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Beams of light—not cables—are carrying the internet across a river in the Congo
Sep 16, 2021 8:00 PM
Blindingly bright black holes could help cosmologists see deeper into the universe’s past
Sep 16, 2021 7:00 PM
Why a record number of container ships are backed up off the coast of California
Sep 16, 2021 2:00 PM
Featured in feathers
Sep 17, 2021
This 120-million-year-old bird may have been one of the first to shake its tail feathers
The magpie-sized Yuanchuavis probably wasn’t a strong flyer, but it did dress to impress.
Jan 10, 2020
Hummingbirds get their wild coloring from ‘air-filled pancakes’ in their feathers
If you’ve got it, flaunt it.
May 30, 2018
Scientists just discovered 125 million-year-old dinosaur dandruff
Dinos got dandruff, too.
Jan 10, 2018
These bird feathers are so black your eyes can’t focus on them
It's like, how much more black could this be?
Sep 29, 2016
Metals From Bird Feathers May Help Reconstruct Dinosaur Colors
X-rays show link between several elements and colorful markings
Jul 18, 2015
This Is How Jurassic World’s Velociraptors Should Have Looked
Zhenyuanlong suni is the feathered raptor we've all been waiting for
Jan 3, 2014
Dinosaurs Were Mostly Scaly, Study Finds
A new study examines the evidence for fuzz on non-avian dinosaurs.
