John Noble Wilford retired as a senior science correspondent for The New York Times. He covered all the Apollo missions for The Times, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for articles on science and planetary exploration, and in 1987 shared another Pulitzer with colleagues for coverage of the aftermath of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Before joining The Times in 1965, Wilford worked for The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine. He is the author of "We Reach the Moon," "The Mapmakers," "Mars Beckons," "The Mysterious History of Columbus, " and co-author or editor of other books, including "Cosmic Dispatches."
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Greek Tablet Fragment May Shed Light on Early Bureaucratic Practices
The discovery appears to be a “page” from a bookkeeper’s note pad, never meant to be preserved as a permanent record.
April 4, 2011Arrowheads Found in Texas Dial Back Arrival of Humans in America
For many years, scientists have thought that the first Americans came here from Asia 13,000 years ago, during the last ice age, probably by way of the Bering Strait. They were known as the Clovis people, after the town in New Mexico where their finely wrought spear points were first discovered in 1929. But in more recent years, archaeologists have found more and more traces of even earlier people with a less refined technology inhabiting North America and spreading as far south as Chile.
March 25, 2011
Linguists Stumble Upon Koro, a ‘Hidden’ Language in India
A research team came across a “hidden” language, known locally as Koro, completely new to the world outside a few rural communities in northeastern India.
October 12, 2010
Penguin Fossil Paints a Portrait of Ancient Feathers
Researchers say imprints left by the large bird, which lived in Peru more than 36 million years ago, contain evidence that its feathers were mostly reddish brown and shades of gray.
October 1, 2010
Animals in South Pole Race Earn Place on Map
Dogs will be honored ahead of the centennial celebration of the race to reach the South Pole.
September 28, 2010Desert Roads Lead to Discovery in Egypt
Archaeologists discover remains of 3,500-year-old settlement at Kharga Oasis in western Egyptian desert; stumbled upon substantial outpost as part of Theban Desert Road Survey, Yale University project co-directed by John Coleman Darnell and his wife Deborah over past 20 years; settlement is unique as no other urban complexes have been found in desert this early in history; map; photos
September 7, 2010
Ancient Roads Lead to Discovery in the Egyptian Desert
Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a settlement that flourished more than 3,500 years ago.
September 7, 2010
Fossil Hunters Find a 2-Clawed Relative of Velociraptor
The dinosaur lived more than 65 million years ago and had two sicklelike claws on each foot.
August 31, 2010
Lucy’s Kin Used Stone Tools and Ate Meat, Scientists Say
Human ancestors used stone tools and ate meat at least 800,000 years earlier than thought, scientists say.
August 12, 2010Scientists Challenge ‘Breakthrough’ on Fossil Skeleton
The fossil skeleton known as Ardi has now drawn critics who dispute claims that the species lived in dense woodlands or that it is a member of the human lineage.
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