Two Panda Cubs at the National Zoo Present Special Problems
By KATIE ROGERS Raising healthy twins is a unique problem for the zoo’s mother panda: Only two mother […]
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Walter Munk, ‘Einstein of the Oceans,’ at 97
By KATE GALBRAITH From forecasting waves in World War II to using ocean sounds to measure climate change, […]
The Truth Behind a Snake’s Deadly Embrace
By JAMES GORMAN Boa constrictors don’t take a victim’s breath away to kill it. A herpetologist and his […]
Decades of Data Fail to Resolve Debate on Treating Tiny ...
By GINA KOLATA The study’s authors said the data indicates that treatment has not made much of a […]
Jacob Bekenstein, Physicist Who Revolutionized Theory of Black Holes, Dies ...
By DENNIS OVERBYE Dr. Bekenstein, whose proposition on entropy and space eventually won over a skeptical Stephen Hawking, […]
Study Finds Surprising Byproduct of Middle Eastern Conflicts: Cleaner Air
By JOHN SCHWARTZ A paper published in the journal Science found that Middle Eastern cities involved in wars […]
Study: Hunting for Bigger Fish, Game Isn’t Sustainable
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Humans are fishing and hunting animals that are the wrong size and age, in […]
Feeling the Heat: Earth in July Was Hottest Month on ...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Earth just keeps getting hotter. July was the planet’s warmest month on record, smashing […]
John Henry Holland, Who Computerized Evolution, Dies at 86
By WILLIAM GRIMES Dr. Holland developed computer codes, which he called genetic algorithms, that mimicked evolutionary processes by […]
Evolving a Defense, Mimics Save Themselves
By CARL ZIMMER Many animals make elaborate disguises to save themselves from predators. And the disguises often seem […]