Study Finds Snowfall in California’s Sierra Nevada to Be Lowest ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The report suggests droughts in the state may become more common as precipitation on […]
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Plants That Are Predators
By NATALIE ANGIER Carnivorous plants like the Venus flytrap capture prey and minds with their (not always deadly) […]
A Wasp That Turns a Spider Into the Walking Dead
By JAMES GORMAN First an ichneumonid wasp lays an egg on an orb weaver spider. The larva essentially […]
A Partial Solar Eclipse over Texas
It was a typical Texas sunset except that most of the Sun was missing. The location of the […]
ISS Double Transit
Not once, but twice the International Space Station transits the Sun on consecutive orbits of planet Earth in […]
A Decline in the Nutritional Value of Crops
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Studies have suggested that foods being grown now are less nutritious, but there may […]
Newest Pluto Pictures Show Jumbled Mountains, Possible Dunes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The spigot has opened again, and Pluto pictures are pouring in once more from […]
Argentine Ants Carry Virus Deadly to Honeybees
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Already one of the world’s most damaging pests, the ants may infect the bees […]
A Giant Squid in the Flying Bat
Very faint but also very large on planet Earth’s sky, a giant Squid Nebula cataloged as Ou4, and […]
Study Predicts Antarctica Ice Melt if All Fossil Fuels Are ...
By JUSTIN GILLIS Burning all the world’s coal, oil and natural gas would lead to temperature increases that […]