Natural Science - Page 65

June 4, 2018

You can actually have two sets of DNA

Read enough books on the body and you’ll find that reality is much stranger than any sci-fi series. Take the chimera chapter in science writer Carl Zimmer’s sprawling new treatise on heritability, “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh” (Dutton) for example.

June 4, 2018

A major physics experiment just detected a particle that shouldn't exist

Scientists have produced the firmest evidence yet of so-called sterile neutrinos, mysterious particles that pass through matter without interacting with it at all.

May 31, 2018

When men almost became extinct

Genetics can reveal many buried secrets. An extramarital dalliance. The origins of our ancestors. In this case, it may have revealed that men almost exterminated themselves some 7000 years ago.

May 1, 2018

Florida man splashes water at manatees, lands in jail

A Florida fisherman learned a valuable lesson last week: Don't mess with a manatee.

April 27, 2018

'Fire rainbow' spotted over Pinnacles National Park in California

A runner spotted a “fire rainbow” over Pinnacles National Park in California, the National Weather Service, Bay Area announced on Wednesday.

April 20, 2018

Ultrasound found the secret of a people who dive deep

"They are simply a stranger to the land," an anthropologist says of Southeast Asia's Bajau people, and a new study shows their bodies have changed to account for that.

March 31, 2018

Stephen Hawking laid to rest, honored by friends and colleagues

Famed British scientist Stephen Hawking was laid to rest Saturday during a private funeral in Cambridge attended by some 500 people.

March 22, 2018

You might have cocaine in your fingerprints

Even if you don't do drugs, there's a surprisingly decent chance your fingerprints have traces of cocaine and even heroin.

March 22, 2018

Winged wonders: the exotic birds of Africa

Bird lovers from all corners of the globe flock to Africa for the vast numbers of unique and remarkable species found throughout the continent.

March 22, 2018

Weird natural wonders you won’t believe are real

From Mexico’s Cave of Crystals to waves frozen in time, these natural formations will make you look twice.