215 Million Americans Watched the Solar Eclipse, Study Finds by ...
It was bigger than the Super Bowl. Many more watched it in person or electronically than voted last […]
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New Gravitational Wave Detection From Colliding Black Holes by DENNIS ...
Virgo, a new detector for gravitational waves, joined the L-shaped antennas seeking space-time reverberations from colliding black holes. […]
A Deep Blue Vision of Earth From an Asteroid Hunter ...
As it slingshotted past Earth at 19,000 miles per hour on Friday, NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft made a composite […]
How Dinosaurs Swapped Terrifying Teeth for Bird Beaks by NICHOLAS ...
A look at the dinosaur species that began the transition from teeth to the beaks we see in […]
Moths, Alive and in Color, in All Their Diversity by ...
A new collection from the photographer Emmet Gowin delivers an appreciation for the hidden ties between humans and […]
Pandas Are No Longer Endangered. But Their Habitat Is in ...
Logging, human encroachment and activities have fragmented the natural range of pandas in China, which could make recent […]
Clues to Prehistoric Cave Painters Remain Scant by C. CLAIBORNE ...
Little is known about the cave paintings in France and Spain made tens of thousands of years ago. […]
A Battle to Save the World’s Favorite Treat: Chocolate by ...
In Costa Rica, researchers are cloning cacao hybrids resistant to frosty pod rot, a blight that has spread […]
Sputnik for Sale, if You’ll Settle for a Beeping Replica ...
Just ahead of the 60th anniversary of the first Earth launch of a satellite, an auction house will […]
Dogs Recognize Themselves in Test Based on Smell, Not Sight ...
Canines don’t seem to perceive their reflections in mirrors. But they do better with a ‘smell mirror.’ Published: […]