Robotics

Your Brain Looks for 'Winning Streaks' Everywhere--Here's Why

Your Brain Looks for 'Winning Streaks' Everywhere--Here...

SIN Sep 27, 2023 0 3

This is why we misinterpret life’s weird and wonderful random events

The Secret to Beetles' Unfathomable Diversity

The Secret to Beetles' Unfathomable Diversity

SIN Sep 27, 2023 0 4

The evolution of a chemical defense gland allowed the most diverse group of beet...

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Infections Are on the Rise in the U.S. Here's How to Stay Safe

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Infections Are on the Rise in the...

SIN Sep 27, 2023 0 4

Here’s why the CDC is so concerned about deadly flesh-eating bacteria and ways t...

Your Body Odor Could Be Used to Track Your Movements or Health

Your Body Odor Could Be Used to Track Your Movements or...

SIN Sep 27, 2023 0 3

Human scent signatures could one day be collected at places like crime scenes an...

The Loss of Dark Skies Is So Painful, Astronomers Coined a New Term for It

The Loss of Dark Skies Is So Painful, Astronomers Coine...

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 2

Astronomers have a new term to describe the pain associated with the loss of acc...

Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees C 'Remains Possible,' Energy Experts Say

Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees C 'Remains Possi...

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 17

Governments must “separate climate from geopolitics” and work together to triple...

Two Thirds of American Kids Can't Read Fluently

Two Thirds of American Kids Can't Read Fluently

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 43

Phonics may be a popular way to teach reading, but it fails too many children

Two-Thirds of American Kids Can't Read Fluently

Two-Thirds of American Kids Can't Read Fluently

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 25

Phonics may be a popular way to teach reading, but it fails too many children

Does the First Amendment Confer a 'Right to Compute'? The Future of AI May Depend on It

Does the First Amendment Confer a 'Right to Compute'? T...

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 3

We need to figure out if there is a constitutional right to compute

Our Fragile Earth: How Close Are We to Climate Catastrophe?

Our Fragile Earth: How Close Are We to Climate Catastro...

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 2

Lessons from past eras when Earth was a hothouse or a snowball tell us whether w...

How Mathematical Objects Are like People and Other Mysteries of Intersection Theory

How Mathematical Objects Are like People and Other Myst...

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 23

A Q&A with Hannah Larson, a recipient of the 2024 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontier...

Wind Energy Could Get Safer for Bats with New Research

Wind Energy Could Get Safer for Bats with New Research

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 22

Wind turbines threaten several bat species, but the Biden administration is fund...

'Fossilized' Bubble 10,000 Times the Size of the Milky Way Could Be a Relic from the Big Bang

'Fossilized' Bubble 10,000 Times the Size of the Milky ...

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 18

Astronomers have spotted a gigantic void they believe to be a baryon acoustic os...

Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symphonies

Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symp...

SIN Sep 25, 2023 0 3

Space is famously silent, but astronomers and musicians are increasingly turning...

Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe?

Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe?

SIN Sep 25, 2023 0 1

Physicists and philosophers recently met to debate a theory of consciousness cal...

Bizarre Quantum Theory Explains Why Your Coffee Takes So Long to Drip through a Narrow Filter

Bizarre Quantum Theory Explains Why Your Coffee Takes S...

SIN Sep 25, 2023 0 2

Physicist John Cardy and his colleague just won the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in F...

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