Europe Trails U.S. in Cutting Air Pollution, W.H.O. Says
By ERICA GOODE Air quality readings from 3,000 cities in 103 countries found that more than 80 percent […]
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Plants Remember You if You Mess With Them Enough
By JOANNA KLEIN Scientists tried to test whether they could train a Mimosa pudica plant to change its […]
Scientists Unveil New ‘Tree of Life’
By CARL ZIMMER Most of the diversity outlined on the new tree has been hiding in plain sight. […]
Earliest Plant-Eating Marine Reptile Had a Hammerhead
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR There was some confusion among scientists about the old fellow’s mouth. Published: May 8, […]
Everyday Words That Make You Go ‘Ew’
By JONAH BROMWICH We asked Times readers to share words that, for no obvious reason, elicit disgust in […]
Global Warming Cited as Wildfires Increase in Fragile Boreal Forest
By JUSTIN GILLIS and HENRY FOUNTAIN Scientists say the near-destruction of Fort McMurray last week by a wildfire […]
Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change
By JUSTIN GILLIS The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. We get it. This is your […]
Study Casts Doubt on Theory That Legal Hunting Reduces Poaching
By ERICA GOODE Authors of research on wolves in Wisconsin and Michigan say that government authorization of legal […]
Kepler Finds 1,284 New Planets
By DENNIS OVERBYE Astronomers say the planets orbit stars in a patch of sky on the Cygnus-Lyra border […]
In Narcisse, Around 75,000 Snakes Are Waking Up From a ...
By JOANNA KLEIN A very unusual mating ritual follows. Published: May 7, 2016 at 02:00AM from #NYT Science […]