The Supermoon and Other Moons That Are Super in Their ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR To the casual observer, the coming week’s supermoon won’t look that special. Here’s a […]
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‘We Couldn’t Believe Our Eyes’: A Lost World of Shipwrecks ...
By WILLIAM J. BROAD Archaeologists have found more than 40 vessels in the Black Sea, some more than […]
Trump’s Climate Contrarian: Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A.
By HENRY FOUNTAIN President-elect Donald J. Trump has vowed to dismantle President Obama’s climate change policies. In Mr. […]
Constipation May Increase Risk of Kidney Disease
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR People with constipation had an average 13 percent higher risk of kidney disease and a […]
High Triglycerides Tied to Pancreatitis Risk
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR High triglyceride levels, which may increase the risk of a heart attack, are tied to […]
A Dinosaur With a Beak and Feathers Unearthed in China
By KENNETH CHANG Construction workers dynamiting rock for a new school unearthed the fossil of an “alien-looking” dinosaur. […]
Oh, for the Joy of a Tickled Rat
By JAMES GORMAN Brain recordings show rats are much like humans in their love of being tickled, especially […]
An Ancient Tsunami That Ended a Civilization Gets Another Look
By HENRY FOUNTAIN New research finds ash and lava from the Santorini volcano in the Aegean Sea spawned […]
Narwhals, Tusked Whales of the Arctic, See With Sound. Really ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Researchers tracked narwhals and found that they reconstruct their underwater world with more resolution that […]
Birds Can Be Drawn to the Scent of Plastic
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG A new study finds that plastic debris in the oceans carries a smell similar to […]