A Hubble Birthday Bubble in Clear View
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR NASA released a stunning image of the Bubble Nebula in advance of the space […]
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Foxes That Endure Despite a Lack of Genetic Diversity
By CARL ZIMMER The island fox has lived on the Channel Islands off California for several thousand years, […]
Periods in Space Are Not That Different Though a Bit ...
By PAM BELLUCK For future astronauts, who would rather not menstruate in space, researchers have written up some […]
Some Meteorites Are Million-Dollar Finds Others Are Meteorwrongs
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR A meteorite found in Russia fetched a big price at auction, but most “space […]
Leaders Roll Up Sleeves on Climate but Experts Say Plans ...
By JUSTIN GILLIS and CORAL DAVENPORT Unless countries develop more ambitious plans, they say, the world could suffer […]
2016 Already Shows Record Global Temperatures
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG A report shows that it has been the hottest year to date, thanks to both […]
In Towering Redwoods an Abundance of Tiny Unseen Life
By RACHEL NUWER Conducting a top-to-bottom inventory, researchers have found hundreds of species coexisting with their massive hosts. […]
How Many Eggs Does a Chicken Lay in Its Lifetime?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Rough estimates for the first two or three years of laying, when a hen […]
Lyrid Meteor Shower Is Spectacular Albeit Obscured
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The annual celestial light show, a display of comet debris from several centuries ago, […]
Do Honeybees Feel? Scientists Are Entertaining the Idea
By JAMES GORMAN An Australian scientist and a philosopher propose that the structure of insect brains suggests they […]