Do Wild Dogs Sleep as Much as Your Pets?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Do dogs in the wild sleep as much as domesticated animals? Published: September 22, […]
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For Evolving Brains, a ‘Paleo’ Diet of Carbs
By CARL ZIMMER A new report suggests that our ancestors were able to fuel the evolution of our […]
Tourists Thwart Turtles from Nesting in Costa Rica
By ELISABETH MALKIN and PAULINA VILLEGAS During the first weekend in September, day-trippers swarmed the beach in Costa […]
A Plutonian Landscape
This shadowy landscape of majestic mountains and icy plains stretches toward the horizon of a small, distant world. […]
Sun Provides Dramatic Backlighting for Latest Pluto Pictures
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The newest pictures of Pluto are so up-close and personal that the mission’s top […]
Pickering’s Triangle in the Veil
Chaotic in appearance, these filaments of shocked, glowing gas break across planet Earth’s sky toward the constellation of […]
Inuit Study Adds Twist to Omega-3 Fatty Acids’ Health Story
By CARL ZIMMER A new study found that ancestors of the Inuit evolved unique genetic adaptations for eating […]
Study: Air Pollution Kills 3.3 Million Worldwide, May Double
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Air pollution is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, according to a new […]
Bright Spots Resolved in Occator Crater on Ceres
What created these bright spots on Ceres? The spots were first noted as the robotic Dawn spacecraft approached […]
More Evidence for Coming Black Hole Collision
By DENNIS OVERBYE A new report supports the theory that two black holes in a galaxy 3.5 billion […]