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The Strange and Surprising History of the Once-Rejected Zero

The Strange and Surprising History of the Once-Rejected...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 26

Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of ze...

Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a ‘Hoax’

Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once ...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 41

Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other la...

What Is a Galaxy?

What Is a Galaxy?

SIN May 9, 2025 0 29

Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes, and trying to define them is difficult

Measuring Gluons and Quarks at the Brookhaven Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the Nation’s Only Particle Collider

Measuring Gluons and Quarks at the Brookhaven Relativis...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 20

Brookhaven National Laboratory is pushing the boundaries of particle physics.

HIV Testing and Prevention Efforts Gutted as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep U.S. South

HIV Testing and Prevention Efforts Gutted as Trump Fund...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 19

A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in the U....

What to Know about Kosmos-482, the Soviet Spacecraft Crash-Landing on Earth

What to Know about Kosmos-482, the Soviet Spacecraft Cr...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 26

Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled ...

Congress Counters Trump Threat to Abolish FEMA with Massive Restructuring Plan

Congress Counters Trump Threat to Abolish FEMA with Mas...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 21

A bipartisan group in Congress is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Feder...

India and Pakistan Remind Us We Need to Stop the Risk of Nuclear War

India and Pakistan Remind Us We Need to Stop the Risk o...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 25

The U.S. needs to set an example for the rest of the world, by taking our nuclea...

Denver, Dallas among the Major U.S. Cities Sinking into the Ground

Denver, Dallas among the Major U.S. Cities Sinking into...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 20

Cities across the U.S., including inland ones such as Denver and Dallas, are set...

The EPA Plans to Terminate the Energy Star Program. Here’s What That Means

The EPA Plans to Terminate the Energy Star Program. Her...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 19

Hit by restructuring, the EPA is reportedly planning to end the Energy Star prog...

How Nostalgia Keeps Friendships Alive

How Nostalgia Keeps Friendships Alive

SIN May 9, 2025 0 27

The social and psychological consequences of yearning for the past are starting ...

Trump Budget Calls for Stranding NASA’s Mars Samples on the Red Planet

Trump Budget Calls for Stranding NASA’s Mars Samples on...

SIN May 9, 2025 0 36

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be force...

Political Attacks on Libraries Endanger Small-Town Democracy

Political Attacks on Libraries Endanger Small-Town Demo...

SIN May 8, 2025 0 17

Defending our public libraries is part of a larger struggle for the integrity of...

Stronger Flood-Related Building Codes Are Coming for New Hospitals, Schools and Apartments

Stronger Flood-Related Building Codes Are Coming for Ne...

SIN May 7, 2025 0 32

The International Code Council has approved stronger building codes to protect h...

Xanthorox AI Lets Anyone Become a Cybercriminal

Xanthorox AI Lets Anyone Become a Cybercriminal

SIN May 7, 2025 0 20

A new AI platform called Xanthorox markets itself as a tool for cybercrime, but ...

Casey Johnston’s Book A Physical Education Is a Lesson in Finding a Better Balanced Fitness

Casey Johnston’s Book A Physical Education Is a Lesson ...

SIN May 7, 2025 0 15

Author Casey Johnston presents a new way to think about fitness in her new book ...

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