Science
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Manhattanhenge Is Back for Picture-Perfect Sunsets on New York’s Grid
It’s time for New Yorkers to get very excited about the setting sun. That’s because Manhattanhenge is upon us. It…
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Dinosaurs Started Out Hot, Then Some of Them Turned Cold
Paleontologists have long wrangled with the question of dinosaur metabolisms — whether they ran hot, like modern birds and mammals…
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Russian Academics Aim to Punish Colleagues Who Backed Ukraine Invasion
Some academic researchers in Russia are quietly working to prevent colleagues who have supported their country’s invasion of Ukraine from…
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Boeing’s Starliner Reaches Space Station Some 2 Years After Planned Visit
A couple of years later than had been hoped, Boeing’s Starliner space taxi arrived at the International Space Station on…
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Watch a Giant Stingray’s Safe Return to Its River Home
Just after dawn on May 5, scientists working along a stretch of the Mekong River in Cambodia released a giant,…
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Scientists Found an Animal That Walks on Three Limbs. It’s a Parrot.
Lovebirds, small parrots with vibrant rainbow plumage and cheeky personalities, are popular pets. They swing from ropes, cuddle with companions…
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Elephants in Mourning Spotted on YouTube by Scientists
It was 2013 when Sanjeeta Pokharel first witnessed Asian elephants responding to death. An older female elephant in an Indian…
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NASA Starts Countdown to Robotic Mission’s End on Mars
NASA’s InSight spacecraft is not quite dead yet. But InSight, a stationary robotic probe on Mars, has been steadily growing…
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A Total Lunar Eclipse in Prime-Time: How to Watch
Finally a good reason to stay up on Sunday night: A total lunar eclipse. Lunar watchers throughout the United States…
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The Trigger That Makes an Octopus Mom Self-Destruct
Most octopus species live for one year. But the deaths of octopus mothers after they reproduce have long been a…