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In Penguin Huddle, Researchers Find a Wave of Warmth
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
A coordinated movement allows every emperor penguin a chance to move from the colder outer region of the huddle into the warmer inner region.
Engineers are looking into building electric vehicles with carbon composites that can also serve as batteries. The materials could make the vehicles lighter as they also provide extra electricity.
A coordinated movement allows every emperor penguin a chance to move from the colder outer region of the huddle into the warmer inner region.
Protein makes up about 17 percent of the total energy intake for mountain gorillas in Uganda. That’s close to the 15 percent protein intake the American Heart Association recommends for people.
A 100-year old technology that is essential to modern life is about to be snuffed out. Yikes.
In time for the 100th anniversary of the conquest of the South Pole, a history of Antarctic exploration through the lens of science.
Runoff from the Mississippi River that has agricultural chemicals in it threatens to create the largest dead zone ever in the Gulf of Mexico.
As NASA gets its space shuttles ready to be shipped out to museums, crews have been flooded with requests to squirrel away parts of the spacecraft for analysis.
A tiny nematode from a shaft of the Beatrix mine in South Africa is the first known multicellular organism to dwell at such depths.
Scientists have used small variations in the Earth’s gravity to identify trouble spots around the globe where people are making unsustainable demands on groundwater.
Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms.
The world’s atomic watchdog unveiled new details of what they call “possible military dimensions” of Iran’s nuclear program.
Tornado fatalities have declined steadily, but many of the circumstances that were beyond science in 1953 are still beyond science today.
A study may explain why some people exposed to blasts have symptoms despite normal CT and M.R.I. scans.
A National Academy of Sciences panel says formulas for reimbursing doctors and hospitals are deeply flawed.
The fight against the disease has altered medicine, shaped research and highlighted the challenges that remain.
According to the owl researcher Denver Holt, snowy owls are a charismatic ambassador to the world to warn of problems caused by climate change.
What makes music expressive? Quiz yourself based on new research.
Photos and stories of pets that were viewed differently by family members.
Test your strategy against the computer in this rock-paper-scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence.
Experts at the World Science Festival mused on individualized therapies, global involvement in clinical trials and the potential of genetic research to find a cure. Hint: It could take a while.
The five-day World Science Festival is a smooch-fest between science and art.
Considerable research shows that ingesting fish oils can help reduce stiffness in those with rheumatoid arthritis.
Researchers used cameras and a doll to open a window on how people interpret the world around them.
A report last year on cats’ gravity-defying lapping mechanism surmised that dogs just crudely scoop up liquids. Not so, researchers now say.
A well-preserved specimen indicates that anomalocaridids, the largest animal species of the Cambrian period, lived 30 million years longer and grew much bigger than previously thought.
Hospitals around the country are starting programs to deal with the problem of slow responses to patients' calls for assistance.
There always seems to be something keeping us awake.
A look at the research on a popular weight loss choice.
A geographer focused on climate and development urges universities and colleagues to make outreach a priority -- for their own sake and that of the public.
Our puzzles this week are by 13-year-old Neil Bickford.