Recycled Drinking Water: Getting Past the Yuck Factor
By JOHN SCHWARTZ As California and other areas of the country grapple with drought, the reuse of water […]
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Russian Spacecraft Nears a Fiery Re-Entry
By REUTERS The freighter, tumbling in space after a failed cargo run to the International Space Station, is […]
U.S. and European Scientists Sign Cooperation Pact
By DENNIS OVERBYE The agreement will enable international collaboration on projects, a necessity in an age when big […]
Under the Sea, a Missing Link in the Evolution of ...
By CARL ZIMMER Scientists have discovered microbes that have many — but not all — of the features […]
Fragments of Unknown Dinosaur Discovered in Chile
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Named Chilesaurus diegosuarezi — after the country and the boy, Diego Suárez — the […]
How the Bombardier Beetle’s Bomb Goes Off
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Researchers see potential military applications in the internal explosion that allows an insect to […]
A Skin-Deep Dinosaur Issue
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Judging from their present-day relatives, birds and crocodiles, dinosaurs were likely to have shed […]
Astronomers Measure Distance to Farthest Galaxy Yet
By DENNIS OVERBYE The exceptionally luminous galaxy, EGS-zs8-1, is already about one-sixth as massive as the Milky Way […]
Review: Paul Offit’s ‘Bad Faith’ Explores Casualties of Doctrine
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. Dr. Paul A. Offit writes about the costs of substituting prayer for medical care, […]
Trying to Stay Ahead of Earthquake Disasters
By KENNETH CHANG A nonprofit, GeoHazards International, helps developing countries prepare for earthquakes and save lives in places […]