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Richard Ellis, ‘Poet Laureate’ of Deep-Sea Creatures, Dies at 86

Richard Ellis, a polymath of marine life whose paintings, books and museum installations — especially the life-size blue whale at the American Museum...

The Textbooks Were Wrong About That Map of the Tongue’s Taste Buds

Think for a minute about the little bumps on your tongue. You probably saw a diagram of those taste bud arrangements once in...

Apex, the Largest Stegosaurus Fossil Ever Found, Heads to Auction

In May 2022, Jason Cooper, a commercial paleontologist, went for a walk around his property near the aptly named Colorado town of Dinosaur...

Ancient Skull With Brain Cancer Preserves Clues to Egyptian Medicine

Fluctuating disease rates, innovative treatments and talk of “moonshots” in the White House may make cancer seem like a modern scourge. But a...

Billionaire Plans Dive to the Titanic in a Newly Designed Submersible

A real estate billionaire in Ohio is planning an underwater voyage to the site of the Titanic shipwreck, where a submersible imploded on...

Health Officials Tried to Evade Public Records Laws, Lawmakers Say

House Republicans on Tuesday accused officials at the National Institutes of Health of orchestrating “a conspiracy at the highest levels” of the agency...

Lawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits

The defense lawyer minced no words as he addressed a room full of plastic-industry executives. Prepare for a wave of lawsuits​ with​ potentially...

Elon Musk Dominates Space Launch. Rivals Are Calling Foul.

Elon Musk aggressively elbowed his way into the space launch business over the past two decades, combining engineering genius and an entrepreneurial drive...

How the Tree Lobster Escaped Extinction

The feisty Lord Howe Island stick insect crawling on the gloved hand of Kyle Kassel, a keeper at the San Diego Zoo, had...

Here Comes Manhattanhenge 2024: When and How to Watch

New Yorkers, get ready for the latest solar spectacle.Each year at the end of May, and again in mid-July, residents and tourists alike...

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