Science
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‘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…
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Dolphin Strangers Met in the Bahamas. Things Went Swimmingly.
In 2013, a group of 52 Atlantic spotted dolphins, driven to migrate by unknown forces, left their home on the…
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The Mysterious Dance of the Cricket Embryos
In June, 100 fruit fly scientists gathered on the Greek island of Crete for their biennial meeting. Among them was…
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A Large Object Landed on His Sheep Farm. It Came From Space.
Mick Miners was herding sheep on a four-wheeler last week when he stumbled upon a pointy black object that looked…
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South Korea’s First Moon Launch: How to Watch
Joining the list of nations with ambitious plans in space, South Korea is aiming for the moon on Thursday. Its…
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The Cartwheel Galaxy Is the Webb Telescope’s Latest Cosmic Snapshot
Scientists on Tuesday published the latest images from NASA’s triumphant James Webb Space Telescope. The newest release documents the Cartwheel…
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A ‘Reversible’ Form of Death? Scientists Revive Cells in Dead Pigs’ Organs.
The pigs had been lying dead in the lab for an hour — no blood was circulating in their bodies,…
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Footprints Discovery Suggests Ancient ‘Ghost Tracks’ May Cover the West
Scientists have discovered ancient human footprints in Utah, traces, they say, of adults and children who walked barefoot along a…
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A Battlefield From 1777 Yields a Dozen Mercenaries’ Remains
Archaeologists working at Red Bank Battlefield, a site along the Delaware River south of Philadelphia, have uncovered the remains of…