A New Portal to Scientific Discourse
By DENNIS OVERBYE StarTalk, a TV talk show based on the radio show and podcast of the same […]
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A Planet With Rings That Dwarf Saturn’s
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA The planet, the first of its kind to be found outside our solar system, is […]
For Mule Deer, an Incredible Journey
By JAMES GORMAN Capturing and testing mule deer may help save their migration routes. Published: February 3, 2015 […]
Yves Chauvin, Chemist Sharing Nobel Prize, Dies at 84
By KENNETH CHANG Mr. Chauvin helped unlock the secret of “green chemistry” to produce less hazardous waste in […]
Speck of Interstellar Dust Obscures Glimpse of Big Bang
By DENNIS OVERBYE A team of astronomers, after saying last spring that they had found long-sought evidence for […]
Left Means Less, Even for Chickens
By ERICA GOODE Scientists found that newborn chicks, like people, seem to map numbers spatially, associating smaller amounts […]
In the Way Cancer Cells Work Together, a Possible Tool ...
By CARL ZIMMER Research on the cooperation that goes on in a cancerous tumor could point to a […]
Astronomers Find Solar System More Than Double Ours in Age
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A newly discovered solar system — with five small rocky planets — makes ours […]
New Report Urges Western Governments to Reconsider Reliance on Biofuels
By JUSTIN GILLIS An environmental think tank says turning plant matter into liquid fuel or electricity is so […]
Ancient Skull Adds New Insight to Story of Human Evolution
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Researchers have discovered a 55,000-year-old fossil skull that they say is a missing connection […]