Parachutist’s Record-Breaking Fall: 26 Miles, 15 Minutes
By JOHN MARKOFF A helium-filled balloon lifted Mr. Eustace, a Google executive, to 135,908 feet. Fifteen minutes after […]
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Competition Drives Quick Evolution of Lizard’s Feet
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA A type of lizard in Florida took just 20 generations to evolve feet better suited […]
A Partial Solar Eclipse
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A partial solar eclipse will be viewable across much of North America on Thursday as […]
New Research Center Aims to Develop Second Generation of Surgical ...
By JOHN MARKOFF Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are establishing a center for medical robotics with […]
At Chernobyl, Hints of Nature’s Adaptation
By HENRY FOUNTAIN A study of the Chernobyl fallout area has found that some bird species have adapted […]
Can You Spot the Liar?
By Unknown Author Subjects in a study on body language and lying were asked several general questions — […]
As an Outbreak Spreads, So Have Several Fallacies
By CARL ZIMMER Flu season will bring a virus that spreads far faster than Ebola, and will kill […]
Scientists Consider Repurposing Robots for Ebola
By JOHN MARKOFF A problem is that mobile robots now lack the human levels of dexterity required in […]
Reconstructed Genome of 45,000-Year-Old Man Offers Clues on Modern Humans
By CARL ZIMMER The genetic material, extracted from a Siberian fossil, supported the hypothesis that early humans interbred […]
Hemispheres in Space
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY How is north determined for other planets? What about the rest of the universe? […]