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A College Town Gets Ready for Its Moment Under No Sun

This Beautiful Parasitic Bird Could Soon Turn Up in Your Yard

Drumming Cockatoos and the Rhythms of Love

Plague Is Found in New Mexico. Again.

Fire May Be the Only Remedy for a Plague Killing Deer and Elk

A Matter of Considerable Gravity

Elias Burstein, Pioneer in Semiconductors, Dies at 99

At Nursing Homes, Medicaid Cuts Would Reach Even the Upper Middle Class

John E. Sarno, N.Y.U. Rehabilitation Doctor, Dies at 93

Solving the Scorching Mystery of the Sun’s Erupting Plasma Jets

Waves Above the Earth May Have Once Caused a ‘Nocturnal Sun’

High Above Mars, a NASA Orbiter Spies the Curiosity Rover

Why Do Bird Eggs Have Different Shapes? Look to the Wings

Yellowstone Grizzly Bear to Lose Endangered Species Protection

Frédérick Leboyer, Who Saw Childbirth Through Baby’s Eyes, Dies at 98

Dr. Lawrence Weed, Pioneer in Recording Patient Data, Dies at 93

Sun Showers and the Science Behind This Weather Paradox

Jerry Nelson, Designer of the Segmented Telescope, Dies at 73

Summer Solstice: A Great Moment to Ponder the Sun

Exxon Mobil Lends Its Support to a Carbon Tax Proposal

Yearning for New Physics at CERN, in a Post-Higgs Way

Do Birds Listen When You Play Music?

Is Earth All by Its Lonesome? Kepler Finds 4,034 Possible Companions

William J.L. Sladen, Expert on Penguin Libidos, Is Dead at 96

The Black Sea Turned Turquoise, Thanks to a Phytoplankton Bloom

Revealed in Israel, a 2,600-Year-Old Request for Wine

Scientists Discover a Key to a Longer Life in Male DNA

Can You Pick a Bedbug Out of a Lineup?

Scalise Faces Prospect of Multiple Operations

As Female Elk Age, They Learn to Evade Hunters

How Pasteur’s Artistic Insight Changed Chemistry

KFC’s Zinger Sandwich to Get a Balloon Ride to the Stratosphere

NASA’s Newest Class of Astronauts Is Ready to Hit the Pool

These Hungry Goats Learned to Branch Out

An Aztec Temple Emerges in Heart of Mexico City

Are Diamonds Really Forever?

Isabelle Rapin, Who Advanced Concept of an Autism Spectrum, Dies at 89

Glass Eels: See-Through, Slippery and Guided by Magnetism and Tides

Spawning Time, When Sockeye Salmon Change From Blue to Red

Finland Works, Quietly, to Bury Its Nuclear Reactor Waste

Decoding Octopus Species, One Wart at a Time

Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans

Animal Farms in Southeast Asia Fuel an Illegal Trade in Rare Wildlife

How Does an (English) Garden Grow?

Dive With a Cousteau in a Private Submarine

Dive With a Cousteau in a Private Submarine

A New Formula to Help Tame China’s Yellow River

How to Make a Mummy (Accidentally)

The Mummies’ Medical Secrets? They’re Perfectly Preserved

Fruit Flies and Mice to Get New Home on Space Station, at Least Temporarily