Emperor Penguins: Good Dads, but Less Dedicated Than You May ...
“March of the Penguins” showed penguins going up to 115 days without food, but new research suggests that […]
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Secret Zuma Satellite Launched by SpaceX May Have Failed. What ...
Rumors are that an expensive, classified mission code-named “Zuma” failed to deploy in orbit and is now lost. […]
The Invisible Underwater Messaging System in Blue Crab Urine by ...
Scientists identified the chemical signal in urine produced by blue crabs that warns mud crabs that they could […]
In Africa, Geneticists Are Hunting Poachers by GINA KOLATA
DNA databases holding samples from thousands of rhinoceroses and elephants are helping to convict illegal traffickers. Published: January […]
This Worm Evolved Self-Fertilization and Lost a Quarter of Its ...
When a worm’s hermaphroditic females developed the ability to reproduce on their own, they may have shed a […]
States Confront the Spread of a Deadly Disease in Deer ...
Montana is the latest Western state to discover animals infected with chronic wasting disease. It may decimate herds […]
A Mummified Child’s Remains Show Signs of a Modern Scourge ...
For decades, scientists thought the toddler died nearly 500 years ago from smallpox. New research shows it carried […]
Cancer Deaths Continue a Steep Decline by NICHOLAS BAKALAR
More than two million patients have been saved by advances in diagnosis and treatment since 1991, according to […]
A Fragile Biblical Text Gets a Virtual Read by NICHOLAS ...
Pioneers of new software for reading damaged parchment and scrolls are now deploying a CT scanner at the […]
The Strange Origin of a Manakin’s Golden Crown by STEPH ...
Biologists are unlocking how three neighboring birds became distinct species, with a golden-crowned hybrid emerging from two species […]