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Black Children Who Speak African American English Are Routinely Misdiagnosed with Speech Disorders

Black Children Who Speak African American English Are R...

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Segregation has given rise to a distinct African American English. Speech profes...

See the Best Science Graphics of 2023

See the Best Science Graphics of 2023

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Some of our favorite stories this year are best told visually

What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Mystery?

What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Myst...

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We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the larg...

Internet Cables Offer an Unusual View of Thawing Permafrost

Internet Cables Offer an Unusual View of Thawing Permaf...

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Fiber-optic cables buried in the seafloor off Alaska are helping scientists stud...

I Worked in Antarctica for Three Years. My Sexual Harasser Was Never Caught

I Worked in Antarctica for Three Years. My Sexual Haras...

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Hundreds of support staff keep Antarctic research stations running. For decades,...

The Real Story Behind 'White Lung Pneumonia'

The Real Story Behind 'White Lung Pneumonia'

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Separate outbreaks of pneumonia in children have cropped up in the U.S., China a...

How Dangerous Is Iceland's New Volcanic Eruption?

How Dangerous Is Iceland's New Volcanic Eruption?

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Lava spewed from volcanic fissures in Iceland as a long-awaited eruption finally...

Technology Is Secretly Stealing Your Time. Here's How to Get It Back

Technology Is Secretly Stealing Your Time. Here's How t...

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Technology is supposed to save us time, right? Turns out, it’s stealing some of ...

Kākāpō Parrots Are Flightless, Adorable and Making a Comeback

Kākāpō Parrots Are Flightless, Adorable and Making a Co...

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 1

DNA sequencing, GPS tracking and tailored diets are slowly restoring New Zealand...

Vitamin D Hope and Hype, Cosmic Voids and Preventing Depression

Vitamin D Hope and Hype, Cosmic Voids and Preventing De...

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Alaska’s rusting rivers, einstein tiles and the new science of asexuality

How Analyzing Cosmic Nothing Might Explain Everything

How Analyzing Cosmic Nothing Might Explain Everything

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 1

Huge empty areas of the universe called voids could help solve the greatest myst...

Do Fainter Lines on Home COVID Tests Mean You're Getting Better?

Do Fainter Lines on Home COVID Tests Mean You're Gettin...

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 1

The colors of lines on COVID tests can show whether you’re getting healthy or st...

How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers, According to Science

How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers, According to Science

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Scientific American asked experts about the factors that shape how drunk someone...

Why Do Christmas Songs Get Stuck in Your Head So Easily?

Why Do Christmas Songs Get Stuck in Your Head So Easily?

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 2

If holiday music seems designed in a lab to get stuck on repeat inside your head...

The Biggest Health and Medicine Stories of 2023

The Biggest Health and Medicine Stories of 2023

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From new uses for weight-loss drugs to the first CRISPR gene editing therapy, th...

The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo

The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 26

The James Webb Space Telescope caught its second glimpse of the year of Uranus a...

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