Science
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Tripping Through the Universes
In 2009, two Stanford physicists, Andrei Linde and Vitaly Vanchurin, wrote a paper calculating the number of possible universes that…
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Dozens of Bald Eagles Have Died From Bird Flu
With millions of chickens on commercial poultry farms sickened and dying from a highly virulent strain of avian flu in…
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Watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies
Thursday night into Friday morning will be one of the special dates scattered throughout each year when skywatchers can catch…
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NASA Will Move Its Moon Rocket Off Launchpad for Repairs
NASA’s new big moon rocket is headed back to the garage for a few small repairs, possibly pushing back its…
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We Have a Creativity Problem
Creativity is lauded as vital, and seen as the lifeblood of great entertainment, innovation, progress and forward-thinking ideas. Who doesn’t…
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Hubble Telescope Zooms In on the Biggest Comet Ever Spotted
Last year, scientists announced that they had discovered a colossal comet lingering just inside Neptune’s orbit. They estimated its icy…
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Why City Pigeons Are Worth Watching
Credit...Illustrations by Rosemary MoscoRosemary Mosco is the author and illustrator of “A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching.”
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New DNA Analysis Supports an Unrecognized Tribe’s Ancient Roots in California
In “The Handbook of the Indians of California,” published in 1925, the anthropologist Alfred Kroeber pronounced the Ohlone people “extinct…
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The Shakespearean Tall Tale That Shaped How We See Starlings
In 1890, a mustachioed eccentric named Eugene Schieffelin released a few dozen European starlings into New York City. His supposed…
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Shards of Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs May Have Been Found in Fossil Site
GREENBELT, Md. — Pristine slivers of the impactor that killed the dinosaurs have been discovered, said scientists studying a North…