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Why We Love Flaco, the Escaped Owl
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Owls have beguiled humans forever. And it’s easy to see ourselves in a chubby little homebody who ditched his one-room apartment for the great outdoors.

  3 martie 2023 | NYTimes

‘What Is This Thing?’: How a Jurassic-Era Insect Was Rediscovered
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A giant lacewing found at a Walmart in 2012 is being heralded as the first specimen of its kind seen in eastern North America in more than 50 years.

  2 martie 2023 | NYTimes

Who’s Using Vocal Fry in the Ocean? Dolphins and Whaaaaales.
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Be right back, diving for a giant squiiiiiid.

  2 martie 2023 | NYTimes

Ancient DNA Reveals History of Hunter-Gatherers in Europe
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Looking at DNA gleaned from ancient remains, researchers identified at least eight previously unknown populations of early Europeans.

  1 martie 2023 | NYTimes

Jupiter and Venus, SpaceX and Relativity: March Space News
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New rockets could launch from Japan and the United States during the month, and spring will officially bloom in space.

  1 martie 2023 | NYTimes

Why 23 Dead Whales Have Washed Up on the East Coast Since December
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An unlikely confluence of factors, including climate change and online shopping, appears to be at least partially to blame for the uptick.

  28 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

Biden Proposal Would Ban Online Prescribing of Certain Drugs
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Some medications, like Ritalin and Vicodin, would require an in-person doctor’s visit under the new rules, a reaction to the pandemic-era rise of telemedicine.

  25 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

Take Water. Add Sodium Chloride. Chill and Squeeze Into Salty Ices.
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The lab-created compounds — never seen before — might exist naturally on icy moons in the outer solar system.

  25 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

Alligators in New York: A Brief History
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A brief history of New York City alligators.

  24 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

What Sounds Did Dinosaurs Make?
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A new study of a fossilized anklyosaur suggests it could have uttered birdlike calls.

  24 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

Why Sea Turtles Are Washing Up on New York’s Beaches
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At New York State’s only sea turtle rehabilitation center, workers are nursing a record number of sick patients back to health.

  24 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

After Long Delay, Moderna Pays N.I.H. for Covid Vaccine Technique
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Moderna has paid $400 million to the government for a chemical technique key to its vaccine. But the parties are still locked in a high-stakes dispute over a different patent.

  23 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

What’s Inside the Earth’s Core?
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Seismic waves measuring earthquakes reveal more about the deepest layers of the planet, a new study suggests.

  23 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

Paul Berg, Nobel-Winning Pioneer of Genetic Engineering, Is Dead at 96
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In 1971, he transferred material from one organism to another, creating the first recombinant DNA, or rDNA. He later helped lead a historic effort to write protocols for genetic research.

  21 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

We Regret the Fossil Error. It Wasn’t the First.
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A recent announcement that a fossil discovery in India was just residue from a bee’s nest was a reminder of the importance of science correcting itself.

  21 februarie 2023 | NYTimes

Cocaine Bear, Meet Cannabis Raccoon and McFlurry Skunk
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Wild animals eat the strangest things. That can be a problem, for them and for us.

  21 februarie 2023 | NYTimes