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Stick insects that are normally asexual may occasionally have sex

Stick insects that are normally asexual may occasionall...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 2

Some animals reproduce asexually by creating embryos from unfertilised eggs, but...

Possible New Human Species Found through 300,000-Year-Old Jawbone Fossil

Possible New Human Species Found through 300,000-Year-O...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 3

A jawbone from eastern China that displays both modern and archaic features coul...

Behind the Scenes of Scientific American's Redesign

Behind the Scenes of Scientific American's Redesign

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 2

Today we introduce to the world Scientific American’s redesign, which we hope wi...

How to Address 'Medical Gaslighting'

How to Address 'Medical Gaslighting'

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 2

When doctors tell a patient “It’s all in your head,” that’s medical gaslighting....

Extinct Tasmanian tiger yields RNA secrets that could aid resurrection

Extinct Tasmanian tiger yields RNA secrets that could a...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 26

RNA, which regulates the activity of DNA, is a crucial part of building an organ...

Pink Diamonds Erupted to Earth's Surface after Early Supercontinent's Breakup

Pink Diamonds Erupted to Earth's Surface after Early Su...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 3

Western Australia’s Argyle Mine is famous for its rare pink diamonds, and scient...

How Climate Change Made Libya's Flooding Even More Devastating

How Climate Change Made Libya's Flooding Even More Deva...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 3

Climate change, civil war and international sanctions all contributed to the dev...

The Father of Environmental Justice Reflects on the Movement He Started

The Father of Environmental Justice Reflects on the Mov...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 23

Four decades into his activism, Robert Bullard looks back on his legacy and the ...

DeepMind AI can predict if DNA mutations are likely to be harmful

DeepMind AI can predict if DNA mutations are likely to ...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 2

By working out which small mutations will probably be damaging, Google DeepMind’...

Rare Australian pink diamonds emerged when a supercontinent broke up

Rare Australian pink diamonds emerged when a superconti...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 3

Understanding how the world’s largest-known collection of pink diamonds came to ...

Theory of consciousness branded 'pseudoscience' by neuroscientists

Theory of consciousness branded 'pseudoscience' by neur...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 14

A leading theory about consciousness called the integrated information theory ha...

Introducing Scientific American's Redesign, Newsletter and Podcasts

Introducing Scientific American's Redesign, Newsletter ...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 1

Geoengineering is happening, AI wants to talk with animals, and why we aren’t go...

Why We'll Never Live in Space

Why We'll Never Live in Space

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 23

Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle i...

Catastrophic Libyan dam collapse partly caused by climate change

Catastrophic Libyan dam collapse partly caused by clima...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 26

Recent extreme rainfall that caused flooding across the Mediterranean and contri...

How Warren Buffett Rigged a Dice Game with Bill Gates

How Warren Buffett Rigged a Dice Game with Bill Gates

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 23

Weird math can explain why Warren Buffett had the advantage in a dice game again...

The seismic shift in attitudes toward cannabis explained in 6 charts

The seismic shift in attitudes toward cannabis explaine...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 24

As popular discussion of cannabis has moved away from the drug trade and toward ...

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