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Are Naps Good for You?

Are Naps Good for You?

SIN Aug 5, 2023 0 3

Here’s the science on whether naps have short- and long-term benefits for your h...

Why it's so hard to tell if LK-99 is a room-temperature superconductor

Why it's so hard to tell if LK-99 is a room-temperature...

SIN Aug 5, 2023 0 5

Researchers have been trying to determine if a material called LK-99 really is a...

Umbilical cord blood could be used to predict childhood obesity

Umbilical cord blood could be used to predict childhood...

SIN Aug 5, 2023 0 4

Some patterns of gene expression in umbilical cord blood are associated with chi...

Heat Waves Could Kill Off Human-Bred Mosquitoes

Heat Waves Could Kill Off Human-Bred Mosquitoes

SIN Aug 5, 2023 0 3

Rising heat could debilitate mosquitoes bred to slow the transmission of viruses...

Space Station Assignments Out for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission

Space Station Assignments Out for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 ...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 4

Four crew members now are assigned to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission for...

Smoke-spotting AI watches live video to find early signs of wildfire

Smoke-spotting AI watches live video to find early sign...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 25

An AI that analyses live video from California’s statewide wildfire detection sy...

Why Homes Often Feel Warmer Than the Thermostat Suggests

Why Homes Often Feel Warmer Than the Thermostat Suggests

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 4

The reason some homes feel hotter than their air temperature has to do with radi...

The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just Like Us, Trees Are Experiencing Inflation

The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just Like Us, Trees Are Expe...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 2

Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve...

Drone mother ship could release mini-drone swarm for search and rescue

Drone mother ship could release mini-drone swarm for se...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 34

The MorphoLander drone carrier, which holds smaller "worker bee" drones, could b...

How Seeing the Milky Way Helped Us Discover the Whole Universe

How Seeing the Milky Way Helped Us Discover the Whole U...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 29

Marvel for a moment at the Milky Way’s night-sky spectacle—and the scientific re...

We are hopeless at telling when we have goosebumps

We are hopeless at telling when we have goosebumps

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 19

A study that filmed people's skin while they watched emotional videos found that...

Could pumping CO2 under Canada's coast cause earthquakes?

Could pumping CO2 under Canada's coast cause earthquakes?

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 4

Injecting CO2 underground might increase pressure along geological faults and ca...

Journalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Funded

Journalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Funded

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 27

U.S. journalism needs to be treated as a “public good” like roads, schools and b...

A Background 'Hum' Pervades the Universe. Scientists Are Racing to Find Its Source

A Background 'Hum' Pervades the Universe. Scientists Ar...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 3

Astronomers are now seeking to pinpoint the origins of an exciting new form of g...

World's smallest baleen whale stays home instead of migrating to feed

World's smallest baleen whale stays home instead of mig...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 6

The pygmy right whale doesn't go on long migrations for food or reproduction, un...

What would really happen if you landed on an asteroid?

What would really happen if you landed on an asteroid?

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 27

Asteroids are far weirder than we had imagined – landing on one wouldn't go as y...

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