Conditions on Pluto: Incredibly Hazy With Flowing Ice
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pluto is hazier than scientists expected and appears to be covered with flowing ice. […]
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Pluto’s Atmosphere Is Thinner Than Expected, but Still Looks Hazy
By KENNETH CHANG Even though scientists thought Pluto’s atmosphere had thickened over the last 26 years, new images […]
When the Cat Comes Back, With Prey
By JAN HOFFMAN No matter how much prey their pets brought back, British cat owners weren’t willing to […]
Fat Sense: Scientists Show We Have a Distinct Taste for ...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Move over sweet and salty: Researchers say we have a distinct and basic taste […]
Scientists Find Closest Thing Yet to Earth-Sun Twin System
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Scientists have identified a “close cousin” to Earth that’s orbiting a sun-like star and […]
Honeybees Show Evidence of Insecticide
By SINDYA N. BHANOO More than 70 percent of pollen and honey samples collected in Massachusetts contained neonicotinoid, […]
Kepler’s Tally of Planets
By Unknown Author NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered more than 1,000 confirmed planets orbiting distant stars. Published: July […]
Laying Eggs of Just the Right Hue
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Female stink bugs assess the surface on which they are laying their eggs, and […]
Kepler Data Reveals What Might Be Best ‘Goldilocks’ Planet Yet
By DENNIS OVERBYE NASA astronomers announced the discovery of Kepler 452b, which is 1,400 light-years away and orbits […]
Paul Gebhard, Sex Researcher Who Worked With Kinsey, Dies at ...
By SAM ROBERTS Dr. Gebhard, who trained as an anthropologist, wrote the groundbreaking “Sexual Behavior in the Human […]