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MAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
People in Queens did a double take on March 30, 2015, when an apparent coyote was spotted roaming along the roof of a ba ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 31, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have observed an eruption from a baby star in the Orion Constellation that appears to be a stellar growth sp ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Microbiology
Researchers have have developed a new computational model that effectively simulates the mechanical behavior of biofilms ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
Researchers in Denmark have revealed how porpoises finely adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt. The animals hunt w ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Technology
The vehicle, with Bertrand Piccard at the controls, touched down in Chongqing in China just after 17:30 GMT.
It had ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new all-time temperature record for an entire continent is a rare event. But that may have happened for the continent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 27, 2015Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Earth & The Environment
Most efforts to protect and restore wetlands mistakenly focus on preserving only total wetland area, with no considerati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Earth & The Environment
A surprising new study out of Japan shows that the buildings destroyed and damaged by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and the ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 26, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Suppose you dug a tunnel through the center of Earth, jumped in, and let gravity pull you through. How long would it tak ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 26, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U. ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 26, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new study based in part on NASA satellite data has shown that an increase in large, well-organized thunderstorms is be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
People in Queens did a double take on March 30, 2015, when an apparent coyote was spotted roaming along the roof of a ba
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have observed an eruption from a baby star in the Orion Constellation that appears to be a stellar growth sp
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers have have developed a new computational model that effectively simulates the mechanical behavior of biofilms
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
Researchers in Denmark have revealed how porpoises finely adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt. The animals hunt w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Technology
The vehicle, with Bertrand Piccard at the controls, touched down in Chongqing in China just after 17:30 GMT.
It had ...
It had ...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new all-time temperature record for an entire continent is a rare event. But that may have happened for the continent
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 29, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...
A recent ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Most efforts to protect and restore wetlands mistakenly focus on preserving only total wetland area, with no considerati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A surprising new study out of Japan shows that the buildings destroyed and damaged by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and the
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 26, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Suppose you dug a tunnel through the center of Earth, jumped in, and let gravity pull you through. How long would it tak
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 26, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 26, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new study based in part on NASA satellite data has shown that an increase in large, well-organized thunderstorms is be
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim