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Spider webs collect DNA that reveals the species living nearby

Spider webs collect DNA that reveals the species living...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 36

DNA analysis of spider webs from two locations in Australia identified dozens of...

Poem: 'Midlife Calculus'

Poem: 'Midlife Calculus'

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 58

Science in meter and verse

Tomorrow's Quantum Computers Threaten Today's Secrets. Here's How to Protect Them

Tomorrow's Quantum Computers Threaten Today's Secrets. ...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 28

Researchers are racing to create codes so complex that even quantum computers ca...

Slight flight altitude changes could slash aviation's climate impact

Slight flight altitude changes could slash aviation's c...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 30

Contrail clouds that form behind planes are responsible for much of the climate ...

Could combatting loneliness extend the lives of people with obesity?

Could combatting loneliness extend the lives of people ...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 47

A recent study suggests that reducing social isolation among people with obesity...

Neuralink: What do brain implants do and why is Elon Musk making them?

Neuralink: What do brain implants do and why is Elon Mu...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 35

Elon Musk's Neuralink company is conducting its first human trials, implanting a...

Hubble Spies a Spinning Spiral

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 35

Looking like a baseball lobbed into the depths of the universe, ESO 420-G013 is ...

Station Science 101: Epigenetics Research in Space

Station Science 101: Epigenetics Research in Space

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 56

A growing body of research suggests a link between epigenetic mechanisms and a w...

Shrinking Family Sizes May Change Our Experience with Aging

Shrinking Family Sizes May Change Our Experience with A...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 25

Throughout the world, the number of relatives that people have may dramatically ...

Can 'Conversations' with Whales Teach Us to Talk with Aliens?

Can 'Conversations' with Whales Teach Us to Talk with A...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 31

A controversial 20-minute interaction with a humpback whale might help scientist...

Disinformation Is the Real Threat to Democracy and Public Health

Disinformation Is the Real Threat to Democracy and Publ...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 25

Disinformation abounds, and it can kill. Fortunately, it can often be unambiguou...

These Numbers Look Random but Aren't, Mathematicians Prove

These Numbers Look Random but Aren't, Mathematicians Prove

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 66

A new mathematical proof helps show whether a sequence of numbers is “pseudorandom”

Do Cats Experience FOMO?

Do Cats Experience FOMO?

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 39

Feline experts weigh in on clingy cats’ supposed “fear of missing out”

AI can better retain what it learns by mimicking human sleep

AI can better retain what it learns by mimicking human ...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 42

An AI inspired by the way humans form long-term memories during sleep can learn ...

Galaxy smash-ups may explain strange light from early universe

Galaxy smash-ups may explain strange light from early u...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 34

Light from hydrogen in the early universe has baffled astronomers, but researche...

The Ingenuity helicopter’s Mars mission is over, but it left a legacy

The Ingenuity helicopter’s Mars mission is over, but it...

SIN Jan 30, 2024 0 45

After nearly three years of exploring Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has take...

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