The U.S. Is Getting Shorter, as Mapmakers Race to Keep ...
Scientists are hard at work recalibrating where and how the nation physically sits on the planet. It’s not […]
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A New Viral Outbreak Is Killing Rabbits by James Gorman
This virus is deadly, long-lived and highly contagious, but it doesn’t affect people or other animals. Published: May […]
The Mount St. Helens Eruption Was the Volcanic Warning We ...
It’s been 40 years since the sideways explosion that changed volcanology forever. Published: May 18, 2020 at 02:00AM […]
Praying Mantises: More Deadly Than We Knew by Cara Giaimo
New research shows these ferocious insects don’t just hunt like robots. Published: May 14, 2020 at 02:00AM from […]
How to See Comet SWAN in Night Skies by Dennis ...
Fresh from the outer solar system, the cosmos offers us a show that’s trailing a 10 million-mile tail. […]
Coronavirus May Lurk in Semen, Researchers Report by Heather Murphy
It was not clear whether the scientists had found infectious virus or inert fragments, so sexual transmission of […]
Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes by Jillian Kramer
Antibodies from Winter, a 4-year-old llama with great eyelashes, have neutralized coronavirus and other infections in lab experiments. […]
Your Chicken Is No Longer Pink. That Doesn’t Mean It’s ...
Next time you cook chicken, don’t rely on the color of the meat to tell you if it’s […]
This Might Be the Longest Creature Ever Seen in the ...
Scientists spotted a swirling siphonophore off Western Australia that was 150 feet long. Published: April 14, 2020 at […]
Putin’s Long War Against American Science by William J. Broad
A decade of health disinformation promoted by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has sown wide confusion, hurt major […]