Science

  1. Trilobites
    If Diamonds Are Forever, Your Data Could Be, Too

    A new paper suggests that a flawed diamond could be used to store significantly more data than a DVD.

  2. Trilobites
    Lighting Up the Night Skies

    Australian astronomers produced a Gleamoscope that dials up visions of the skies from instruments using different varieties of electromagnetic radiation.

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    Prehistoric People Decorated With Cave Lion Pelts

    The discovery of nine fossilized claw bones suggests that prehistoric humans may have decorated with animal skins.

  4. Trilobites
    Why Does Fall Foliage Turn So Red and Fiery? It Depends.

    Many of the hypotheses for why leaves turn red before they fall off trees in the autumn sound contradictory.

  5. By Degrees
    For Gordon Hamilton, a Life of Discovery and Danger

    Dr. Hamilton, who was killed in Antarctica over the weekend, studied glaciers with our future in mind, and with a smile.

  6. Why Big Liars Often Start Out as Small Ones
  7. A Manhattan Exhibit With Antiquity on the Clock
  8. Taking Down Dams and Letting the Fish Flow
  9. Bottled Water or Tap: How Much Does Your Choice Matter?
  11. Pushing That Crosswalk Button May Make You Feel Better, but …
  12. Sinosphere: How China’s Politics of Control Shape the Debate on Deserts
  13. As U.N. Ignores Jewish Ties to Holy Site, Israel Produces Ancient Evidence
  14. H.I.V. Arrived in the U.S. Long Before ‘Patient Zero’
  15. The Upshot: India’s Air-Conditioning and Climate Change Quandary
  16. Op-Ed Contributor: Not Just Another Stinky Fish
  17. Sinosphere: The ‘Saddest’ Polar Bear Lives in a Mall in China
  18. The Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on Their Own
  19. A.I. Inspiration: The Science Fiction That Frames Discussion
  20. Resettling China’s ‘Ecological Migrants’
  21. How an Aesthete’s Eye Can Help a Doctor’s Hand
  22. Q&A: Spray-On Tanning, Considered
  23. CMV Is a Greater Threat to Infants Than Zika, but Far Less Often Discussed
  24. Gordon Hamilton, Climate Scientist, Dies at 50 in Antarctica Accident
  25. Trilobites: A Wider-Eyed Watchdog of the Clutter Surrounding Earth
  26. Living in China’s Expanding Deserts
  27. Crows and Ravens Make New York Comebacks to Caw (and Cr-r-ruck) About
  28. Trilobites: Studying the Building Blocks of Life in Stereo Sound
  29. Dark Spot in Mars Photo Is Probably Wreckage of European Spacecraft
  30. Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face?
  31. Trilobites: The Orionid Meteor Shower Will Peak Tonight. Don’t Expect Much.