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The Dunning-Kruger Effect Shows that People Don’t Know What They Don’t Know

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Shows that People Don’t Know ...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 2

David Dunning explains how people can avoid overestimating their own knowledge, ...

Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of right-handedness

Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of r...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 1

A popular idea links primates living on the ground with a tendency for right-han...

40 Years Ago: STS-41C, the Solar Max Repair Mission

40 Years Ago: STS-41C, the Solar Max Repair Mission

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 1

On Apr. 6, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fifth flight, STS-41C....

Lagniappe for April 2024

Lagniappe for April 2024

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 1

Explore the April 2024 issue featuring: Gator Speaks Picture this. The year is 2...

How mass bleaching has pushed the Great Barrier Reef to the brink

How mass bleaching has pushed the Great Barrier Reef to...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 1

Diving at One Tree Island in one of the most highly protected parts of the Great...

The mathematician who worked out how to time travel

The mathematician who worked out how to time travel

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 3

Mathematics suggested that time travel is physically possible – and Kurt Gödel p...

Three Times Eclipses Eclipsed Previous Science

Three Times Eclipses Eclipsed Previous Science

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 25

Total solar eclipses have set the stage for major scientific advancements—everyt...

Geoengineering Test Quietly Launches Salt Crystals into Atmosphere

Geoengineering Test Quietly Launches Salt Crystals into...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 23

A solar geoengineering experiment in San Francisco could lead to brighter clouds...

A Solar Eclipse Is Too Special to See Through Your Smartphone

A Solar Eclipse Is Too Special to See Through Your Smar...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 3

To make the most of any total solar eclipse, put down your gadgets and bask in o...

Hubble Peers at Pair of Closely Interacting Galaxies

Hubble Peers at Pair of Closely Interacting Galaxies

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 2

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features Arp 72, a very sele...

Could an MRI scan make prostate cancer screening more accurate?

Could an MRI scan make prostate cancer screening more a...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 3

Combining PSA blood tests with MRI scans is making the screening less harmful, b...

NASA’s NEOWISE Extends Legacy With Decade of Near-Earth Object Data

NASA’s NEOWISE Extends Legacy With Decade of Near-Earth...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 1

As the infrared space telescope continues its long-duration survey of the univer...

NASA Employee Grateful for Opportunities at NASA Stennis

NASA Employee Grateful for Opportunities at NASA Stennis

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 1

Cherie Beech knows full well the opportunity that working at NASA’s Stennis Spac...

There are hints that dark energy may be getting weaker

There are hints that dark energy may be getting weaker

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 1

The standard model of cosmology says that the strength of dark energy should be ...

Should we be worried about a bird flu pandemic in the US?

Should we be worried about a bird flu pandemic in the US?

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 2

One person in the US has contracted bird flu after being exposed to dairy cows t...

NASA Noise Prediction Tool Supports Users in Air Taxi Industry

NASA Noise Prediction Tool Supports Users in Air Taxi I...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 26

Several air taxi companies are using a NASA-developed computer software tool to ...

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