When Radiation Isn’t the Real Risk
By GEORGE JOHNSON Four years after the nuclear accident at Fukushima, no one has been killed or sickened […]
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Cori Bargmann Puts Her Mind to How the Brain Works
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS For a neurobiologist at Rockefeller University, a mission to help lead a president’s initiative starts […]
Spiral Galaxy M96 from Hubble
Dust lanes seem to swirl around the core of Messier 96 in this colorful, detailed portrait of the […]
Oldest Find of Salmon Remains in North America
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The 11,500-year-old remains were found in Alaska, a study says, confirming that salmon fishing […]
9 Years of Muck, Mud and Debate in Java
By RACHEL NUWER New evidence suggests a damaging, continuing mud volcano was started by drilling. But many researchers […]
Earth Blamed for Cracks in Moon
By KENNETH CHANG According to a new study, images taken by NASA’s lunar orbiter showed more than 3,200 […]
As Fires Grow, a New Landscape Appears in the West
By JOHN SCHWARTZ Governments’ interference in the natural cycle of fires, along with climate change, has created more […]
Global Ocean Suspected on Saturns Enceladus
Do some surface features on Enceladus roll like a conveyor belt? A leading interpretation of images taken of […]
A Prominence on the Sun
This eerie landscape of incandescent plasma suspended in looping and twisted magnetic fields stretched toward the Sun’s eastern […]
Earth’s Record Streak of Record Heat Keeps on Sizzling
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Earth’s record-breaking heat is sounding an awful lot like a broken record. Published: September […]