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You’re an Adult. Your Brain, Not So Much.
The brain reshapes itself for years after adolescence, scientists have found, raising questions about when an adult is mature in the legal sense.
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It’s a Bird Wearing Goggles, and Flying Through Lasers
A goggle-wearing small parrot helps scientists understand flight, and disabuses them of some false assumptions.
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CreditMark Thiessen/Associated Press Spiking Temperatures in the Arctic Startle Scientists
A spate of extreme warmth is linked to climate change, and may lead to shrinking ice coverage and even more warming in the region, scientists said.
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The Brilliance of a Stradivari Violin Might Rest Within Its Wood
A study of Stradivari and Guarneri violins found minerals chemically infused in the wood, a possible answer to why the instruments have a reputation for a superior sound.
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CreditHugo Maertens, Lukas-Art in Flanders/St. Bavo Cathedral A Master Work, the Ghent Altarpiece, Reawakens Stroke by Stroke
Restorers painstakingly removed varnish and overpainting from a 15th-century work, after new scanning technology revealed that what lay below was stunning.
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CreditJosh Haner/The New York Times Polar Bears’ Path to Decline Runs Through Alaskan Village
The bears that come here are climate refugees, on land because the sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding.
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CreditSpencer Platt/Getty Images As Trump Signals Climate Action Pullback, Local Leaders Push Forward
Governors and mayors say they are determined to continue with plans to address climate change, no matter what a Trump administration may do.
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CreditClockwise from top left: Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times; Eliot Dudik for The New York Times; Eranga Jayawardena, via Associated Press; Brynn Anderson, via Associated Press Climate Change News That Stuck With Us in 2016
Here’s a selection of Times reporters’ most memorable stories of the year, with a focus on climate change and related environmental issues.
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CreditExpedition and Education Foundation, Black Sea MAP Science News That Stuck With Us in 2016
Here's a selection of Science desk reporters' most memorable stories of the year, with a focus on archaeology, biology and space.
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CreditBiophoto Associates/Science Source Your Liver Doesn’t Know It’s the Holidays
Think of your liver as the unindulgent relative at your holiday party who doesn’t like the change in schedule and would rather be in bed.
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CreditImperial College Physics Department 3-D Printing the Young Universe as a Lumpy Softball
Scientists have devised a blueprint for the early universe that can be brought to life with a 3-D printer.
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A new visualization from NASA illustrates the concentration of carbon dioxide around the globe over the course of a year.
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CreditJordan Poste/Stoked for Saturday The Gooey Details Behind a Glow Worm’s Starry Night Illusions
In the Waitomo caves of New Zealand, the insects use bioluminescence and silk threads of a sticky substance to catch prey.
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CreditKeith Sepe Swimming With the Mysterious Sardine Disco Balls of the Philippines
Around a handful of beaches on the island of Cebu, divers can swim with sparkling aggregations of fish that collect in “bait balls.”
