Mass Killers Often Rely on Past Perpetrators’ Blueprints
By ERICA GOODE and BENEDICT CAREY Experts have come to understand mass shootings less as isolated expressions of […]
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Photos of Shaving in Space and Other Routine Apollo Moments
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR An archivist has released thousands of never-before-seen images from NASA’s Apollo missions. Published: October […]
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald Win Nobel Prize in Physics, ...
By DENNIS OVERBYE The two joined 199 laureates, including Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr and Marie Curie, who have […]
Some Canada Geese Are Losing Migratory Instincts
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Year-round populations of the birds are establishing themselves in areas far south of their […]
Researcher Finds Way to Fight Cheatgrass, a Western Scourge
By CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON The invasive weed, which makes wildfires more damaging, may be vulnerable to a naturally occurring […]
Frogs Find Themselves in a Downward Spiral
By SINDYA N. BHANOO A new study reports that at least 3.1 percent of frog species have gone […]
Science Filmmaking to Test Ape Memory
By JAMES GORMAN For the purposes of testing ape memory, two scientists wrote, directed and starred in two […]
Mars Is Pretty Clean. Her Job at NASA Is to ...
By KENNETH CHANG Catharine A. Conley is not facing aliens, so her main job is to make sure […]
Mummification Practiced in Bronze Age Britain
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Archaeologists used microscopic bone analysis to study 34 human remains from Britain dating to […]
A Shifting Approach to Saving Endangered Species
By ERICA GOODE In a shift in policy toward endangered species, conservation interests are working with those of […]