Head of U.N. Climate Panel Resigns Amid Harassment Accusations
By JUSTIN GILLIS Rajendra Pachauri’s 13 years as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made him […]
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Rats May Be Exonerated in European Plague, Say Scientists With ...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Researchers suggest that the bacterium behind the Black Death was repeatedly imported via gerbils […]
Time for New Antlers
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY When deer lose their antlers each year, do they grow back in the same […]
Taking a Dive With Turtles via Video
By JAMES GORMAN Scientists studying leatherbacks that spend their summer in Nova Scotia feeding on jellyfish are sticking […]
According to the Words, the News Is Actually Good
By JOHN TIERNEY An algorithm used to analyze millions of articles and books, and billions of tweets, determined […]
The Tangled Roots of English
By NICHOLAS WADE The precursor to many modern languages, including English, was probably spread by force, not farming. […]
The Milky Way Over the Arizona Toadstools
Which is older — the rocks you see on the ground or the light you see from the […]
Rarely Seen Images From Space Including the ‘Best Selfie Ever’
By KENNETH CHANG More than 700 vintage photographs from the early days of space exploration are to be […]
Building a Face, and a Case, on DNA
By ANDREW POLLACK The growing capability to determine physical characteristics from genetics can help the police, but it […]
I’ve Just Seen a (DNA-Generated) Face
By HEATHER MURPHY To test the accuracy of DNA-based facial sketches, two Times journalists had scans made and […]