So You Wanna Be a NASA Astronaut? Pretty Unlikely.
By KENNETH CHANG By the deadline on Thursday, more than 18,300 people had submitted their résumés in hopes […]
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Male Sellers on eBay Have an Edge Over Women, Study ...
By PAM BELLUCK A study in the journal Science Advances said that when vendors with equal selling reputations […]
Measuring the Planet’s Health in Vibrant Shades of Green
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG By seeing which ecosystems are experiencing the most change at the plant level, scientists hope […]
Zika Outbreak Could Be an Omen of the Global Warming ...
By JUSTIN GILLIS In the coming decades, global warming is likely to increase the range and speed the […]
Ancient Humans May Have Left a Genetic Mark on Neanderthals
By CARL ZIMMER On top of abundant evidence that humans carry Neanderthal DNA, a new study shows that […]
Letters to the Editor
By Unknown Author Readers respond to articles in Science Times. Published: February 16, 2016 at 01:00AM from #NYT […]
E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard
By MATT RICHTEL Delivery services now come through in hours, not days. But the boxes after boxes generated […]
Wild Tomatoes Repel Whiteflies, Study Finds
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The farm pests attack many domestic crops, but crossbreeding with wild types may help […]
Stick Insect Helps Scientists Study How Animals Move
By JAMES GORMAN Using motion-capture video, scientists study how the Indian stick insect moves. Published: February 15, 2016 […]
Our Brains Remember the Good Stuff
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Researchers have found that the human brain is attracted to things that were once […]