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The Rubik’s Cube Turns 50

The Cube is also a good challenge for machine learning systems and robots.And Maria Mannone, an Italian theoretical physicist and composer, invented the...

Is Organic Produce Worth the Higher Price?

Organic yields could be improved, too. In a farming study in Pennsylvania that’s been running for 43 years, organic yields have mostly kept...

How Science Went to the Dogs (and Cats)

These early studies “highlighted both the potential that we could learn from dogs, but also that we were going to need bigger sample...

How Does Bird Flu Spread in Cows? Experiment Yields Some ‘Good News.’

Ever since scientists discovered influenza infecting American cows earlier this year, they have been puzzling over how it spreads from one animal to...

Famine Drove Jamestown Settlers to Eat Native Dogs, DNA Reveals

This article is part of our Pets special section on scientists’ growing interest in our animal companions.For 30 years, archaeologists have been digging...

A String of Supreme Court Decisions Hits Hard at Environmental Rules

A spate of decisions over the past two years by the Supreme Court has significantly impaired the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit...

Astronauts Are Not Stuck on the I.S.S., NASA and Boeing Officials Say

Two NASA astronauts who traveled at the start of June to the International Space Station were originally scheduled to return home a couple...

Embattled Alzheimer’s Researcher Is Charged With Fraud

A scientist whose research has been at the center of controversy over an Alzheimer’s drug candidate has been charged with fraud.A federal grand...

Biden Administration Denies Mining and Drilling Access to Alaskan Wilderness

The Biden administration denied permission on Friday for an Alaska agency to build a 211-mile industrial road that would have cut through Gates...

For an Aquatic Veterinarian, It’s Never ‘Just a Fish’

This article is part of our Pets special section on scientists’ growing interest in our animal companions.Many students begin veterinary school with career...

New Covid Shots Recommended for Americans 6 Months and Older This Fall

All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers...

A Trilobite Pompeii Preserves Exquisite Fossils in Volcanic Ash

Hundreds of millions of years ago, trilobites could be found all over the Earth. Cloaked in tough exoskeletons, the animals left behind countless...

Study Finds Small Streams, Recently Stripped of Protections, Are a Big Deal

Last year, the Supreme Court sharply restricted the federal government’s ability to limit pollution in small streams that sit dry for much of...

A Dead Russian Satellite Broke Into More Than 100 Pieces in Space

A decommissioned Russian satellite fractured in space on Wednesday, creating a cloud of debris in low Earth orbit that prompted astronauts aboard the...

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