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"Diversity" Documents That Weren't about DEI Were Purged from OSHA Websites

"Diversity" Documents That Weren't about DEI Were Purge...

SIN Feb 22, 2025 0 21

OSHA webpages removed for containing the word "diversity" had no relation to gen...

Why Emotional Sounds Translate across Culture and Language

Why Emotional Sounds Translate across Culture and Language

SIN Feb 22, 2025 0 23

The sounds we make during emotional moments or when experiencing pain may not be...

What’s on the Milky Way’s Far Side?

What’s on the Milky Way’s Far Side?

SIN Feb 21, 2025 0 17

With radio and infrared telescopes, astronomers can pierce the dusty veil of our...

Biological Anthropology Points to Possible Reasons for Hair and Skin Tone Diversity

Biological Anthropology Points to Possible Reasons for ...

SIN Feb 21, 2025 0 27

Humans have a surprising lack of hair for mammals. Biological anthropology may p...

Feeling Overwhelmed by the News? Here’s How to Protect Your Mental Health

Feeling Overwhelmed by the News? Here’s How to Protect ...

SIN Feb 21, 2025 0 27

An explanation of the science behind news fatigue, plus expert advice to take co...

Why Is the Trump Administration Villainizing Mental Health Meds for Kids?

Why Is the Trump Administration Villainizing Mental Hea...

SIN Feb 21, 2025 0 22

A federal commission to examine U.S. chronic disease could undercut real treatme...

Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science in First 30 Days

Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science in First 30 Days

SIN Feb 21, 2025 0 22

The Trump administration has acted fast to attack science with a range of fundin...

National Science Foundation Mass Firings Go Beyond Trump's Orders, Sparking Outrage

National Science Foundation Mass Firings Go Beyond Trum...

SIN Feb 21, 2025 0 22

At an emotional meeting, NSF officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of...

Microsoft Claims Quantum-Computing Breakthrough—but Some Physicists Are Skeptical

Microsoft Claims Quantum-Computing Breakthrough—but Som...

SIN Feb 20, 2025 0 16

With its ‘topological’ quantum computers, Microsoft aims to reach useful scales ...

‘City Killer’ Asteroid’s Earth Impact Risk Rises to Highest Ever Recorded

‘City Killer’ Asteroid’s Earth Impact Risk Rises to Hig...

SIN Feb 20, 2025 0 17

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 3.1 percent chance of hitting Earth, astronomers say—but...

Surprising Chimpanzee Signal Reveals Secrets of Ape Communication

Surprising Chimpanzee Signal Reveals Secrets of Ape Com...

SIN Feb 20, 2025 0 21

A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises...

Trump FEMA Firings Hit Agency Already Suffering Staffing Shortages

Trump FEMA Firings Hit Agency Already Suffering Staffin...

SIN Feb 20, 2025 0 25

After firing 200 first-year employees this weekend, FEMA was directed "to make a...

Trump’s DEI Purge Is Hitting NASA Hard

Trump’s DEI Purge Is Hitting NASA Hard

SIN Feb 20, 2025 0 17

Space scientists within NASA and outside it feel betrayed by the Trump administr...

Contributors to Scientific American’s March 2025 Issue

Contributors to Scientific American’s March 2025 Issue

SIN Feb 19, 2025 0 25

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the sto...

3 More Bird Flu Infections in People as Chicken Deaths Affect Egg Industry

3 More Bird Flu Infections in People as Chicken Deaths ...

SIN Feb 19, 2025 0 21

Bird flu headlines include three new human cases, millions of dead birds in poul...

Carl Zimmer on His New Book Air-Borne and What Public Health Experts Learned from the COVID Pandemic

Carl Zimmer on His New Book Air-Borne and What Public H...

SIN Feb 19, 2025 0 15

Journalist Carl Zimmer chats about aerobiology and his new book Air-Borne: The H...

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