A Fiery Finale for a Rocket That Brings the Heat
The Delta IV Heavy, a rocket that briefly bursts into flame just before it lifts off, is set to launch for the last time soon.
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The Delta IV Heavy, a rocket that briefly bursts into flame just before it lifts off, is set to launch for the last time soon.
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Dr. Goodall, who is best known for her work with chimpanzees, recently celebrated her forthcoming 90th birthday with as many dogs and explained why she isn’t slowing down.
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Researchers examined fossils of the predatory worm and found a new species that persisted for 25 million years after it was believed to have become extinct.
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A new study suggests that two killer whale populations in the North Pacific are distinct enough to be considered separate species.
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What new research on the avian brain and REM sleep in birds might reveal about our own dream lives.
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Bird Flu Spreads to Dairy Cows
U.S. regulators confirmed that sick cattle in Texas, Kansas and possibly in New Mexico contracted avian influenza. They stressed that the nation’s milk supply is safe.
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Maps of the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
On April 8, the moon will cast a shadow across much of North America.
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Cosmic Forecast: Blurry With a Chance of Orbital Chaos
Astronomers have gotten better at tracking the motions of stars just beyond the solar system. But that’s made it harder to predict Earth’s future and reconstruct its past.
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A Total Solar Eclipse Is Coming. Here’s What You Need to Know.
These are answers to common questions about the April 8 eclipse, and we’re offering you a place to pose more of them.
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No Eclipse Plans? Try These Last-Minute Strategies.
On April 8, parts of 13 U.S. states, Mexico and Canada will plunge into midday darkness. Miss this spectacle and you’ll have to wait till 2044 for the next one so close to home.
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Maps of the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
On April 8, the moon will cast a shadow across much of North America.
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A Total Solar Eclipse Is Coming. Here’s What You Need to Know.
These are answers to common questions about the April 8 eclipse, and we’re offering you a place to pose more of them.
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A Dark Day Is Coming for Buffalo. It Can’t Wait.
A total eclipse will pass directly over the city next month, and as many as a million visitors are expected to visit.
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What’s the Cloud Outlook for Eclipse Day? See if History Is on Your Side.
April 8 could be your best opportunity to see a total solar eclipse for decades. But if clouds fill the sky, your shot at seeing the spectacle could be lost.
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Long Before Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops, There Were Hallucinogenic Seeds
A nearly 2,000-year-old stash pouch provides the first evidence of the intentional use of a powerful psychedelic plant in Western Europe during the Roman Era.
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These Mobile Games Are for the Birds
How do you design an app for a parrot? Consider games that are “made to be licked,” a new study suggests.
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A Seal’s Spray Adds a Chapter to the Science of Spitting
The observation suggests that seals join cobras, archerfish and other animals known to spit, although researchers can only speculate about the reason for the mammal’s expectoration.
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Subterranean ‘Baby Dragons’ Are Revealed to Sneak to the Surface
Scientists never imagined that the blind cave salamanders called olms willingly left their caves. But at numerous aboveground springs, there they were.
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When Cicadas Emerge, Things Might Get a Little Wet
A new study reveals that cicadas can discharge urine with far more force than their size would suggest. This spring’s output could be significant.
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Fossil Trove From 74,000 Years Ago Points to Remarkably Adaptive Humans
An archaeological site in Ethiopia revealed the oldest-known arrowheads and the remnants of a major volcanic eruption.
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Why Do Whales Go Through Menopause?
A new study argues that the change brought these females an evolutionary advantage — and perhaps did the same for humans.
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Tras la pista de los denisovanos
El ADN ha demostrado que esos humanos ya extintos se extendieron por todo el mundo, desde la fría Siberia hasta el Tíbet, a una gran altitud, quizá incluso en las islas del Pacífico.
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On the Trail of the Denisovans
DNA has shown that the extinct humans thrived around the world, from chilly Siberia to high-altitude Tibet — perhaps even in the Pacific islands.
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Scientists Find Genetic Signature of Down Syndrome in Ancient Bones
The discovery may help shed light on how prehistoric societies treated children with rare conditions.
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A Simple New Technique Could Make Your Eggs More Humane
A system that determines the sex of chicks before they hatch eliminates the need to destroy young males.
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Biden Administration Restores Wildlife Protections Weakened Under Trump
The rules give federal officials more leeway to protect species in a changing climate. Industry groups are expected to sue.
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The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close
The company that owns the Merrimack and Schiller stations in New Hampshire plans to turn them into solar farms and battery storage for offshore wind.
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‘Garbage Lasagna’: Dumps Are a Big Driver of Warming, Study Says
Decades of buried trash is releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, at higher rates than previously estimated, the researchers said.
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A New Surge in Power Use Is Threatening U.S. Climate Goals
A boom in data centers and factories is straining electric grids and propping up fossil fuels.
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He conceived an early version of cyberspace and predicted the “technological singularity,” a tipping point at which machines would become smarter than humans.
By Richard Sandomir
Nuevas investigaciones sobre el cerebro de las aves y su sueño REM nos dan pistas sobre la evolución de nuestros propios sueños.
By Maria Popova
Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly.
By Gina Kolata and Kim Raff
A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether the government must provide shelter, food and medical care to minors while they await processing.
By Emily Baumgaertner
It took researchers only two days to find the wreckage of the Milwaukee, a steamship that sank in 1886 after colliding with another ship. They were guided by details from newspaper accounts of the accident.
By Sopan Deb
Threats are mounting in space. GPS signals are vulnerable to attack. Their time-keeping is essential for stock trading, power transmission and more.
By Selam Gebrekidan, John Liu and Chris Buckley
How do champion skaters accomplish their extraordinary jumps and spins? Brain science is uncovering clues.
By Pam Belluck
Grid managers say they are well prepared to handle a sharp drop in the energy produced by solar panels as the eclipse darkens the sky in North America on April 8.
By Ivan Penn
He helped pioneer a branch of the field that exposed hard-wired mental biases in people’s economic behavior. The work led to a Nobel.
By Robert D. Hershey Jr.
Several justices questioned the remedy of applying nationwide restrictions to mifepristone because it would be the first time a court had second-guessed the F.D.A.’s expert judgment on a drug.
By Pam Belluck
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