NASA Mission to Measure Earth’s Magnetic Collisions
By KENNETH CHANG Scheduled for launch Thursday night, NASA’s latest mission aims to measure a region of colliding […]
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Fossil Tells of 520-Million-Year-Old Creature Like a Giant Lobster
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The animal, six feet long, is one of the earliest such filter-feeders ever discovered. […]
Imperiled Foxes on California Islands May Come Off Endangered List
By JAMES GORMAN Four endangered subspecies of fox on the northern Channel Islands have recovered remarkably quickly, the […]
Discerning Plant Picks Its Pollinators
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA When it comes to pollinators, plants aren’t usually picky. But one tropical plant seems able […]
Gamma Rays May Be Clue on Dark Matter
By DENNIS OVERBYE Researchers say a newly discovered galaxy is emitting a surprising amount of gamma rays, which, […]
Study Backs 5th-Century Historian’s Date for Founding of Armenia
By NICHOLAS WADE Geneticists found Armenians to come from a mixing of populations that occurred from 3000 to […]
Best-Selling Science Books
By Unknown Author A selection of best-selling nonfiction books about the sciences. Published: March 10, 2015 at 01:00AM […]
‘Rust’ Offers an Engrossing Look at Corrosion
By GREGORY COWLES Oxidation can fell a bridge and cost billions, but can also produce tales of triumph […]
A Praying Mantis’s Spin on Body Control
By JAMES GORMAN The insect has complex and coordinated movements of its forelegs, hind legs and abdomen in […]
Hand-Wringing Over Bacteria
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Does the widespread use of hand sanitizers risk breeding resistant bacteria? Published: March 10, […]