Ghostly Voices From Thomas Edison’s Dolls Can Now Be Heard
By RON COWEN
New technology allows the nursery rhymes on the talking toys’ cylinders, the first entertainment recordings, to be played without being touched.
Workers wearing protective clothing at a hen farm in Wisconsin.
An avian virus related to one that has killed 440 people in Asia is cutting through the Midwest. But experts say the risk to humans is low.
New technology allows the nursery rhymes on the talking toys’ cylinders, the first entertainment recordings, to be played without being touched.
A nonprofit, Geohazards, helps developing countries understand how to prepare for earthquakes and save lives in places like Kathmandu.
Researchers are nearing a better understanding of the chemical reactions that created life on the young planet.
An analysis in the journal Science also found that as the planet warms, species will disappear at an accelerating rate.
Pollutants emitted from coal-fired power plants are directly linked to diseases like asthma and lung disease, according to a new study.
The carbon emissions standards, proposed last year for the nation’s coal-fired power plants, could prevent more than 3,000 premature deaths per year, according to a new study.
Scientists have made a time-lapse recording that shows for the first time in three dimensions how an embryo turns itself inside out to develop.
The study, which has been criticized by the industry, noted that the contamination at three houses may have stemmed from faulty drill wells.
In addition to isolation, new genetic information suggested that inbreeding also played a role in their demise.
Samantha Cristoforetti, the first Italian woman in orbit, used a special “ISSpresso” machine and an antigravity cup to satisfy a thirst and curiosity.
E.P.A. rules aim to address dangerous fumes from the chemical, often used in furniture, but industry forces and others see government overreach.
As China spends more on the Antarctic, and the early occupiers, the United States and Australia, face stagnant budgets, a debate rages about what China wants.
Progressive Field’s concessions adopt a system that converts food waste to energy.
The discovery highlights the broad range of evolutionary experiments in flight that took place close to the origins of birds.
A class of chemicals that replaced an older group found to be harmful to health is now drawing criticism for the same reason.
Tesla Motors says it is making a foray into the challenge of how to use the sun’s energy when it isn’t shining, with a fleet of battery systems for homeowners, businesses and utilities.
The unmanned freighter was reported to be falling to Earth, and top Russian space officials announced that they would scuttle the spacecraft.
Judging from their present-day relatives, birds and crocodiles, dinosaurs were likely to have shed their skins, though not all at once.
Researchers see potential military applications in the internal explosion that allows an insect to spray a hot, lethal toxin.
To study the effects, researchers asked African-American and South African volunteers to swap diets for two weeks. Guess who benefited.
Named Chilesaurus diegosuarezi — after the country and the boy, Diego Suárez — the new dinosaur is related to Tyrannosaurus rex but was an herbivore.
Dr. Paul A. Offit writes about the costs of substituting prayer for medical care, especially in the cases of those without a voice — children.
NASA’s Messenger spacecraft crashed into Mercury on Thursday.
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, we asked astronomers and others involved in the telescope’s groundbreaking story to tell us about their favorite images.
Dawn is orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres, a Texas-size ball of ice and rock.
The New Horizons spacecraft is now closer to Pluto than Earth is to the sun.
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found evidence of lakes and streams on a warmer, wetter, habitable Mars.
This is the first episode in a Bits video series that examines how robots are poised to change the way we do business and conduct our daily lives.
A series of apps fill in information on the darkened sky, from red dwarf stars to the International Space Station.
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