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What Was the Manhattan Project?

What Was the Manhattan Project?

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 1

The top-secret Manhattan Project resulted in the atomic bombs dropped on the Jap...

Here's What 'Oppenheimer' Gets Right--and Wrong--about Nuclear History

Here's What 'Oppenheimer' Gets Right--and Wrong--about ...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 20

Here's what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades ha...

C-section Rates Are Way Too High. We Need to Hold Doctors and Hospitals Accountable

C-section Rates Are Way Too High. We Need to Hold Docto...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 2

Around half a million excess cesarean births occur every year in the U.S., putti...

Oppenheimer Almost Discovered Black Holes Before He Became 'Destroyer of Worlds'

Oppenheimer Almost Discovered Black Holes Before He Bec...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 12

Before leading the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer co-authored a paper ...

Here's What Physics Tells Us about Barbie's World

Here's What Physics Tells Us about Barbie's World

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 14

Using concepts from theoretical physics and explorations of the multiverse, here...

Nearby Supernova Gives Unique View of a Dying Star's Last Days

Nearby Supernova Gives Unique View of a Dying Star's La...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 1

Astronomers are piecing together the final moments of supernova 2023ixf and lear...

Earthshine Lights up the 'Dark Side' of the Moon

Earthshine Lights up the 'Dark Side' of the Moon

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 18

This week—and any time there’s a new crescent moon—the lunar night is a little l...

What Life in Barbie's Dazzlingly Pink World Would Do to Her Brain--And Yours

What Life in Barbie's Dazzlingly Pink World Would Do to...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 1

The Barbie movie’s plastic pink world might not be that fantastic in real life

Subtle Movements That Precede Earthquakes Raise Questions about Predicting Disaster

Subtle Movements That Precede Earthquakes Raise Questio...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 2

Researchers have found a subtle signal that occurs two hours before major quakes...

JWST Might Have Spotted the First Dark Matter Stars

JWST Might Have Spotted the First Dark Matter Stars

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 1

Stars fueled by the self-annihilation of dark matter might have been spotted for...

What the Film Oppenheimer Probably Will Not Talk About: The Lost Women of the Manhattan Project

What the Film Oppenheimer Probably Will Not Talk About:...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 1

Hundreds of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project were women. They ...

Images in the Mind's Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Simple, Real-World Details

Images in the Mind's Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack S...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 1

Pictures conjured by the mind’s eye lack detail, despite how vividly you picture...

How Biden's Climate Policies Could Still Cut Emissions in Half

How Biden's Climate Policies Could Still Cut Emissions ...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 1

The president is close to fulfilling his promise to cut carbon pollution in half...

The Supreme Court Should Back Firearms Restraints That Save Lives

The Supreme Court Should Back Firearms Restraints That ...

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 0

Vast evidence shows firearms restrictions in civil protection orders save lives

Why Hot Overnight Temperatures Are So Dangerous

Why Hot Overnight Temperatures Are So Dangerous

SIN Jul 20, 2023 0 15

It’s not just the soaring temperatures of day that make heat waves dangerous. Hi...

Ancient 'Unknown' Script Is Finally Deciphered

Ancient 'Unknown' Script Is Finally Deciphered

SIN Jul 20, 2023 0 3

Researchers have decoded more than half of the characters in the so-called Kusha...

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