Over 190 Countries Adopt Plan to Offset Air Travel Emissions
By HENRY FOUNTAIN The measure takes effect in 2021 and will reduce the climate impact of international jet […]
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On Epic Spawning Migration, Eels May Travel at Their Own ...
By STEPH YIN For a century, scientists have assumed that European eels synchronize their journeys to breed in […]
A Milestone for Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
By JOHN SCHWARTZ Scripps said that levels had recently risen above 400 parts per million, and were likely […]
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Company, Passes an In-Flight Escape ...
By KENNETH CHANG The company, which is working toward carrying tourists into space, separated a crew capsule from […]
3 Makers of World’s Smallest Machines Awarded Nobel Prize in ...
By KENNETH CHANG and SEWELL CHAN Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa won for their […]
What’s the Longest Humans Can Live? 115 Years, New Study ...
By CARL ZIMMER The study, in Nature, suggests that humans “will never get older than 115.” But critics […]
Allen Roses, Who Upset Common Wisdom on Cause of Alzheimer’s, ...
By SAM ROBERTS Dr. Roses and his colleagues concluded that Alzheimer’s resulted from a gene variation, and he […]
Poll Finds Deep Split on Climate Change. Party Allegiance Is ...
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG Democrats are more likely than Republicans to care deeply about climate change and to believe […]
Roman Artifacts Found in Okinawa Castle
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR It’s unclear how ancient Roman coins ended up buried in the ruins of a 12th-century […]
In Greek Warrior’s Grave, Rings of Power (and a Mirror ...
By NICHOLAS WADE Archaeologists believe that elegant gold rings and engraved gemstones were not looted from Crete, but […]