Science Discoveries
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New Analysis Shows Bald Eagles Follow Open Water, Not Warmth
For anyone who has watched a local bald eagle pair raise chicks through a spring and summer, winter…
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Hummingbirds May Be Relocating, Not Vanishing, Colorado Study Finds
BOULDER, Colo. — The hummingbird that zips through your backyard might not be gone forever. It might just…
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Sugar Gliders Cannot Fly; Researchers Explain Their Precise Gliding Mechanics
New York, July 5 — The first thing to understand about a Sugar Glider is what it cannot…
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The Energetic Calculus of Flight and Its Trade-Offs
ROME, July 5 — The ostrich, the world’s largest bird, lost its ability to fly because evolving to…
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Energy scientist Chen Peipei leaves Cambridge for Hong Kong lab
HONG KONG, July 5 — Chen Peipei, an energy transition scientist, has left a research associate role at…
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Climate education emerges as a key but overlooked weapon in the fight against global warming
NEW DELHI, July 5 — For decades, the global response to the climate crisis has been dominated by…
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Why do gorillas have canine teeth if they are herbivores?
WASHINGTON, July 4 — A review of biological records and field studies offers a clear answer to a…
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Marie Curie: From Warsaw exile to Nobel-winning scientist
PARIS, July 4 — Against the backdrop of a city that still bears the intellectual fingerprints of its…
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Founding contradictions and historical stakes of 1776 examined
LONDON, July 4 — Against this backdrop of America’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a webinar…
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Bird Declines Signal Urgent Need for Environmental Action
WASHINGTON, July 4 — The birds haven’t vanished completely. But their numbers are falling fast enough that scientists…
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Birders risk missing migration entirely by focusing only on peak months
Birders who plan their outings solely around peak migration months might be overlooking a quiet danger: missing the…
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Gorillas’ Canine Teeth Evolved from Omnivore Ancestors, Not Diet
Gorillas today are gentle giants, munching leaves, stems, and fruit all day long. Their diet is almost entirely…
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Gorilla Canine Teeth Evolved for Social Display, Not Diet
The answer is written in their mouths. A male gorilla’s canine teeth are not for eating. They are…
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Evolutionary Timeline Explains Why Herbivore Gorillas Retain Canine Teeth
It begins not with a meal, but with a threat display. For decades, the sight of a silverback…
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Marie Curie’s legacy inspires tech industry reflection
PARIS, July 4 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable. A century after Marie Curie’s groundbreaking work, the…
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Declaration signed, but news of independence took weeks to spread
PHILADELPHIA, July 4 — The first Fourth of July was not a day of celebration at all. Nobody…
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World War I’s Industrial Warfare Redrew Global Borders Forever
KARACHI, July 3 — War cinema has long drawn its most powerful stories from the battlefields of World…
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99.95 Percent Vote Margin Marked Norway’s Peaceful Separation from Sweden in 1905
The referendum in Norway, autumn 1905, produced a margin so vast it almost reads as a clerical error.…
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Heliconius butterflies defy aging norms with near-year-long lifespans
PANAMA CITY, July 3 — 348 days. That is how long one tropical butterfly, Heliconius hewitsoni , survived…
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Alphabet’s Name Traces Back to Ancient Phoenician Origins
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 — When it comes to betting on artificial intelligence, investors have two very different…
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Mockingbirds’ nighttime serenades driven by biological rhythm
WASHINGTON, July 2 — For anyone who has been jolted awake at 3 a.m. by a bird singing…
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Can anything other than birds fly?
NEW YORK, July 2 — When we look up and see something dart across the sky, most of…
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Bats comprise 22 to 25 percent of mammal species, study finds
WASHINGTON, July 2 — The claim that bats account for 20 percent of all mammal species is a…
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Evolutionary Evidence Shows Flight Evolved Independently in Four Animal Groups
Bats use modified hands to fly. Insects evolved wings from their exoskeleton. Flying snakes flatten their bodies. These…
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