The Big Search to Find Out Where Dogs Come From
By JAMES GORMAN With a major study of ancient bones and DNA, scientists hope to determine where and […]
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Chickens Weren’t Always Dinner for Humans
By JAMES GORMAN A study will look at how people interacted with the fowl in the thousands of […]
What Does It Mean When Animals Suffer a Vast Die-Off?
By JAMES GORMAN Seabirds called murres are undergoing a die-off in Alaska, probably because of warming water, but […]
Satellite Tracking Rising Seas Launches Successfully
By THE NEW YORK TIMES The Jason-3 mission will use radar to determine the height of the sea […]
Drug Overdoses Propel Rise in Mortality Rates of Young Whites
By GINA KOLATA and SARAH COHEN The rising death rates for young white adults, ages 25 to 34, […]
Airing the Evidence on Dust Mites
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Keeping a home’s relative humidity low can help fight the irritating creatures, but solid […]
Contracts Announced for Runs to Space Station
By KENNETH CHANG NASA announced on Thursday the companies it had selected for a second round of contracts […]
Supernova Has Energy of Hundreds of Billions of Suns
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Scientist may have found the most powerful supernova ever seen. Published: January 19, 2016 […]
To Save Salmon, California Tries Matchmaking by DNA
By MATT RICHTEL At a hatchery on the Klamath River, biologists are using genetic techniques to reduce inbreeding, […]
Stories Spill Out as Spotlight Is Shined on Sexism in ...
By KAREN WORKMAN Female students and professionals have been using the hashtag #astroSH to share stories of how […]