Trying to Stay Ahead of Earthquake Disasters
By KENNETH CHANG A nonprofit, GeoHazards International, helps developing countries prepare for earthquakes and save lives in places […]
Science
Making Sense of the Chemistry That Led to Life on ...
By NICHOLAS WADE Researchers are nearing a better understanding of the chemical reactions that created life on the […]
Last Mammoths Spent Final Years on Solitary Island
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR In addition to isolation, new genetic information suggested that inbreeding also played a role in […]
African Diet May Lead Away From Colon Cancer
By SINDYA N. BHANOO To study the effects, researchers asked African-American and South African volunteers to swap diets […]
Birth? Trivial Next to Cellular Doughnut-Making Process
By JAMES GORMAN Scientists have made a time-lapse recording that shows for the first time in three dimensions […]
An Unexpected Aurora over Norway
Sometimes the sky lights up unexpectedly. A trip to northern Norway to photograph auroras was not going as […]
Ghostly Voices From Thomas Edison’s Dolls Can Now Be Heard
By RON COWEN New technology allows the nursery rhymes on the talking toys’ cylinders, the first entertainment recordings, […]
Fracking Chemicals Detected in Pennsylvania Drinking Water
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The study, which has been criticized by the industry, noted that the contamination at […]
Moonrise Through Mauna Keas Shadow
How can the Moon rise through a mountain? It cannot — what was photographed here is a moonrise […]
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
Follow the handle of the Big Dipper away from the dipper’s bowl until you get to the handle’s […]