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Tag: Research
Missing Piece of Stonehenge Returned From Florida 60 Years After Removal
A worker had taken a section cut from one of the massive stones during restoration work in 1958, and held it in the United States for decades before returning it to England.
Trilobites: An Emperor Penguin Colony in Antarctica Vanishes
A colony in Halley Bay lost more than 10,000 chicks in 2016 and hasn’t recovered. Some adults have relocated.
Trilobites: Look What the Cat Dragged In: Parasites
Researchers found that house cats that roam outdoors were more likely to pick up diseases than indoor cats.
F.B.I. Bars Some China Scholars From Visiting U.S. Over Spying Fears
The Trump administration is revoking the visas of a number of Chinese experts who study the United States, fearful they share information with security agencies.
Trilobites: How Seals Took to the Seas
By comparing the bones of ancient and contemporary seals, researchers say a particular biting style helped the marine mammals’ landlubber ancestors move into the oceans.
Cancer’s Trick for Dodging the Immune System
In a study of tumors in mice, scientists may have learned why immunotherapy doesn’t work in many patients and what might be done to boost its effectiveness.
The Great Barrier Reef Was Seen as ‘Too Big to Fail.’ A Study Suggests It Isn’t.
Even the largest ecosystems have limits when it comes to recovering from the impact of climate change, according to new research from Australia.
This Tarantula Became a Scientific Celebrity. Was It Poached From the Wild?
Controversy over a new spider species has resurrected thorny ethical questions about scientists and their specimens.
Sidney Verba, Innovative Scholar of Democracies, Dies at 86
His pioneering research compared civic participation and democracy in five countries. In a parallel career, he headed, and digitized, Harvard’s library.