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The Secret to Understanding Animal Consciousness May Be Joy

The Secret to Understanding Animal Consciousness May Be...

SIN Mar 11, 2025 0 30

Animal emotions—including joy—may be key markers of conscious beings

Food Recalls Are Down, but Food Poisoning Deaths Are Up

Food Recalls Are Down, but Food Poisoning Deaths Are Up

SIN Mar 11, 2025 0 14

Despite headlines, there were fewer food recalls in 2024 than in 2023, but more ...

Microplastic Pollution Is Messing with Photosynthesis in Plants

Microplastic Pollution Is Messing with Photosynthesis i...

SIN Mar 11, 2025 0 16

Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, ...

Athena Lunar Lander Declared Dead on the Moon

Athena Lunar Lander Declared Dead on the Moon

SIN Mar 11, 2025 0 24

For the second time in two years, a commercial lunar lander built and operated b...

9 Unsolved Mysteries in Mathematics

9 Unsolved Mysteries in Mathematics

SIN Mar 10, 2025 0 20

Mathematicians discuss some of the most compelling unsolved problems in the field

Our Narrow View of Masculinity Is Hurting Boys

Our Narrow View of Masculinity Is Hurting Boys

SIN Mar 10, 2025 0 27

Masculinity isn’t “toxic” by itself, but the strain boys feel from society and p...

Earth May Soon Get Early Solar Flare Warnings

Earth May Soon Get Early Solar Flare Warnings

SIN Mar 10, 2025 0 24

Flickering loops in the sun’s corona may appear before dangerous solar activity

Measles Misinformation Sparks Concern, Supreme Court Limits EPA Power, and Scientists Create Woolly Mice

Measles Misinformation Sparks Concern, Supreme Court Li...

SIN Mar 10, 2025 0 18

In this week's news roundup, we dig into measles misinformation, ozone recovery ...

Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Discovered in Australia

Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Discovered in Australia

SIN Mar 8, 2025 0 27

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted...

Stand Up for Science Rallies Draw Crowds Protesting Trump Cuts

Stand Up for Science Rallies Draw Crowds Protesting Tru...

SIN Mar 8, 2025 0 27

Scientists and supporters rallied in cities across the U.S. and Europe to protes...

Daylight Saving Time and Early School Start Times Cost The Economy Billions

Daylight Saving Time and Early School Start Times Cost ...

SIN Mar 8, 2025 0 21

The current system of daylight saving time and early school start times wastes b...

Trump Administration Likely to Drop Chloroprene Lawsuit. Here’s What That Means

Trump Administration Likely to Drop Chloroprene Lawsuit...

SIN Mar 8, 2025 0 31

Trump could drop a federal lawsuit against a petrochemical plant that emits chlo...

Leading a Meaningful Life through Storytelling Skills

Leading a Meaningful Life through Storytelling Skills

SIN Mar 8, 2025 0 16

People who are rated as good storytellers exhibit a purpose-oriented mindset and...

Why Is the Trump Administration Politicizing Weather?

Why Is the Trump Administration Politicizing Weather?

SIN Mar 8, 2025 0 20

Climate change is real. Dismantling our federal weather agency won’t change that

Five Years after the COVID Pandemic Began, Fatigue and Frustration Remain

Five Years after the COVID Pandemic Began, Fatigue and ...

SIN Mar 8, 2025 0 17

The “quarantine fatigue” of 2020 became an ongoing “pandemic fatigue,” a complex...

Trump's FEMA Disaster Aid Freeze Threatens 'Acute Harm,' Judge Rules

Trump's FEMA Disaster Aid Freeze Threatens 'Acute Harm,...

SIN Mar 8, 2025 0 19

The Federal Emergency Management Agency must show in one week whether it is comp...

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