The Slow Process of Countering the Emerald Ash Borer
By CARL ZIMMER Scientists hope to help North American ashes defend against an Asian beetle that has caused […]
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Many Psychology Findings Not as Strong as Claimed, Study Says
By BENEDICT CAREY Only 35 of 100 studies that the Reproducibility Project looked at held up fully to […]
Joseph Traub, Who Helped Bring Computer Science to Universities, Dies ...
By STEVE LOHR Mr. Traub, who founded the computer science department at Columbia, helped the emerging academic discipline […]
Collinder 399: The Coat Hanger
Is this coat hanger a star cluster or an asterism? This cosmic hang-up has been debated over much […]
A Way to Make Depth-Sensing Cameras Better
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The cameras can detect how far away something is. But they didn’t work well […]
Meteors and Milky Way over Mount Ranier
Despite appearances, the sky is not falling. Two weeks ago, however, tiny bits of comet dust were. Featured […]
Mutation Reduces Pregnancy Complications for Africa’s Khoe-San People
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The gene variant can alter the formation of the placenta, resulting in larger, healthier […]
Book Review: ‘The Butterflies of North America; Titian Peale’s Lost ...
By DANA JENNINGS With “The Butterflies of North America; Titian Peale’s Lost Manuscript,” today’s readers can appreciate both […]
A Piece of the Earliest Baboon Ever Found
By SINDYA N. BHANOO A two-million-year-old skull fragment was found in the same South African cave that turned […]
Japan Delivers Whiskey to Space Station_ for Science
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Spirits arrived at the International Space Station on Monday. Not the ghostly ones, but […]