Why Does Fall Foliage Turn So Red and Fiery? It ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Many of the hypotheses for why leaves turn red before they fall off trees in […]
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Spray-On Tanning, Considered
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Exactly how do such tanning products work, and do they work safely? Published: October […]
Spray-On Tanning, Considered
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Exactly how do such tanning products work, and do they work safely? Published: October […]
A Manhattan Exhibit With Antiquity on the Clock
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD ”Time and the Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity,” at the Institute for the Study of […]
Taking Down Dams and Letting the Fish Flow
By MURRAY CARPENTER On the Penobscot in Maine and other rivers in the U.S., several endangered species are […]
Taking Down Dams and Letting the Fish Flow
By MURRAY CARPENTER On the Penobscot in Maine and other rivers in the U.S., several endangered species are […]
For Gordon Hamilton, a Life of Discovery and Danger
By JUSTIN GILLIS Dr. Hamilton, who was killed in Antarctica over the weekend, studied glaciers with our future […]
Why Big Liars Often Start Out as Small Ones
By ERICA GOODE Researchers found that the brain may become desensitized to dishonesty, perhaps explaining why lying can […]
A Wider-Eyed Watchdog of the Clutter Surrounding Earth
By DENNIS OVERBYE A new telescope that will be operated by the Air Force could change the way […]
Gordon Hamilton, Climate Scientist, Dies in Accident in Antarctica
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI The 50-year-old University of Maine researcher, who was studying changes in sea levels, died when […]