Figaro, the Toolmaking Cockatoo
By JAMES GORMAN What a bird in Vienna could do with his beak and a few raw materials […]
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Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Surpass Hubble
By DENNIS OVERBYE After 20 years, the James Webb Space Telescope is now on schedule for a 2018 […]
Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Replace Hubble
By DENNIS OVERBYE After 20 years, the James Webb Space Telescope is now on schedule for a 2018 […]
Your A.T.M. Is Covered in Microbes, but Mostly Harmless
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR To researchers, automated teller machines are like miniature laboratories where they can study the […]
Who First Farmed Potatoes? Archaeologists in Andes Find New Evidence
By STEPH YIN Archaeologists have found ancient starch grains pinpointing the Titicaca Basin of southern Peru as a […]
Dr. Denton Cooley, Whose Pioneering Heart Surgery Set Off a ...
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN Working at the Houston cardiology center he founded, Dr. Cooley, in 1969, implanted the […]
With an Eye on Hunger, Scientists See Promise in Genetic ...
By JUSTIN GILLIS By altering photosynthesis in tobacco, researchers improved the plant’s production, a method they hope will […]
In Canada, a Direct Link Between Fracking and Earthquakes
By HENRY FOUNTAIN Most fracking-induced quakes in the United States are related to wastewater disposal from oil and […]
Drilling Into the Chicxulub Crater, Ground Zero of the Dinosaur ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR By studying hills that formed after an asteroid struck the Yucatán Peninsula, researchers found […]
Paris Climate Deal Is Too Weak to Meet Goals, Report ...
By JOHN SCHWARTZ The International Energy Agency warned that reaching the ambitious targets set forth by last year’s […]