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Reporting the Moon Landing

2016-12-0803:15

John Noble Wilford tells how, as a New York Times science reporter in July 1969, he wrote the front page article “Men Walk on Moon.” It is the first interview in a new Times series, “I Was There.”

Your Dog Remembers

2016-11-2301:213

Researchers are investigating whether dogs share a more complex kind of memory like humans and a few other animals.

Cocka-Tools

2016-11-2101:37

Cockatoos can make simple tools out of a variety of materials, like bamboo and even cardboard.

Follow the Leader(s)

2016-09-2601:27

When a leader tries to take a flock in the wrong direction, homing pigeons still find the right way home.

Osiris-Rex: Chasing Asteroid Bennu

2016-09-0503:30

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft will hunt down an asteroid and return a sample to Earth.

ScienceTake: Bees Buzz for Their Supper

2016-09-0501:22

Researchers from the University of Arizona experimented to find out whether a bee’s technique to cull pollen from flowers was learned, or instinctual.

Harnessing the Firenado

2016-08-2901:14

A new, blue, whirling shape of fire, inspired by bourbon, could one day help clean up oil spills.

Art in Pond Scum

2016-08-2604:291

Sally Warring, a biologist, isn't afraid of getting her hands wet. She collects water samples from New York's murkiest waters and examines the colorful life within them.

Juno: Piercing Jupiter’s Clouds

2016-06-2803:51

On July 4, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive to study Jupiter after a trip of nearly two billion miles.

Recording What Polar Bears Do

2016-06-1301:27

Scientists observe polar bears’ behavior in their natural environment by fitting them with collars that have cameras.

Enlisting Mosquitoes to Fight Zika

2016-06-0802:38

Scientists in California are testing the use of bacteria-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to reduce their numbers and prevent the spread of the Zika virus.

ScienceTake | Looking Into a Fly’s Brain

2016-06-0601:28

Scientists have developed a new method for peeking into the brain of a freely walking fruit fly — by peeling back its head.

A New Home on Rattlesnake Island

2016-05-2901:09

The timber rattlesnake's population has been decimated, but biologists are hoping it will thrive on an uninhabited island in Massachusetts.

Will Your Cellphone Give You Cancer?

2016-05-2701:19

Recent research has been interpreted as suggesting that cellphones cause cancer. But Gina Kolata explains that the overwhelming evidence suggests that there is no link between the devices and the disease.

Open Season on Lionfish

2016-05-2500:56

Florida has started its annual competition designed to rid its waters of the invasive lionfish.

Tiny Robot Can Fly and, Amazingly, Rest

2016-05-2301:35

The RoboBee, which weighs a few thousandths of an ounce, uses an electrostatic patch to perch on just about anything.

ScienceTake | Meet the Humanoid Mer-Bot

2016-05-0901:30

A submersible robot in human form, developed at Stanford University, completed its first dive, recovering a 17th-century vase.

Why It’s Hard to Keep the Pounds Off

2016-05-0203:00

Rebecca Wright and her husband, Daniel Wright, have gained back a lot of the weight they lost six years ago on Season 8 of "The Biggest Loser." A study of the contestants helps explain why.

The Scorpions Are Out Early This Year

2016-04-2800:49

Hungry and disoriented because of an unseasonably warm winter, some unwanted creatures are invading backyards in Arizona. Look out for scorpions.

ScienceTake | Shake a Tail Feather

2016-04-2701:30

Peacocks not only show their spectacular tails, or trains, they rattle them, and scientists are nailing down the physics of feather vibration.

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