Bumblebees Demonstrate the Power of Insect Brains
By JAMES GORMAN Scientists trained bumblebees to move a ball to the center of a platform to gain […]
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Lake Berryessa’s Spiraling Floodwater Mesmerizes the Locals
By JOANNA KLEIN Heavy rain is causing about two million gallons of water a minute to flow into […]
7 Earth-Size Planets Identified in Orbit Around a Dwarf Star
By KENNETH CHANG Astronomers are excited by the discovery, which suggests that some of these exoplanets — planets […]
When Mismatched Voices and Lips Make Your Brain Play Tricks
By JOANNA KLEIN Researchers tried to pin down why our brains can be susceptible to errors in perception […]
Cosmos Controversy: The Universe Is Expanding, but How Fast?
By DENNIS OVERBYE A small discrepancy in the value of a long-sought number has fostered a debate about […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launches Rocket Carrying Space Station Cargo
By KENNETH CHANG The company used a new pad for the first rocket launch to take place at […]
SpaceX Scrubs Rocket Launch
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The company may try again as soon as Sunday to launch the rocket, which […]
Prey: The Reason Turtles First Came Out of Their Shells
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Some researchers think turtles evolved the ability to retract and then stretch their necks […]
Hunched Over a Microscope, He Sketched the Secrets of How ...
By JOANNA KLEIN The illustrations of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the father of modern neuroscience, are featured in […]
After Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction, Life Rebounded Rapidly, Fossils Suggest
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR A teenager’s fossil hunt two decades agao may have changed paleontologists’ understanding of how […]