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Why human language may be intertwined with fire

Why human language may be intertwined with fire

SIN Sep 20, 2026 0 4

Understanding how human language evolved is one of the hardest problems in scien...

Could brain-inspired computers run on the same amount of power as a human brain?

Could brain-inspired computers run on the same amount o...

SIN Sep 19, 2026 0 10

The human brain uses about the same amount of wattage as a lightbulb

Surviving the summer

Surviving the summer

SIN Sep 19, 2026 0 8

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses existential threats to humankind: extreme ...

What does OpenAI’s blockbuster mathematics proof mean for the real world?

What does OpenAI’s blockbuster mathematics proof mean f...

SIN Sep 19, 2026 0 12

OpenAI’s claimed proof of the Navier-Stokes problem is a mathematical tour de fo...

Why AI is speeding up scientific research but not lab experiments

Why AI is speeding up scientific research but not lab e...

SIN Sep 19, 2026 0 10

A new report from Google, Google DeepMind and M.I.T. finds that researchers are ...

What changing ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ means for weather forecasts

What changing ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ means fo...

SIN Sep 19, 2026 0 10

The National Weather Service is speeding ahead with changing the name of the Gre...

This dolphin terrifies fish until they puke—and then eats it

This dolphin terrifies fish until they puke—and then ea...

SIN Sep 19, 2026 0 10

Don’t have the energy to catch your own meal? This dolphin has a gross solution

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope glimpses its first cosmic light

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope glimpses its first c...

SIN Sep 19, 2026 0 9

The space telescope is set to reveal thousands of new exoplanets and scour the u...

This ‘anti-vampiric’ grave used two strategies to stop the undead

This ‘anti-vampiric’ grave used two strategies to stop ...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 17

A sickle across the throat and a padlock on the toe were likely meant to keep th...

Why Bangladesh’s measles outbreak is a cautionary tale for the U.S.

Why Bangladesh’s measles outbreak is a cautionary tale ...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 9

As Bangladesh faces a deadly measles outbreak, experts assess what it would take...

Indonesia is moving its capital. Will a forest pay the price?

Indonesia is moving its capital. Will a forest pay the ...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 9

Filmmaker and journalist Leah Varjacques takes listeners inside an Indonesian fo...

How much longer will the sun shine?

How much longer will the sun shine?

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 10

Our sun is on a long, strange trip to its eventual demise. Here are the key stop...

How heat makes it harder for students to learn

How heat makes it harder for students to learn

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 10

As temperatures rise, the evidence is clear that heat is eroding students’ abili...

This dolphin terrifies fish until they puke—and then it eats their upchuck

This dolphin terrifies fish until they puke—and then it...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 9

Don’t have the energy to catch your own meal? This dolphin has a gross solution

Math puzzle: Shape-birding

Math puzzle: Shape-birding

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 10

Solve the math puzzle from our October 2026 issue, in which a bird watcher seeks...

AI labs are claiming “AGI” is imminent—but does that mean what we think it means?

AI labs are claiming “AGI” is imminent—but does that me...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 11

Artificial general intelligence was once a term confined to technical science pa...

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