DNA May Help Track Ivory Poachers
By SINDYA N. BHANOO DNA evidence from elephant dung, tissue and hair can help identify the origins of […]
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Study: Mega Injections of Wastewater Triggers More Quakes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The more oil and gas companies pump their saltwater waste into the ground, and […]
An Ant With the Right Coat for 158-Degree Weather
By SINDYA N. BHANOO A unique coat of hair covers silver ants of the Sahara and keeps them […]
Papal Encyclical Heartens Proponents of Fossil-Fuel Divestment
By JOHN SCHWARTZ By addressing the threat of climate change so forcefully, Pope Francis is likely to add […]
Agencies, Hoping to Deflect Comets and Asteroids, Step Up Earth ...
By WILLIAM J. BROAD The goal is to learn how to better deflect comets and asteroids that might […]
M64: The Black Eye Galaxy
This big, bright, beautiful spiral galaxy is Messier 64, often called the Black Eye Galaxy or the Sleeping […]
New DNA Results Show Kennewick Man Was Native American
By CARL ZIMMER A new analysis, published in Nature, refutes the theory that the 8,500-year-old skeleton was a […]
Pope Francis Aligns Himself With Mainstream Science on Climate
By JUSTIN GILLIS If anything, environmental scientists say, the pope may have bent over backward to offer a […]
Europe’s Philae Comet Lander May Soon Begin Experiments
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS European scientists are confident they’ll soon be able to start experiments on the surface […]
Study: A Third of Global Groundwater Basins Are Overstressed
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Satellite data show people are overdrawing water from some of the world’s largest groundwater […]