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  2. Out There

    This Black Hole Has a Cosmic Wingspan

    Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies.

     By Dennis Overbye

    CreditE. Wernquist/D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration)/M. Oei

  1. Things Are Looking Up for Africa’s Upside-Down Baobab Trees

    A researcher followed up on a study warning that the massive trees were in danger, and found many venerable specimens thriving.

     By Rachel Nuwer

    The Dorsland Tree, a baobab in Nyae Nyae Conservancy in Namibia, has collapsed several times but is regrowing.
    CreditSarah Venter
    Trilobites

  2. Titan Sub Tragedy: Coast Guard Hearings Reveal New Insights

    Contrary to public reports last year, the passengers probably had no idea that the vessel was about to implode.

     By William J. Broad

    The Coast Guard released footage from a remotely operated vehicle that it said showed debris of the Titan submersible on the sea floor.
    CreditU.S. Coast Guard, via Reuters

  3. The Squishy Truth About Why You’re Seeing Fewer Spotted Lanternflies

    Your stomping may have helped trim this invasive insect’s population. But experts say other factors probably explain their reduced numbers around New York City.

     By Emily Anthes

    “We like to think that we’re making a difference by stomping on the spotted lanternfly,” Brian Eshenaur, an invasive species specialist, said.
    CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times

  4. The Sun Will Destroy the Earth One Day, Right? Maybe Not.

    Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star.

     By Jonathan O’Callaghan

    CreditAdam Makarenko/Keck Observatory

  5. This Shark Lives 400 Years. Its DNA May Explain Why.

    Scientists have mapped the genome of the Greenland shark, which could offer clues to the animal’s extreme longevity.

     By Jonathan Moens

    In a new study, researchers identified a network of 81 genes that were found only in Greenland sharks and are known to play a role in DNA repair.
    CreditWaterFrame/Alamy

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Origins

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  1. Why Do Apes Make Gestures?

    Chimps and other apes have been observed making more than 80 meaningful gestures. Three theories have tried to explain why.

     By Carl Zimmer

    A chimpanzee in Uganda presents his back to another as a request for grooming.
    CreditCat Hobaiter

  2. Our Bigger Brains Came With a Downside: Faster Aging

    A study comparing chimpanzee and human brains suggests that the regions that grew the most during human evolution are the most susceptible to aging.

     By Carl Zimmer

    The darker green regions of the brain show the parts that have expanded the most during human evolution. A new study shows that they are the same sections that shrink the most during aging.
    CreditVickery et al., Science Advances, 2024

  3. How Did the First Cells Arise? With a Little Rain, Study Finds.

    Researchers stumbled upon an ingredient that can stabilize droplets of genetic material: water.

     By Carl Zimmer

    Droplets containing RNA float in water. Each color is produced by a different kind of RNA.
    CreditAman Agrawal

  4. Scientists Find Arm Bone of Ancient ‘Hobbit’ Human

    New fossils from Indonesia, including the smallest humerus ever found from an adult hominin, belonged to the tiny Homo floresiensis species, researchers said.

     By Carl Zimmer

    CreditYousuke Kaifu

  5. How Did Roses Get Their Thorns?

    The “prickles,” as botanists call them, evolved in roses and other plants thanks to a single gene, a new study found.

     By Carl Zimmer

    Prickles likely arose in many plants as a defense against animals that would devour them, but prickles can serve other purposes, such as for hooking onto surfaces while climbing or attaching seeds onto the fur of passing animals.
    CreditYon Marsh Natural History/Alamy

Trilobites

More in Trilobites ›

  1. Punching Octopuses Lead Fish on Hunting Parties

    Octopuses and fish are routinely seen working together on the ocean floor, and now scientists say that the cephalopods are the leaders of the pack.

     By Elizabeth Preston

    A blacktip grouper, right, and a gold-saddle goatfish on a hunting trip with a big blue octopus.
    CreditEduardo Sampaio and Simon Gingins

  2. A Fossilized Creature May Explain a Puzzling Painting on a Rock Wall

    The artwork suggests that the San people of South Africa have an Indigenous knowledge of paleontology that predated Western approaches to the field.

     By Jack Tamisiea

    A 1930 illustration of animals and people shown on the Horned Serpent panel, with the dicynodont at lower left.
    CreditUniversity of Pretoria, Library Services

  3. Why This Tiny Lizard Dives With a Natural Scuba Tank

    Almost every animal in the rainforest enjoys snacking on water anoles, but slippery skin and an ability to carry an air bubble underwater help them survive.

     By Sara Novak

    CreditLindsey Swierk

  4. These Apes Dance Like Someone Is Watching

    Gibbons move with rhythm and intention. Dare we say style?

     By Elizabeth Preston

    CreditCamille Coye, Kai Caspar, and Pritty Patel-Grosz

  5. These Monkeys Call One Another by Name

    Marmosets are the first nonhuman primates known to use name-like labels for individuals, a new study suggests.

     By Emily Anthes

    Bhumi and Belle, mother and daughter marmosets, in the lab of David Omer, a neuroscientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
    CreditDavid Omer Lab

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Climate and Environment

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  1. Extreme Weather Is Taxing Utilities More Often. Can A.I. Help?

    From hurricanes to wildfires, a new generation of technologies could help utilities better plan for the risk of extreme weather to their electric grid.

     By Austyn Gaffney

    Downed power lines in Crawfordville, Fla., on Friday morning.
    CreditMarco Bello/Reuters

  2. Conspiracy Theorists and Vaccine Skeptics Have a New Target: Geoengineering

    Around the country, people with a deep distrust of government want to preemptively ban the use of aerosols to reduce heat from the sun.

     By Christopher Flavelle

    CreditChristopher Capozziello for The New York Times

  3. An Oil C.E.O. Answers Our Questions

    The Times hosted leaders and policymakers to talk about growing threats of climate change, and spoke with the C.E.O. of Occidental Petroleum.

     By David Gelles

    Vicki Hollub, the president of Occidental Petroleum, with Mr. Gelles onstage as a protester stormed the stage.
    CreditBenjamin Norman for The New York Times

  4. They’ve Got a Plan to Fight Global Warming. It Could Alter the Oceans.

    By tweaking the chemistry of rivers and oceans, humans could remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air. But huge challenges loom.

     By Brad PlumerRaymond Zhong and Greta Rybus

    CreditGreta Rybus for The New York Times

  5. The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food

    Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat.

     By Lydia DePillisManuela Andreoni and Catrin Einhorn

    CreditAllie Sullberg
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