| |
Science news from New York Times
NYT > Science
Moths, Alive and in Color, in All Their Diversity last updated on: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:34:35 GMT
A new collection from the photographer Emmet Gowin delivers an appreciation for the hidden ties between humans and moths as well as art and science.
Read the complete story
Basics: Birds Beware: The Praying Mantis Wants Your Brain last updated on: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:32:42 GMT
Scientists have developed a healthy respect for mantises, acrobatic hunters with 3-D vision and voracious appetites.
Read the complete story
A Battle to Save the World’s Favorite Treat: Chocolate last updated on: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:46:46 GMT
In Costa Rica, researchers are cloning cacao hybrids resistant to frosty pod rot, a blight that has spread throughout Latin America.
Read the complete story
Trilobites: Pandas Are No Longer Endangered. But Their Habitat Is in Trouble. last updated on: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:00:25 GMT
Logging, human encroachment and activities have fragmented the natural range of pandas in China, which could make recent population gains short-lived.
Read the complete story
ScienceTake: Dogs Recognize Themselves in Test Based on Smell, Not Sight last updated on: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:36:44 GMT
Canines don’t seem to perceive their reflections in mirrors. But they do better with a ‘‘smell mirror.’’
Read the complete story
Trilobites: Sputnik for Sale, if You’ll Settle for a Beeping Replica last updated on: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 21:12:11 GMT
Just ahead of the 60th anniversary of the first Earth launch of a satellite, an auction house will take bids on a replica of the shiny Soviet spacecraft.
Read the complete story
Matter: Clues to Africa’s Mysterious Past Found in Ancient Skeletons last updated on: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:00:16 GMT
An analysis of DNA recovered from fossils thousands of years old hints at enormous migrations that shaped the continent.
Read the complete story
Trilobites: How Three Friends Proved That Jellyfish Can Sleep last updated on: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:00:21 GMT
What started as a midnight excursion of curious graduate students turned into a study with implications for basic questions about sleep.
Read the complete story
A Glowing Cotton Study That Might Have Deserved Less Glowing Reviews last updated on: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 01:39:24 GMT
Cotton experts were not impressed with a recent study published by scientists who claimed they created naturally glowing and magnetic cotton.
Read the complete story
Trilobites: How Dinosaurs Swapped Terrifying Teeth for Bird Beaks last updated on: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:08:03 GMT
A look at the dinosaur species that began the transition from teeth to the beaks we see in birds today.
Read the complete story
Q&A: Clues to Prehistoric Cave Painters Remain Scant last updated on: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 09:00:01 GMT
Little is known about the cave paintings in France and Spain made tens of thousands of years ago.
Read the complete story
Spelunking in Search of Antibiotics last updated on: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 09:00:24 GMT
It can take decades of research and more than a billion dollars to create a new antibiotic drug. Sometimes, the first step of the process starts underground, deep inside a mountain.
Read the complete story
News Analysis: Yes, Aaron Hernandez Suffered Brain Injury. But That May Not Explain His Violence. last updated on: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 21:32:44 GMT
The links between biology and behavior are complex, and a number of factors contribute to violence. Yet evidence is mounting that C.T.E. may be involved.
Read the complete story
Take a Number: The HPV Vaccine Gains Ground Among U.S. Teenagers last updated on: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 18:44:56 GMT
Sixty percent of adolescents received the vaccine in 2016. A decade ago, less than 30 percent did.
Read the complete story
How Dogs Recognize Their Scents — And Selves last updated on: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:00:24 GMT
Dogs appear to know their own scent in a test involving samples of urine. Is that the same as recognizing oneself in a mirror?
Read the complete story
Trilobites: For Neanderthals, Growing Big Brains Took More Time last updated on: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:58:31 GMT
New research suggests that the brain of a juvenile Neanderthal developed more slowly than that of a similarly aged Homo sapiens child, but scientists don’t yet know why.
Read the complete story
NASA’s Osiris-Rex Spacecraft Is Headed for a Flyby With Earth last updated on: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:22:10 GMT
The spacecraft will make a flyby of Earth on Friday, using the planet’s gravity to steer it toward Bennu, an asteroid it will visit next year.
Read the complete story
How to Hack Your Brain (for $5,000) last updated on: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 04:00:01 GMT
The new, new, new age is all about “defragging our nervous systems.”
Read the complete story
Trilobites: Sea Turtles Appear to Be Bouncing Back Around the World last updated on: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:46:44 GMT
Researchers analyzed all existing public data of sea turtle nesting sites around the world and found a tale of “cautionary optimism.”
Read the complete story
How Can U.S. States Fight Climate Change if Trump Quits the Paris Accord? last updated on: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:52:43 GMT
Fourteen states have vowed to uphold the Paris climate pact with or without the federal government, and a new analysis suggests their efforts are having an impact.
Read the complete story
Wild Bison Killed After Wandering Across Border Into Germany last updated on: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:27:21 GMT
A local official ordered hunters to kill the rare animal last week after it crossed over from Poland. “Animals don’t know country borders,” a conservationist said.
Read the complete story
Why Mexico Is So Prone to Strong Earthquakes last updated on: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:19:05 GMT
Two powerful quakes, 12 days apart, have killed hundreds of people in Mexico this month. We look at how, where and why the big ones happen.
Read the complete story
Mexicans Dig Through Quake Rubble as Death Toll Passes 200 last updated on: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 23:27:11 GMT
Thousands of rescue workers plunged into the shattered shells of homes and offices. Officials said the priority is to keep saving people.
Read the complete story
Building a Better Coral Reef last updated on: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 23:29:24 GMT
As reefs die off, researchers want to breed the world’s hardiest corals in labs and return them to the sea to multiply. The effort raises scientific and ethical questions.
Read the complete story
|
