SpaceX Successfully Lands Rocket After Launch of Satellites Into Orbit
By KENNETH CHANG The launch and then landing could become a familiar sight in spaceflight, allowing rockets to […]
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Gene Drives Offer New Hope Against Diseases and Crop Pests
By NICHOLAS WADE The technique involves propelling a gene of choice throughout a population. It hasn’t been tested […]
Would a Potato Chip Lover Tire of Eating Only Chips?
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Research suggests that most people would quickly get tired of eating even a favorite […]
When the Situation Is Fluid, Sit Back and Watch
By JAMES GORMAN Fluid dynamics, as mathematically demanding and challenging to the nonscientist as any field of physics, […]
California Wants to Store Water for Farmers, but Struggles Over ...
By JUSTIN GILLIS The state is debating how best to save water that arrives between drought years and […]
After Cecil Furor, U.S. Aims to Protect Lions Through Endangered Species ...
By ERICA GOODE Five months after the death of Cecil the lion spurred outrage, the new rules will […]
After Poaching Deaths, Elephants Rearrange Families
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Following the death of a matriarch, female offspring work to establish social ties with […]
Thigh Bone Suggests Ancient and Modern Humans Overlapped
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Discovered in China, the bone is about 14,000 years old, yet resembles one from […]
In Developing World, Cancer Is a Very Different Disease
By GEORGE JOHNSON In the West, cancer often afflicts those who are affluent and older. In poorer countries, […]
Mapping Saturn’s Moons
By JONATHAN CORUM NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its final flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus on Saturday. Published: […]