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The Most Important Climate Stories of 2023 Aren't All Bad News

The Most Important Climate Stories of 2023 Aren't All B...

SIN Dec 27, 2023 0 5

In 2023 climate news was a mixed bag: we saw unrelenting heat but also glimmers ...

Rift over N95 Use Puts Health Workers at Risk Again

Rift over N95 Use Puts Health Workers at Risk Again

SIN Dec 26, 2023 0 3

Critics push back on proposed CDC guidelines that they say leave health care fac...

Now There Are Better Ways Than BMI Charts to Assess Health Risks

Now There Are Better Ways Than BMI Charts to Assess Hea...

SIN Dec 26, 2023 0 2

The body mass index is flawed, and medicine now has better options to measure ob...

A Hunt for Sterile Neutrinos Could Unlock Deep Cosmic Secrets

A Hunt for Sterile Neutrinos Could Unlock Deep Cosmic S...

SIN Dec 26, 2023 0 19

The Short-Baseline Neutrino Program will try to determine once and for all wheth...

7 Weird Animal Behaviors That Amazed Us in 2023

7 Weird Animal Behaviors That Amazed Us in 2023

SIN Dec 26, 2023 0 2

From fish that dance to “see” to frogs disguised as poop to boat-attacking kille...

Poem: 'Baby Crocodile'

Poem: 'Baby Crocodile'

SIN Dec 25, 2023 0 2

Science in meter and verse

Calling Our Times the 'Anthropocene Epoch' Matters Dearly to You

Calling Our Times the 'Anthropocene Epoch' Matters Dear...

SIN Dec 25, 2023 0 4

The name Anthropocene means human activity is profoundly changing our environmen...

EV Batteries Are Dangerous to Repair. Here's Why Mechanics Are Doing So Anyway

EV Batteries Are Dangerous to Repair. Here's Why Mechan...

SIN Dec 25, 2023 0 2

Fixing car and e-bike batteries saves money and resources, but challenges are ho...

Why Does Fruitcake Last So Long?

Why Does Fruitcake Last So Long?

SIN Dec 25, 2023 0 1

The holiday fruitcake is a timeless dessert—literally

Adapting Crops for Extreme Weather

Adapting Crops for Extreme Weather

SIN Dec 25, 2023 0 2

Do wild varieties of overlooked grains, fruits and vegetables hold the key to de...

How to Escape a Time Loop You Don't Really Want to Leave

How to Escape a Time Loop You Don't Really Want to Leave

SIN Dec 24, 2023 0 3

A tender novel about savoring quantum memory

Intervention at an Early Age May Hold Off the Onset of Depression

Intervention at an Early Age May Hold Off the Onset of ...

SIN Dec 24, 2023 0 1

Preventing initial episodes might stop depression from becoming a disabling chro...

High-Flying Frigatebirds Collect Data from the Top of the Sky

High-Flying Frigatebirds Collect Data from the Top of t...

SIN Dec 24, 2023 0 2

Scientists accidentally discovered a new way of monitoring the Earth’s planetary...

How the Moon Shaped Human History, from Religion to Climate

How the Moon Shaped Human History, from Religion to Cli...

SIN Dec 23, 2023 0 2

Lunar influences, parallel universes, taking over a dead relative’s online ident...

Why Are Alaska's Rivers Turning Orange?

Why Are Alaska's Rivers Turning Orange?

SIN Dec 23, 2023 0 11

Streams in Alaska are turning orange with iron and sulfuric acid. Scientists are...

Decoding Your Hunger During the Holidays

Decoding Your Hunger During the Holidays

SIN Dec 23, 2023 0 2

Deciding when and what to eat is a complex calculus incorporating input from you...

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