Science
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Morning Person? You Might Have Neanderthal Genes to Thank.
Hundreds of genetic variants carried by Neanderthals and Denisovans are shared by people who like to get up early.
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Watch the Geminids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak Tonight
On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across…
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Polly Wants a Cracker, but She Wants to Make It Easier to Chew
Goffin’s cockatoos, long known as adept tool users, are the first parrots found to alter their food by dipping it…
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There Are Ghosts High Above Us, With Colors That Come From Space
Scientists captured new imagery of atmospheric phenomena that occur during some lightning storms, offering clues into how they form.
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Space Station to Earth: Houston, We Have Found the Tomato
The NASA astronaut Frank Rubio grew a tomato in space, but then it disappeared. Suspicion trailed Mr. Rubio for months,…
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How NASA Learned to Love 4 Squirmy Letters
Richard Danne, left, shakes hands with NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana. Credit...Keegan Barber/NASALast month, NASA welcomed Richard Danne to its…
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What Can You Do With an Einstein?
It’s been a year of endless einsteins. In March, a troupe of mathematical tilers announced that they had discovered an…
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Could a Drug Give Your Pet More Dog Years?
The life of a pet dog follows a predictable trajectory. Over time, the floppy-eared puppy that keeps falling asleep in…
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Mars Needs Insects
At first it was just one flower, but Emmanuel Mendoza, an undergraduate student at Texas A&M University, had worked hard…
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A Fish That Fishes for Other Fish Lives Its Life Upside Down
Deep-sea videos from around the world show how the whipnose anglerfish prefers to swim belly up.