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How Our Thoughts Shape the Way Spoken Words Evolve

How Our Thoughts Shape the Way Spoken Words Evolve

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 36

What makes a word survive or go extinct?

Everyday Noises Can Hurt Hearts, Not Just Ears, and the Ability to Learn

Everyday Noises Can Hurt Hearts, Not Just Ears, and the...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 33

Experts describe ways to turn down the volume, from earbuds to smartphone apps t...

Scientists Discover Extensive Brain-Wave Patterns

Scientists Discover Extensive Brain-Wave Patterns

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 50

Certain brain layers specialize in particular waves—which might aid understandin...

Fiddler Crabs Unleash Special Vibrations to Attract Mates—And Deter Foes

Fiddler Crabs Unleash Special Vibrations to Attract Mat...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 26

Social context shapes how fiddler crabs communicate by vibrating the ground unde...

‘Smart Gloves’ Teach Piano Playing through Touch

‘Smart Gloves’ Teach Piano Playing through Touch

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 36

A high-tech pair of gloves can help make learning instruments and other hands-on...

Unraveling the Secrets of This Weird Beetle’s 48-Hour Clock

Unraveling the Secrets of This Weird Beetle’s 48-Hour C...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 32

New research examines the molecular machinery behind a beetle’s strange biologic...

The Dark Side of Nostalgia for Wild, Untouched Places

The Dark Side of Nostalgia for Wild, Untouched Places

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 41

A novel about the tensions between nature and modernity, animal social networks,...

How Plant Intelligence Can Soothe Climate Anxiety

How Plant Intelligence Can Soothe Climate Anxiety

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 50

In a new book, the wisdom of plants is a balm for our changing planet

How to destroy a black hole

How to destroy a black hole

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 39

A black hole would be tough to destroy, but in the season two premiere of Dead P...

Our plans to tackle climate change with carbon storage don't add up

Our plans to tackle climate change with carbon storage ...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 39

Modelling that shows how the world can remain below 1.5°C of warming assumes we ...

A Solar Neighborhood Census, Thanks to NASA Citizen Science

A Solar Neighborhood Census, Thanks to NASA Citizen Sci...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 22

To take a census of nearby cosmic objects, sending out a survey won’t work. Scie...

NASA Refines National Space Technology Development Priorities

NASA Refines National Space Technology Development Prio...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 22

As NASA focuses on exploring the Moon, Mars, and the solar system for the benefi...

New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Sp...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 20

Students from Syracuse City School District and Le Moyne College in Syracuse, Ne...

Watch a swarm of cyborg cockroaches controlled by computers

Watch a swarm of cyborg cockroaches controlled by compu...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 52

Remote-controlled cockroaches with computers mounted on their backs can move as ...

Guilt-Tripping for the Public Good Often Achieves Its Intended Result

Guilt-Tripping for the Public Good Often Achieves Its I...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 29

The emerging science of laying guilt through public messaging can help safeguard...

Locs Represent Resistance for Black People in the U.S. That’s Why They Are under Fire

Locs Represent Resistance for Black People in the U.S. ...

SIN Apr 16, 2024 0 23

In cultures hostile to African hairstyles, so-called dreadlocks have long been a...

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