Elephant Tusk DNA Helps Track Ivory Poachers by KAREN WEINTRAUB
Researchers are examining the genetic data in seized elephant ivory to trace it back to the animals’ homelands […]
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Why Your DNA Is Still Uncharted Territory by CARL ZIMMER
Scientists are focusing on a relatively small number of human genes and neglecting thousands of others. The reasons […]
With Moon as His Muse, Japanese Billionaire Signs Up for ...
Elon Musk shared a stage at a SpaceX factory on Monday night with Yusaku Maezawa, who will make […]
Lapses in Turning the Lights On by C. CLAIBORNE RAY
When you flip the switch, there seems to be a wait before the bulb glows brightly. Published: September […]
What 13,000 Patents Involving the DNA of Sea Life Tell ...
Whether a single private entity should be able to set the direction of how the genes of so […]
Saltmarsh Sparrows Fight to Keep Their Heads Above Water by ...
Rising sea levels are bringing more nest-flooding tides that threaten to push the birds that breed in coastal […]
SpaceX to Announce First Customer for Trip Around the Moon ...
The mystery passenger would follow a looping path around the moon without landing aboard a new rocket, but […]
Europe’s Triumphs and Troubles Are Written in Swiss Ice by ...
Pollen frozen in ice in the Alps traces Europe’s calamities, since the time Macbeth ruled Scotland. Published: September […]
Water Droplets Don’t Just Hover on a Hot Pan. They ...
Physicists took a deeper look at the Leidenfrost effect, which you’ve likely experienced when you’ve dripped water into […]
Just a Few Pieces of Plastic Can Kill Sea Turtles ...
A new study shows that especially for young turtles, ingesting just a little more than a dozen pieces […]