Science

  1. Trilobites
    Dinosaurs Might Not Be Extinct Had the Asteroid Struck Elsewhere

    Had the asteroid that doomed dinosaurs crashed nearly anywhere other than the coast of Mexico, they might not have gone extinct, researchers say.

  2. NASA’s Rocket to Deep Space May Not Be Ready Until 2020

    Technological hiccups, a tornado and other factors have slowed the Space Launch System that NASA hopes will carry astronauts to the moon and Mars.

  3. Lab Chimps Are Moving to Sanctuaries — Slowly

    Medical experimentation on chimpanzees has ended, but moving all of them into retirement will be a difficult task.

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    The Circadian Clock in Your Nose

    Adolescents’ sense of smell worked best during evening hours, a pattern that may be rooted in human evolution.

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    A Very Good Dog Hunts Very Bad Ants

    Tobias the Labrador retriever has been trained to sniff out invasive Argentine ants wherever they hide, which could help preserve fragile ecosystems.

  6. ScienceTake: Wolves Know How to Work Together
  7. A Grecian Artifact Evokes Tales From the ‘Iliad’ and ‘Odyssey’
  8. Trilobites: The Cool Beginnings of a Volcano’s Supereruption
  9. Yellowstone Grizzlies May Soon Commingle With Northern Cousins
  11. $300 Billion War Beneath the Street: Fighting to Replace America’s Water Pipes
  12. What’s at Stake in the Bonn Climate Talks?
  13. News Shared on Twitter Can Drive the Conversation, Study Finds
  14. From Brussels to Arkansas, a Tough Week for Monsanto
  15. Trump Ignores Climate Change. That’s Very Bad for Disaster Planners.
  16. Are Mass Murderers Insane? Usually Not, Researchers Say
  17. Congress Weighs Repeal of Tax Credit for Rare Disease Drugs
  18. Ending Medical Tax Break Could Be a ‘Gut Punch’ to the Middle Class
  19. Gene Therapy Creates Replacement Skin to Save a Dying Boy
  20. Democrats Assail Environmental Nominees Over Climate Change
  21. Syria Joins Paris Climate Accord, Leaving Only U.S. Opposed
  22. ScienceTake: Wolves Beat Dogs in Teamwork Test
  23. Trilobites: After the Dinosaurs’ Demise, Many Mammals Seized the Day
  24. For Patients With Heart Failure, Little Guidance as Death Nears
  25. Chopin’s Heart, Pickled in a Jar, Offers Clues to His Death
  26. If You Tear a Knee Ligament, Arthritis Is Likely to Follow in 10 Years
  27. How We Used VR to Explore What Music Feels Like to a Deaf Person
  28. The Daily 360: Life on Mars: Return to Earth
  29. How Not to Talk to an Ape Smuggler
  30. News Analysis: A Climate Science Report That Changes Minds? Don’t Bet on It
  31. Smuggled, Beaten and Drugged: The Illicit Global Ape Trade
  32. Salvador Minuchin, a Pioneer of Family Therapy, Dies at 96
  33. C.D.C. Reports a Record Jump in Drug Overdose Deaths Last Year
  34. What the Climate Report Says About the Impact of Global Warming
  35. Trilobites: The Humongous Fungus and the Genes That Made It That Way
  36. U.S. Report Says Humans Cause Climate Change, Contradicting Top Trump Officials