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January’s Night Sky Notes: Connecting the ‘Dots’ with Asterisms

January’s Night Sky Notes: Connecting the ‘Dots’ with A...

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 27

Have you ever noticed how some stars, when arranged, can form shapes in the nigh...

Vast submerged area near Australia may once have hosted 500,000 people

Vast submerged area near Australia may once have hosted...

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 34

An area of the seabed north of Australia has been mapped in detail for the first...

The Curious Joy of Being Wrong

The Curious Joy of Being Wrong

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 33

Cultivating intellectual humility can offer individual and social benefits, a ps...

Ancient Indigenous 'Songlines' Match Long-Sunken Landscape off Australia

Ancient Indigenous 'Songlines' Match Long-Sunken Landsc...

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 42

Researchers have found ancient watering holes long ago buried by rising seas. Th...

In 2024 the Hera mission will revisit the asteroid punched by NASA

In 2024 the Hera mission will revisit the asteroid punc...

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 57

NASA’s DART mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the Europea...

Probiotics help treat recurring urinary tract infections

Probiotics help treat recurring urinary tract infections

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 33

Taking a vaginal probiotic, either on its own or with an oral probiotic, for fou...

How a Parasitic Worm Forces Praying Mantises to Drown Themselves

How a Parasitic Worm Forces Praying Mantises to Drown T...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 33

Thieving worms may manipulate their prey with stolen genes

Confronting Illusions Can Help Heal Trauma

Confronting Illusions Can Help Heal Trauma

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 30

Renowned physician Gabor Maté ruminates on trauma and Jewishness at a time of co...

January 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

January 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Year...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 29

Sleep potion; top speed limits

There's a Better Way to Mine for Electric Vehicle Batteries

There's a Better Way to Mine for Electric Vehicle Batte...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 32

We do not want to trade the harm of emissions from gasoline vehicles for the har...

Why Keeping a Streak Boosts Your Motivation

Why Keeping a Streak Boosts Your Motivation

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 38

A streak can motivate you to keep up with behaviors ranging from praying to runn...

India's Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational 'Island'

India's Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational '...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 64

Aditya-L1 will join more than four active spacecraft at the first Lagrange point...

AI learns to recognise objects with the efficiency of a newborn chick

AI learns to recognise objects with the efficiency of a...

SIN Jan 1, 2024 0 53

Shortly after hatching, chicks quickly learn to recognise moving objects with on...

Readers Respond to the September 2023 Issue

Readers Respond to the September 2023 Issue

SIN Dec 31, 2023 0 48

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

Get ready to see a total solar eclipse in 2024 – here's how

Get ready to see a total solar eclipse in 2024 – here's...

SIN Dec 31, 2023 0 56

The moon will cover the sun on 8 April 2024 for people in parts of the US, Canad...

Encryption upgrade in 2024 will keep data safe from quantum computers

Encryption upgrade in 2024 will keep data safe from qua...

SIN Dec 31, 2023 0 36

We probably don't need to worry about quantum computers being able to break encr...

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