NASA Names Astronauts for Boeing and SpaceX Flights to International Space Station
Their voyages are scheduled for next year, and they would be the first American astronauts to launch from American soil since 2011.
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Bodies Keep Shrinking on This Island, and Scientists Aren't Sure Why
The Indonesian island of Flores has given rise to smaller hominins, humans and even elephants.
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Photo CreditSue Ogrocki/Associated Press Trump Finally Picks a Science Adviser. And Scientists? They Seem Relieved.
Kelvin Droegemeier, a well-regarded meteorologist, has a long research record. But his views on climate change are not well known.
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That’s Not Algae Swirling on the Beach. Those Are Green Worms.
Researchers demonstrated that plant-worms rotate in circular congregations along Atlantic beaches. But nobody is certain why.
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Photo CreditSoeren Stache/DPA/Alamy Live News Fields Medals Awarded to 4 Mathematicians
The prize, bestowed every four years to mathematicians 40 years or younger, is often described as the subject’s Nobel Prize.
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Photo CreditHenri Weimerskirch Largest King Penguin Colony in the World Drops by 90%
Researchers hadn’t visited the remote island in 30 years when there were 500,000 breeding pairs. Satellite images now indicate perhaps as few as 60,000 pairs.
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Photo CreditRic Damm Lassie Got Help, Would Your Dog?
Dogs with an opportunity to free a distressed owner turned in a mixed performance.
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Photo CreditAdriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times Vanishing in the Wild, These Salamanders Found Refuge in a Convent
The achoques have nearly disappeared from Lake Pátzcuaro in Mexico. A colony in the care of Dominican nuns offers hope the species can be saved.
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Photo CreditAntara Foto/Reuters Mars Is Frigid, Rusty and Haunted. We Can’t Stop Looking at It.
An oasis in the sky inspires the imagination. A series of discoveries refreshes our yearning for the red planet.
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Gases trapped inside a meteorite that fell to Earth offer the first physical clues of the “terrible twos” phase of our star early in the life of the solar system.
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Whether an ant becomes a worker or colony royalty may depend on insulin metabolism.
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A new essay explores the possible real-life examples for the Lorax character and Truffula trees.
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Photo Credit You Should Actually Send That Thank You Note You’ve Been Meaning to Write
New research showed the recipients of an emailed expression of gratitude felt much more “ecstatic” than writers expected.
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Photo Credit White Clover Can Be an Annoying Weed. It May Also Hold Secrets to Urban Evolution.
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.
