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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 18

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 23

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 23

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 21

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 20

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 20

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 19

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

Missing pages of priceless Henry VIII–era manuscript finally found

Missing pages of priceless Henry VIII–era manuscript fi...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 19

The pages come from a copy of Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ that on...

Can independent AI auditors keep up with frontier AI development?

Can independent AI auditors keep up with frontier AI de...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 25

Independent auditors are emerging as a key part of plans to rein in frontier AI....

OpenAI cracks the hidden math that keeps your texts from turning to gibberish

OpenAI cracks the hidden math that keeps your texts fro...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 26

The surprising real-world applications of high-dimensional sphere packing and th...

What your dog really thinks about you

What your dog really thinks about you

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 18

Science is helping to peel back the layers of how dogs process the world around ...

What eyewitness accounts tell us about the science of memory

What eyewitness accounts tell us about the science of m...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 20

The malleability of memory once cast doubt on eyewitness identification in crimi...

See the first new species of cat discovered in more than a century—it’s adorable

See the first new species of cat discovered in more tha...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 19

The cat is smaller than a house cat but has the spots of a leopard

North Korea’s nuclear tests have turned this mountain into an earthquake hot spot

North Korea’s nuclear tests have turned this mountain i...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 15

Seismic activity has increased markedly at Mount Mantap, also known as Mantapsan...

Nepal’s deadly debris flow points to risks in other high mountain regions

Nepal’s deadly debris flow points to risks in other hig...

SIN Sep 18, 2026 0 20

As human-caused climate warming destabilizes high mountain regions, the threat o...

During menopause, brain changes surprisingly take a break

During menopause, brain changes surprisingly take a break

SIN Sep 17, 2026 0 25

Major hormonal milestones in women’s lives are usually associated with changes i...

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