You’re Swabbing a Dead Gorilla for Ebola. Then It Gets ...
Carrion flies inside your hood. Sweat turns your gloves into water balloons. This is tough work, but it […]
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The Amelia Earhart Mystery Stays Down in the Deep by ...
Robert Ballard’s expedition to a remote island in the South Pacific found no evidence of the vanished aviator’s […]
E-Cigarettes Went Unchecked in 10 Years of F.D.A. Inaction by ...
A decade after Congress gave the F.D.A. the power to regulate tobacco products like e-cigarettes, the federal government […]
Sunny for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 21°C and a low of […]
Andromeda before Photoshop
What does the Andromeda galaxy really look like? The featured image shows how our Milky Way Galaxy‘s closest […]
Sunny for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 21°C and a low of […]
A Stellar Jewel Box: Open Cluster NGC 290
Jewels don’t shine this bright — only stars do. Like gems in a jewel box, though, the stars […]
Warren Dares Facebook With Intentionally False Political Ad by BY ...
The Democratic presidential candidate bought the ad to goad Facebook into removing misinformation in political ads, escalating her […]
Partly Cloudy for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 21°C and a low of […]
Interplanetary Earth
In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013 Earth was photographed on the same day from two other […]
The Twitch That Helps Your Intestines Grow by VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
Pulsing movements in an embryo are crucial to helping intestines grow into the wonder tube that it is, […]
In the Sea, Not All Plastic Lasts Forever by WILLIAM ...
Polystyrene, a common ocean pollutant, decomposes in sunlight much faster than thought, a new study finds. Published: October […]