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The European Union's new plan to curb deforestation is deeply flawed

The European Union's new plan to curb deforestation is ...

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 3

Sustainability researchers have serious doubts about whether the EU’s new regula...

Mathematicians calculate 42-digit number after decades of trying

Mathematicians calculate 42-digit number after decades ...

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 4

Dedekind numbers describe the number of ways sets of logical operations can be c...

Should Japan dump Fukushima's radioactive water into the ocean?

Should Japan dump Fukushima's radioactive water into th...

SIN Jul 4, 2023 0 26

The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected this week to approve Japan's ...

Time appears to run five times slower in the early universe

Time appears to run five times slower in the early univ...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 3

A phenomenon called cosmological time dilation means that events taking place in...

Plastic wedge makes it much easier to make protons for cancer therapy

Plastic wedge makes it much easier to make protons for ...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 30

A plastic, wedge-shaped device could medical particle accelerators 100 times mor...

Hormone injection may stem age-related memory decline

Hormone injection may stem age-related memory decline

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 3

A compound called “klotho”, claimed to be an anti-ageing hormone, improved cogni...

The maternal death rate in the US has more than doubled since 1999

The maternal death rate in the US has more than doubled...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 1

The US has seen a sharp rise in deaths during or within one year after pregnancy...

Earthquake Resilience in Kashmir Lies in Traditional Architecture

Earthquake Resilience in Kashmir Lies in Traditional Ar...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 3

The Kashmir region of Asia is due for another major earthquake, and its modern a...

Sleep Deprivation Sometimes Relieves Depression. A New Study May Show Why

Sleep Deprivation Sometimes Relieves Depression. A New ...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 4

Understanding why going without sleep eases depression in some people may lead t...

Watch Baby Octopuses Hatch from a Surprising Deep-Sea Nursery

Watch Baby Octopuses Hatch from a Surprising Deep-Sea N...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 2

Elated researchers watched baby octopuses hatch en masse near Pacific Ocean hydr...

Stunning JWST image sees Saturn show off its glowing rings

Stunning JWST image sees Saturn show off its glowing rings

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 29

A strange and unfamiliar view of Saturn has been captured by the James Webb Spac...

The Atlantic cod may be five separate species rather than one

The Atlantic cod may be five separate species rather th...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 3

A genetic analysis of thousands of Atlantic cod has revealed they all belong to ...

We now know how our brain works to overcome negative emotions

We now know how our brain works to overcome negative em...

SIN Jul 3, 2023 0 24

Researchers have identified a network of structures in the brain that may help u...

How to Keep Muscles Strong as You Age

How to Keep Muscles Strong as You Age

SIN Jul 2, 2023 0 3

Here’s why older adults naturally lose muscle mass over time and how regular phy...

Great White Sharks Are Surging off Cape Cod

Great White Sharks Are Surging off Cape Cod

SIN Jul 2, 2023 0 5

Cape Cod has quickly become one of the largest white shark hotspots in the world...

Readers Respond to the March 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the March 2023 Issue

SIN Jul 1, 2023 0 1

Letters to the editors for the March 2023 issue of Scientific American

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