A College Town Gets Ready for Its Moment Under No ...
One of the best places to view August’s solar eclipse, Carbondale, home to Southern Illinois University, will host […]
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This Beautiful Parasitic Bird Could Soon Turn Up in Your ...
Scientists developed a model to predict the spread of pin-tailed whydahs, and found they could strain native bird […]
Drumming Cockatoos and the Rhythms of Love by STEPH YIN
Palm cockatoos are the only animals observed to use tools for rhythmic drumming, seemingly to attract mates, prompting […]
Plague Is Found in New Mexico. Again. by LIAM STACK
Two people were found to have plague this week. What does the disease look like in the modern […]
Fire May Be the Only Remedy for a Plague Killing ...
Deer and elk are dying from chronic wasting disease in growing numbers. Burning the land may be the […]
A Matter of Considerable Gravity by C. CLAIBORNE RAY
All the planets in the solar system interact gravitationally with the sun, but Jupiter’s great mass makes this […]
Elias Burstein, Pioneer in Semiconductors, Dies at 99 by DYLAN ...
Mr. Burstein was one of the first scientists to use lasers to do research on semiconductors and insulators, […]
At Nursing Homes, Medicaid Cuts Would Reach Even the Upper ...
Medicaid, targeted by Republicans’ health care bill, pays for most of the 1.4 million elderly people in nursing […]
John E. Sarno, N.Y.U. Rehabilitation Doctor, Dies at 93 by ...
Dr. Sarno maintained that most nontraumatic instances of chronic pain are physical manifestations of deep-seated psychological anxieties. Published: […]
Solving the Scorching Mystery of the Sun’s Erupting Plasma Jets ...
After decades of study, scientists have developed a model to explain how violent solar spicules form. Published: June […]