Archaeologists and Metal Detectorists Find Common Ground
An unconventional alliance between scientists and those often considered to be looters has begun to shed light on a tribe’s history and a 17-century war in Connecticut.
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Venus Smiled, With a Mysterious Wave Across Its Atmosphere
Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft detected what scientists called a gravity wave above the solar system’s second planet, but it hasn’t been seen since.
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The Stem-Cell Revolution Is Coming — Slowly
Where are the miracle treatments we were promised? A Nobel Prize-winning scientist explains.
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Eight Crossings and 192 Atoms Long: the Tightest Knot Ever Tied
Researchers tied a complicated knot at the molecular level, which could be used to make materials in the future that are stronger, lighter and more flexible.
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Photo CreditStephen Crowley/The New York Times What Should Senators Ask Scott Pruitt, Trump’s E.P.A. Nominee? Here’s What Readers Said
More than 2,000 readers submitted questions on climate change, industry influence and other topics for Mr. Pruitt, who goes before a Senate panel Wednesday.
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Photo CreditIoana Chiver A Manakin Challenge for Researchers
Male manakins, Panamanian birds, have acrobatic courtship dances. Scientists wanted to know if the activity was testosterone-related.
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Photo CreditJohannes Stehle/DPA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Sometimes Nature is Morbid. That’s Why There’s #BestCarcass.
A macabre Twitter battle emerged after a group of scientists who study African carnivores starting sharing photos of prey from the field.
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Photo CreditAnthony Anex/European Pressphoto Agency Absolutely Every Bit of Our Galaxy
With novel mathematical methods, scientists have come up with a new estimate for the mass of the Milky Way.
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Photo CreditJessica Lehrman for The New York Times Why Do Our Recorded Voices Sound Weird to Us?
Many people are unpleasantly surprised when they hear recordings of themselves: Do we really sound like that?
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Photo CreditZoe Della Vedova For the First Time, a Ruby Sea Dragon Flaunts in Front of the Camera
Scientists observed the bright red sea creatures in the waters off Western Australia with the help of a remotely operated vehicle.
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Photo CreditKenneth Balcomb/Center for Whale Research Why Killer Whales Go Through Menopause
Orcas are one of the few species that outlive their fertility, and researchers believe reproductive conflict between mothers and daughters might explain why they develop menopause.
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Photo CreditDanielle Dufault/Royal Ontario Museum Finding a Home on the Tree of Life for a Tentacled Ice Cream Cone With a Lid
After analyzing more than 1,500 hyolith fossils, researchers concluded they are most closely related to present-day brachiopods, not mollusks.
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Photo CreditNASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech, via University of Arizona Looking at Your Home Planet from Mars
The camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter needed to be calibrated, so it made this image of the moon and Earth, which NASA released on Friday.
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Photo CreditPeter Wilf Tomatillo Fossils, 52 Million Years Old, Are Discovered in Patagonia
The discovery suggests that the nightshade family of plants, which includes tomatoes, potatoes and peppers, has been around much longer than was previously thought.
