Living Another Day, Thanks to Grandparents Who Couldn’t Sleep by ...
Age-related changes in sleep patterns may have helped early humans survive by ensuring at least one person was […]
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Clever Humpbacks Move In for a Meal at Salmon Hatcheries ...
Researchers documented for the first time that the large mammals learned to feed on juvenile salmon released from […]
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Gets Its Close-Up by KENNETH CHANG
NASA’s Juno spacecraft passed a few thousand miles above the gargantuan storm, revealing intricate patterns of swirling clouds. […]
Who Needs Hard Drives? Scientists Store Film Clip in DNA ...
In a first, researchers converted a movie into a DNA sequence and inserted it into bacteria. They hope […]
Moon Express Sets Its Sights on Deliveries to the Moon ...
The Florida start-up is not just aiming to win $20 million in the Google Lunar X Prize competition. […]
The Very Hungry Caterpillars That Turned to Cannibalism by JOANNA ...
With no food other than tomato plants that had been induced to use chemical defenses, scientists found that […]
Putting the Compression in Compressed Air by C. CLAIBORNE RAY
Creating compressed air relies on raising the pressure on the air while decreasing the volume of the container […]
A Mausoleum for Endangered Species by Photographs by TRISTAN SPINSKI
A warehouse in Colorado offers evidence of the immense demand for goods made from threatened and endangered animals. […]
Manhattanhenge 2017: Where and When to Watch by NICHOLAS ST. ...
The “best sunset picture of the year” will come on May 29 and 30, the first half of […]
In the Deep, Dark Sea, Corals Create Their Own Sunshine ...
Corals that live up to hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface have worked out a special arrangement […]