Do Floppy-Eared Dogs Look Friendlier? The T.S.A. Thinks So by ...
There is a scientific explanation for why humans associate floppy ears with friendly animal behavior. Exhibit A: Domesticated […]
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A Snail Called George, Believed to Be the Last of ...
Scientists say George, an inch-long mollusk about 14 years old, was most likely the last of Achatinella apexfulva, […]
More Trouble for the Hubble Telescope as a Primary Camera ...
Last year a gyroscope died, now there’s a camera glitch. That’s just the telescope “aging gracefully,” the mission […]
A Woman’s Work Was Sometimes Blue by STEPH YIN
A rare blue pigment, discovered on the teeth of a Medieval nun, suggests that women of that time […]
With 86% Drop, California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low ...
The monarchs’ declining wintertime numbers are “potentially catastrophic,” according to the nonprofit conservation group that conducted the count. […]
Giant Fungus Is Older, Bigger and Rarely Mutates by JOANNA ...
New genetic analysis shows that an underground parasitic mold in Michigan is about 2,500 years old and has […]
The Games Animals Play by C. CLAIBORNE RAY
In some species, youngsters play to develop skills they’ll need as adults. But in other animals, adults seem […]
Watch Scientists Brew Their Own Lava by NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
Published: January 8, 2019 at 01:00AM from #NYT Science Read the full article here: https://nyti.ms/2H3CCAr
Another Day, Another Exoplanet: NASA’s TESS Keeps Counting More by ...
The latest discovery is a lumbering, dense ball of gas that orbits a red dwarf star 53 light-years […]
These Whales Are Serenaders of the Seas. It’s Quite a ...
Why do whales sing? Scientists still aren’t certain, and maybe the whales aren’t, either. Published: January 7, 2019 […]