Mass Killings May Have Created Contagion, Feeding on Itself
By BENEDICT CAREY A small number of people with strong personal grievances appear to be mining previous rampages […]
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Clones of Dolly the Sheep Have Aged Like Any Other ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Scientists have answered a longstanding question about whether cloned animals age prematurely. Published: July 27, […]
Cancer Survivor and Organ Donor: Can You Be Both?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY It depends on a complex set of factors and questions, medical authorities. A transplant […]
Ants March Differently, Depending on Direction
By JAMES GORMAN Desert ants change their walking motion to haul the remains of other insects, but still […]
Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things
By NICHOLAS WADE A single-cell, bacterium-like organism clinging to volcanic sea vents may have been the forebear of […]
A Fish Outlived the Dinosaurs. Can It Outlast a Dam?
By JOANNA KLEIN The pallid sturgeon is threatened because it can no longer travel far enough on the […]
In Africa, Birds and Humans Form a Unique Honey Hunting ...
By NATALIE ANGIER Tribesmen and honeyguides share an ancient pact and communicate in trills and grunts, scientists report. […]
Continents Split Up at the Same Speed Finger Nails Grow. ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR As the supercontinent Pangea broke apart, its pieces entered phases where they accelerated to […]
Two’s Company, Three’s a Lichen?
By STEPH YIN New research challenges the one fungus-one alga paradigm of how lichens form. Published: July 22, […]
Facebook Moves One Step Closer to Light-Based Wireless Communication
By STEPH YIN Researchers from Facebook’s Connectivity Lab have created a new light detector for receiving communication signals […]