Elephants: Large, Long-Living and Less Prone to Cancer
By CARL ZIMMER The animals appear to be exceptional cancer fighters, using a special set of proteins, a […]
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La Palma Eclipse Sequence
At left, a dramatic image sequence follows late September’s total lunar eclipse above a rugged landscape and sea […]
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich ...
By WILLIAM J. BROAD This week’s three Nobels reflect the globalization of science, which in the last century […]
Mass Killers Often Rely on Past Perpetrators’ Blueprints
By ERICA GOODE and BENEDICT CAREY Experts have come to understand mass shootings less as isolated expressions of […]
Photos of Shaving in Space and Other Routine Apollo Moments
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR An archivist has released thousands of never-before-seen images from NASA’s Apollo missions. Published: October […]
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald Win Nobel Prize in Physics, ...
By DENNIS OVERBYE The two joined 199 laureates, including Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr and Marie Curie, who have […]
Some Canada Geese Are Losing Migratory Instincts
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Year-round populations of the birds are establishing themselves in areas far south of their […]
Researcher Finds Way to Fight Cheatgrass, a Western Scourge
By CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON The invasive weed, which makes wildfires more damaging, may be vulnerable to a naturally occurring […]
Frogs Find Themselves in a Downward Spiral
By SINDYA N. BHANOO A new study reports that at least 3.1 percent of frog species have gone […]
Science Filmmaking to Test Ape Memory
By JAMES GORMAN For the purposes of testing ape memory, two scientists wrote, directed and starred in two […]