Climate Change Is Making Bamboo-Eating Lemurs Go Hungry
Even though it is already the most endangered primate in the world, the greater bamboo …
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3D Map of Mouse Neurons Reveals Complex Connections
The 70 million neurons in the mouse brain look like a tangled mess, but researchers are beginning …
Ageing Satellites Put Crucial Sea Ice Climate Record at Risk
One of the most important continuous records of climate change-nearly four decades of satellite measurements …
Confronting Sexual Harassment in Science
If anyone thought scientists were somehow different from ordinary people-nobler, more ethical, more pure-then events …
Drought News Might Help Cut Water Waste
As news coverage of California’s most recent drought intensified, water use trends went down-suggesting news …
How to Keep an Ocean Sunfish Clean
What weighs up to 5,000 pounds, looks permanently distraught, and relies on interspecies friends for …
NASA “Twins Study” Shows How Spaceflight Changes Gene Expression
The changes spaceflight induces in astronauts are much more than skin deep. Space …
Why Heart Surgery May be Better in the Afternoon
The time of day of your surgery could have long-term impacts on your health. That’s …
Should Iconic Lake Powell Be Drained?
GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Utah-Like many places across the West, Lake Powell seems impossibly …
Auto and Utility Industries Team Up to Tackle Emissions
Top representatives from vehicle manufacturers and utilities are joining forces to find ways to cut …
The Pitfalls of Growing a Monster Pumpkin
Squashing the competition at a giant pumpkin weigh-off requires patience, persistence-and a little bit of …
What the White House’s Opioid Emergency Declaration Means
WASHINGTON – President Trump will instruct the Department of Health and Human Services to declare …