George A. Olah, Carbon Compounds Pathfinder, Dies at 89
By KENNETH CHANG Dr. Olah’s advances in the understanding of hydrocarbons have been used in an array of […]
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A Start Date for the Bison Invasion of North America
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The serendipitous discovery of a fossil in northern Canada suggests that the furry, horned […]
A Start Date for the Bison Invasion of North America
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The serendipitous discovery of a fossil in northern Canada suggests that the furry, horned […]
High Above, Drones Keep Watchful Eyes on Wildlife in Africa
By RACHEL NUWER Drones seemed like the perfect anti-poaching tools. But deploying them has been far more difficult […]
How to Kill Germs in the Laundry
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Some studies suggest that water does not have to be as hot as often […]
From Flight 370 Hunt, New Insight Into Indian Ocean’s Unknown ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The search for the Malaysia Airlines jetliner helped create 3-D maps of the ocean’s […]
The Rice-Size Fly That Hits the Bull’s-Eye Every Time
By STEPH YIN With its sharp vision and unique hunting strategy, the robber fly is an imposing aerial […]
Flecks of Extraterrestrial Dust, All Over the Roof
By WILLIAM J. BROAD A jazz musician from Norway hunted bits of cosmic debris for eight years and […]
A Lake Turned Pink in Australia. It’s Not the Only ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Images of a hot-pink lake in Melbourne have taken over the internet this week. The […]
Pan, Moon of Saturn, Looks Like a Cosmic Ravioli (or ...
By KENNETH CHANG In photographs by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, the closest images ever taken, the tiny, wrinkly moon […]