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A Rare Greenshank Is Spotted in Russia

A Rare Greenshank Is Spotted in Russia

The H.M.S. Terror Sank in the 1840s. See What It Looks Like Now.

Can Genetics Explain Why Some People Thrive on Less Sleep?

Fires Burning Globally

Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, Not a Single ‘Gay Gene’

Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought

A Robot With Noodle-like Fingers Helps Handle Soft Jellyfish

Organoids Are Not Brains. How Are They Making Brain Waves?

Hanging Out With Humans Makes This Seed-Eating Bird Bad at Its Job

These Marsupials Go Out With a Bang

Scientists Fertilize Eggs From the Last Two Northern White Rhinos

What’s Killing California’s Sea Otters? House Cats.

Should You Take Your Shoes Off at Home?

Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table?

Ann Nelson, Expert on Particle Physics, Is Dead at 61

These Caterpillars Can ‘See’ Colors With Their Skin

Deformed Skulls Mark a Historic Migration Into Europe

Giraffes Get New Protections, but Will It Be Enough?

In Defense of Sea Gulls: They’re Smart, and They Co-Parent, 50/50 All the Way

In Cuba, a ‘Hidden’ Zika Outbreak

Soap, Detergent and Even Laxatives Could Turbocharge a Battery Alternative

Underwater Video Offers New Look at Titanic Wreck

Where the Titanic Rests, Decay Races On

How Many Triangles Are There? Here’s How to Solve the Puzzle

Florida’s Panthers Hit With Mysterious Crippling Disorder

Some Migratory Birds Sleep Better Than Others

The Mystery of the Himalaya’s Skeleton Lake Just Got Weirder

Butterflies and the Salt of the Earth

An Archaeological Puzzle on the Danube

The Thick Gray Line: Forest Elephants Defend Against Climate Change

A Supernova Was Hiding in Antarctica’s Snow

She Studies Sea Snakes by the Seafloor

Liane Russell, Who Studied Radiation’s Effects on Embryos, Dies at 95

Donald Klein, Who Expanded the Psychiatric Toolbox, Dies at 90

In Super-Deep Diamonds, Glimmers of Earth’s Distant Past

Kary B. Mullis, 74, Dies; Found a Way to Analyze DNA and Won Nobel

The Space Photographer vs. the Flat Earthers

What Makes a Red Sky at Night (and at Morning)

Finding Amelia Earhart’s Plane Seemed Impossible. Then Came a Startling Clue.

Perseids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies

Ancient Egyptian Yeast Is This Bread’s Secret Ingredient

Genome Study Reveals Clues to Komodo Dragon’s Unique Abilities

Legless, Leaping Larvae

In the Ethiopian Mountains, Ancient Humans Were Living the High Life

Watch This Plant Shoot Its Seeds Like Spiraling Footballs

This Bread Recipe Starts With 4,000-Year-Old Yeast

Witnessing the Birth of a Crater Lake Where Lava Just Flowed

J. Robert Schrieffer, 88, Dies; Insight on Superconductivity Led to Nobel

These Giant Parrots Once Roamed New Zealand