Science
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How to Think Like a Mink
SALT LAKE CITY — It was late in the day for muskrats to be out on Mill Creek, or at…
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The Animal Translators
The naked mole rat may not be much to look at, but it has much to say.The wrinkled, whiskered rodents,…
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NASA, and space fans, await decision on next chance to launch Artemis moon rocket.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Camille Calibeo woke up at about 2 a.m. to board a boat to get a…
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Did My Cat Just Hit On Me? An Adventure in Pet Translation
My cat is a bona fide chatterbox. Momo will meow when she is hungry and when she is full, when…
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Why NASA Is Going Back to the Moon
“We are going.” That is the catch phrase that NASA is using in the lead-up to the debut flight of…
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Octopuses Don’t Have Backbones — or Rights
Lab rats have rights. Before researchers in the United States can experiment on the animals, they need approval from committees…
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Webb Telescope Sees a Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Way Out There
The James Webb Space Telescope is having a fantastic rookie season. On Thursday a team of astrophysicists using the new…
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White House Pushes Journals to Drop Paywalls on Publicly Funded Research
Academic journals will have to provide immediate access to papers that are publicly funded, providing a big win for advocates…
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The Latest Find as Water Levels Fall: Dinosaur Tracks in Texas
As a punishing drought grips parts of the world this summer, bodies of water have been drying up, exposing submerged…
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How the Webb Telescope Expanded My Universe
I have a confession to make: I underestimated the James Webb Space Telescope. For years, as NASA struggled to build…