A 7.4 Quake in Southern California? A Long Fault Could ...
By STEPH YIN The Newport-Inglewood/Rose Canyon fault, extending from San Diego to Los Angeles, could rupture along its […]
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Waking From Hibernation, the Hard Work of Spring Begins
By STEPH YIN Emerging from the torpor of winter means a busy spring for these bears, bees, bats […]
Visualizing the Cosmic Streams That Spew Meteor Showers
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Researchers recorded more than 300,000 meteoroid trajectories since 2010 to depict the drifting paths […]
Headed North, Sandhill Cranes Squeeze In Where They Can
By JOANNA KLEIN The Platte River in Nebraska is an important layover for hundreds of thousands of the […]
Lewis Rowland, Leading Neurologist on Nerve and Muscle Diseases, Dies ...
By DENISE GRADY Dr. Rowland, who had a special interest in A.L.S., or Lou Gehrig’s disease, refused to […]
How Comet 67P’s Face Changed During Its Trip Around the ...
By KENNETH CHANG During the two years that the Rosetta spacecraft stalked the comet, it observed cliffs that […]
A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals
By GINA KOLATA A group of researchers created a ruse to draw attention to the seamy side of […]
Shaking Up the Dinosaur Family Tree
By NICHOLAS WADE A Ph.D candidate and a computer program that took five minutes to run may upend […]
A New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions
By CARL ZIMMER “Sheefs” will test the limits of current regulations, experts say, as embryolike structures are created […]
Even Penguins Have Children Who Won’t Leave the Nest
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Even fully fledged chicks will hound their parents for food, researchers find. Published: March 20, […]