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Why do flamingos dance while they eat? This scientist found out

Why do flamingos dance while they eat? This scientist f...

SIN Oct 28, 2026 0 25

Beautiful ripples drew Víctor Ortega Jiménez to feeding flamingos. Unraveling th...

Roller coaster safety is a matter of science

Roller coaster safety is a matter of science

SIN Oct 27, 2026 0 35

Guidelines for designing coasters don’t reflect the latest science about what ty...

Volcanoes lurk behind the scenes of human history

Volcanoes lurk behind the scenes of human history

SIN Oct 27, 2026 0 26

Volcanoes have cast a shadow over climate and history. Cold spurts after eruptio...

The human voice

The human voice

SIN Oct 24, 2026 0 36

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the power of the human voice, hopeful adva...

Why did humans’ brains surpass chimps’? A tiny foe might help explain it

Why did humans’ brains surpass chimps’? A tiny foe migh...

SIN Oct 24, 2026 0 25

A viral infection from millions of years ago may have influenced chimp brain evo...

Eating too much sugar on antibiotics could squash helpful gut bacteria

Eating too much sugar on antibiotics could squash helpf...

SIN Oct 23, 2026 0 28

In people being treated for blood cancer, consuming sugar while on antibiotics b...

A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom

A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas...

SIN Oct 23, 2026 0 27

The force exerted by a gas usually results from many atoms or molecules at once....

Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or a real sky?

Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or ...

SIN Oct 22, 2026 0 23

Vincent van Gogh'spainted the iconic work in the summer of 1889. Now researchers...

AI could turn scientific papers into research assistants

AI could turn scientific papers into research assistants

SIN Oct 22, 2026 0 27

An AI ‘virtual author’ can help scientists use a paper’s methods on new data. Bu...

Peek into hidden worlds revealed by the 2026 Nikon Small World contest

Peek into hidden worlds revealed by the 2026 Nikon Smal...

SIN Oct 21, 2026 0 33

This year’s photomicrography contest captured the wonders of the very small, fro...

What can minerals tell us about Earth’s past? This geologist is finding out

What can minerals tell us about Earth’s past? This geol...

SIN Oct 21, 2026 0 31

Smithsonian geologist Gabriela Farfan studies corals, gemstones and other minera...

Rule breaking by just a few people can be contagious

Rule breaking by just a few people can be contagious

SIN Oct 21, 2026 0 27

People are more likely to mimic — or even surpass — rule breakers than rule foll...

AI can give you your voice back

AI can give you your voice back

SIN Oct 20, 2026 0 32

People who have lost the ability to talk are finding new voices with technology....

These tiny snakes cartwheel to escape danger

These tiny snakes cartwheel to escape danger

SIN Oct 19, 2026 0 25

New videos offer a closer look at a rare and bizarre escape behavior in some Sou...

Artemis II results show how much science people can do at the moon

Artemis II results show how much science people can do ...

SIN Oct 16, 2026 0 30

We’ve studied the moon with robotic spacecraft for decades. What do human observ...

Many American diets may not include enough of this essential nutrient

Many American diets may not include enough of this esse...

SIN Oct 15, 2026 0 33

With the proliferation of fancy salts and changing dietary habits, there are sig...

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