A Watery Lake Is Detected on Mars, Raising the Potential for Alien Life
The discovery suggests that watery conditions beneath the icy southern polar cap may have provided one of the critical building blocks for life on the red planet.
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The discovery suggests that watery conditions beneath the icy southern polar cap may have provided one of the critical building blocks for life on the red planet.
By KENNETH CHANG and DENNIS OVERBYE
At Gorongosa National Park, scarred by civil war, scientists are answering fundamental questions about ecology and evolution, and how wildlife recovers from devastation.
By NATALIE ANGIER
More than a thousand variations in DNA were involved in how long people stayed in school, but the effect of each gene was weak, and the data did not predict educational attainment for individuals.
By CARL ZIMMER
A new essay explores the possible real-life examples for the Lorax character and Truffula trees.
By JOANNA KLEIN
Heat waves are America’s deadliest natural disaster. Here are some strategies that cities around the world are pursuing to try to beat the heat.
By BRAD PLUMER
Engineers want to turn the dam into a vast reservoir of excess electricity from the solar farms and wind turbines that represent the power sources of the future.
By IVAN PENN, MIKA GRÖNDAHL, David Walter Banks, JOSH HANER and JOSH WILLIAMS
The latest survey of the region around the gas giant turned up a dozen new moons, including an oddball that was going in the wrong direction.
By KENNETH CHANG
“It was certainly very surprising to me,” said the researcher who observed the birds’ strange behaviors when presented with crow cadavers.
By JAMES ROSS GARDNER
The ubiquitous plant alters its defense systems in a tougher environment, prompting researchers to call it a perfect test species for study as urban areas expand.
By KAREN WEINTRAUB
New research showed the recipients of an emailed expression of gratitude felt much more “ecstatic” than writers expected.
By HEATHER MURPHY
Researchers examined the arsenal of anticoagulants used by marine leeches to feed on turtles, fish and even sharks.
By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
A baby snake and snakeskin were preserved in two specimens found in Myanmar.
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
A new invention could help marine scientists study sea creatures in their natural habitat more effectively without harming them in the process.
By JOANNA KLEIN
A new medical scanner, derived from technology used by particle physics researchers at CERN, “is like the upgrade from black-and-white film to color,” one of its developers said.
By EMILY BAUMGAERTNER