Charles Q. Choi
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Charles Q. Choi is a science reporter who has written for Scientific American, The New York Times, Wired, Science, Nature, and National Geographic News, among others. For his work, he has hunted for mammoth DNA in Yukon, faced gunmen in Guatemala, entered the sarcophagus housing radioactive ruins in Chernobyl and looked for mammal fossils in Wyoming based on the guidance from an artificial intelligence.
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Recent observations at high temperatures and extreme pressures tantalize, but not all experts are convinced.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
New research points to when massive asteroid impact happened, and why only some animals survived.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Scientists found that squirrels extract nitrogen from their urea to make proteins.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
The aerial acrobat is less than half a millimeter long.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
The kunga, a highly sought-after technological advance in Mesopotamia, may be the oldest known hybrid animal bred by humans.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
The findings suggest current theories of how some volcanoes form may be too simple.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor