Science
-
Do You Believe Scientists, or Your Dog’s Crying Eyes?
If you’ve felt your eyes welling up when your dog greets you with licking and tail-wagging after a long day away, the feeling may be mutual. Dogs ...
-
The Juicy Secrets of Stars That Eat Their Planets
The sun has nourished life on Earth, but it will not be so hospitable forever. Five billion years into the future, our solar system’s star will ...
-
Forever Chemicals No More? PFAS Are Destroyed With New Technique
A team of scientists has found a cheap, effective way to destroy so-called forever chemicals, a group of compounds that pose a global threat to ...
-
NASA’s Moon Rocket Heads Back to the Launchpad
NASA’s big moon rocket is rolling out to the launching pad for the third time — and it actually is slated to launch to the moon. For once, NASA ...
-
Death Valley’s Invasive Donkeys Have Become Cat Food
Early on a June morning in Death Valley National Park, a wild donkey brought her foal to one of the springs scattered throughout the desert. Two ...
-
Shark or Orca: Which Should You Fear More?
In the wild, is a human more likely to survive an encounter with an orca or a great white shark? — Kameryn F., Yardley, Pa. By the numbers, white ...
-
When It Comes to Lightning, Don’t Pass the Salt
One of nature’s most intense spectacles can be tamed with humble sea salt, the same stuff that graces some dinner tables. Researchers recently ...
-
Astronomers May Have Found the Galaxy’s Youngest Planet
Over the last 30 years, astronomers have found more than 5,000 exoplanets, an eclectic menagerie of worlds far from our stellar neighborhood. The ...
-
Do Spiders Dream of Eight-Legged Sheep?
By day, jumping spiders hunt their prey, stalking and pouncing like cats. When the lights go down, these pea-sized predators hang out — and maybe ...
-
‘What a Horrible Place This Would Have Been’
This spring, a team of archaeologists and volunteers began painstakingly digging into the history of Fort Mercer, a Revolutionary War ...