Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures A scientist who decoded the vocalisations that a bird uses to communicate has won a ...

The weather is warming up, and outdoor porches and patios are coming back to life. But if you’re noticing the evenings still feel a little too dim at night, you might be missing one thing: outdoor ...

Rob Base, a rapper and one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 59. Base, whose real name was Robert Ginyard, was best known for the 1988 ...

Physicists may have uncovered a surprising new clue that string theory—the idea that the universe is built from unimaginably tiny vibrating strings—could be more than just a mathematical fantasy.

NASA is canceling plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components to construct a $20 billion ‌base on the moon’s surface over the next seven years, its new chief ...

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The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

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In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...

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