Innovators of Intelligence Look to Past
By JOHN MARKOFF On the heels of his Allen Institute for Brain Science, the Microsoft co-founder launched the […]
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In Video of Burning Match, the Eye Meets More
By JAMES GORMAN Three Stanford researchers, using so-called schlieren imaging, demonstrate the complexities of what seems like an […]
Is a Two-Degree Limit on Global Warming Off Target?
By JUSTIN GILLIS Science and observation have raised questions of whether the limit of a two-degrees Celsius temperature […]
Flood-Causing Deluge Amounts to Just Drops in California Drought
By HENRY FOUNTAIN A Pacific storm that left Northern California a mess and caused at least two deaths […]
A Cape Cod Mystery: a Surge of Stranded Sea Turtles
By JAMES GORMAN Volunteers are waging a rescue effort after finding almost 1,200 turtles washed ashore since mid-November, […]
An Evolutionary Battle Against Bacteria
By CARL ZIMMER A recent study illustrates how our ancestors evolved new defenses to starve meningitis-causing bacteria of […]
Rosetta Mission Data Rules Out Comets as a Source for ...
By KENNETH CHANG Results from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission suggest that comets most likely did not […]
New Research Quantifies the Oceans’ Plastic Problem
By JOHN SCHWARTZ New computer modeling suggests that 5.25 trillion plastic particles weighing nearly 269,000 tons are currently […]
Explore Mars for Yourself
By CLAIRE MALDARELLI What does a Martian sunset look like? Here is a list of resources for a […]
Covering Mars Opened a New World
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD In 1965, John Noble Wilford made the cover of Time with his article about […]