Visiting an Ailing Relative
By EMILY ANTHES A sobering new book argues that wild chimps are being assaulted from all sides: hunted […]
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Generating a Molecule With Star Quality
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA Scientists in England have generated a highly complex star-shaped molecule made of interlocking rings that […]
A Full Circle Rainbow over Australia
Have you ever seen an entire rainbow? From the ground, typically, only the top portion of a rainbow […]
Toolmaking May Have Risen Independently
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA A technique which early humans used to make knives by flaking off bits of stone […]
Rating Pain Relief
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY How is the effectiveness of pain relievers measured? Is there a list that quantifies […]
Science Events: Dancing Particle Physics and Science-Inspired Fashion
By JASCHA HOFFMAN In a piece choreographed by the artist-in-residence at the CERN physics laboratory, dancers will begin […]
Marmosets Find Videos Educational, if Not Viral
By JAMES GORMAN Wild marmosets in the Brazilian forest can learn quite successfully from video demonstrations featuring other […]
Growing, and Growing Vulnerable
By CORNELIA DEAN A new report from the National Research Council found that the effect of climate change […]
The Difficulties of Nuclear Containment
By SAM ROBERTS A recently declassified report makes it clear that the Manhattan Project was threatened by leaks […]
The Odds, Continually Updated
By F. D. FLAM In Bayesian statistics, new data is used to shape assumptions, the opposite of the […]