Long Island deer gets caught in NY hammock
He went buck wild! What should have been a picturesque moment devolved into chaos when a deer wandering…
2,000-year-old Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii helps scientists date Earth’s history more precisely
A new study has made argon-argon dating more precise by using the well-recorded eruption of Mount Vesuvius in…
Nor’easter will slam Northeast, NYC, Boston through weekend
An early-season nor’easter is hammering the East Coast this weekend with major coastal flooding, high surf, strong winds,…
On this day in space! Sept. 26, 1983: Russian cosmonauts narrowly escape Soyuz rocket explosion
On Sept. 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launchpad. Two cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Gennady…
Quantum computer simulates matter “popping into existence”
Researchers led by the Duke Quantum Center (DQC) have used a quantum simulator to observe string breaking dynamics…
Meet Casper: The rare white ‘ghost’ lobster found in 1 in 100 million now has a new home in Maine; scientists are studying its unusual color by analyzing more than 15,000 genes
Casper, a rare white “ghost” lobster, has arrived at a Maine research center. (Photo: University of New England)…
Federal organization threatens to take Mountain State bald eagle
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A federal agency has threatened to take a bald eagle from West Virginia that has…
Harvard Scientists Detect Radio Signal Coming Directly From Planet Outside the Solar System
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‘I can’t get my trees back’: Texas trader lost millions of trees on his ranch to wildfires — blames power line poles
Bill Clark/Getty Images/Phoebe Terry/WSJ For most people, a utility pole is invisible infrastructure — something you drive past…
Don’t miss September’s Harvest Moon rise with Saturn tonight!
Look east tonight to see September’s full “Harvest Moon” rise into the autumn sky. Here’s what to expect…
Genetic module unlocks male sterility for hybrid watermelon breeding
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is the world’s third-largest fruit crop, and commercial cultivation relies heavily on F1 hybrids because…
Country diary: I’m virtually living in the woods now. Wildlife is everywhere | Trees and forests
I have made the woods my home, moving from Brighton to the outskirts of Lewes, where the garden…