The Science of Finding Romance Online
By RACHEL NUWER Two researchers discovered ways to make your profile stand out. One of them proved just […]
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Two Hours Before Neptune
Two hours before closest approach to Neptune in 1989, the Voyager 2 robot spacecraft snapped this picture. Clearly […]
Solar System Portrait
On another Valentine’s Day 25 years ago, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft […]
Aurora on Ice
Not from a snowglobe, this expansive fisheye view of ice and sky was captured on February 1, from […]
More Evidence That Mammals Coexisted With Dinosaurs
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA New discoveries point to a tree climber and a superb digger. Published: February 17, 2015 […]
Study Sees Even Bigger Longer Droughts for Much of US ...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As bad as recent droughts in California, the Southwest and the Midwest have been, […]
Few Health System Studies Use Top Method, Report Says
By SABRINA TAVERNISE Experts expressed frustration that efforts to reform the health care system so rarely relied on […]
Exploring the Antennae
Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly constellation Corvus, two large galaxies are colliding. The stars in […]
Plastic Ocean Waste Levels Going Up, Study Says
By JOHN SCHWARTZ The amount of debris is likely to increase tenfold over the next decade unless nations […]
Studying Oversize Brain Cells for Links to Exceptional Memory
By CARL ZIMMER Learning what makes so-called von Economo neurons special could help point researchers to treatments for […]