […]
Scientists: Major Coral Bleaching Crisis Spreads Worldwide
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The bleaching of colorful coral is spreading into a worldwide, devastating crisis, scientists say, […]
M83: The Thousand Ruby Galaxy
Big, bright, and beautiful, spiral galaxy M83 lies a mere twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip […]
How to Watch the Draconid Meteor Shower
By DANIEL VICTOR The annual nighttime display peaks Thursday night and is likely to be helped by good […]
Scientists Sequence First Ancient Human Genome From Africa
By CARL ZIMMER DNA was recovered from a 4,500-year-old human skeleton in Ethiopia, and it is strikingly different […]
Researchers Say They’ve Recreated Part of a Rat Brain Digitally
By JAMES GORMAN The research was partly supported by a more than $1 billion program that aims to […]