Goodness Gracious, Fireballs in February
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Dashcams, rooftop cameras and a GoPro on a small airplane captured footage of bright […]
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DNA Study of First Ancient African Genome Flawed, Researchers Report
By CARL ZIMMER When other researchers studied the 4,500-year-old-genome, they discovered that the conclusion that much of Africa […]
The Explorers Club Once Served Mammoth at a Meal. Or ...
By JAMES GORMAN At a legendary dinner in 1951, the Explorers Club was said to have served its […]
Let the Moon Be Your Guide in Finding Five Planets
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Learn a low-fi method for spotting five planets at once. Published: February 2, 2016 […]
New Wearable Sensor Can Collect Data From Sweat
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The device could help people monitor conditions like dehydration and fatigue in real time, […]
Reverberations From a Rise in Mexico’s Murder Rate
By RACHEL NUWER Rising homicide rates are lowering a country’s average life expectancy. Published: February 2, 2016 at […]
Some Hunter-Gatherers Had a Taste for Tortoises, Study Says
By SINDYA N. BHANOO In a cave near Tel Aviv, researchers found evidence of what the inhabitants ate […]
Studying the Heart of El Niño, Where Its Weather Begins
By HENRY FOUNTAIN Over the Pacific, researchers dropped instrument packages in hope of better forecasting the effects of […]
Women’s Views on Women Who Are Ovulating
By SINDYA N. BHANOO In a study, women with higher estrogen levels found images of ovulating women to […]
At Museum of Mathematics, Meet 2 Beavers That’ll Never Meet
By KENNETH CHANG The museum’s newest exhibit uses beavers, train tracks and spinning turntables to illustrate a theorem. […]