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Jimmy Carter, Who Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of People from Guinea Worm, a Debilitating Parasite

Jimmy Carter, Who Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of P...

SIN Dec 30, 2024 0 15

Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a ...

Concerning Bird Flu Virus Mutations Found in Severely Ill Patient

Concerning Bird Flu Virus Mutations Found in Severely I...

SIN Dec 30, 2024 0 20

Samples from a hospitalized patient in Louisiana show changes that could make th...

For the New Year, the FDA Is Changing What Foods Can Be Called ‘Healthy’

For the New Year, the FDA Is Changing What Foods Can Be...

SIN Dec 30, 2024 0 21

Whole grains and fruits are in, and added sugar is out. That’s going to change w...

The FDA is Changing What Foods can be Called “Healthy”

The FDA is Changing What Foods can be Called “Healthy”

SIN Dec 28, 2024 0 23

Whole grains and fruits are in, and added sugar is out. That’s going to change w...

People Living in Las Vegas’s Tunnels Urged to Get Medical Treatment

People Living in Las Vegas’s Tunnels Urged to Get Medic...

SIN Dec 28, 2024 0 16

Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vega...

The U.S. Drone Panic Mirrors UFO Overreactions

The U.S. Drone Panic Mirrors UFO Overreactions

SIN Dec 28, 2024 0 21

We need less uproar over everyday drones and more critical attention about ones ...

How to Tactfully Ask Your Child’s Friend’s Parents if They Have Guns at Home

How to Tactfully Ask Your Child’s Friend’s Parents if T...

SIN Dec 27, 2024 0 17

A gun safety check of where your child is going for a playdate or sleepover may ...

An Earth-Rocking Cosmic Explosion Turns 20

An Earth-Rocking Cosmic Explosion Turns 20

SIN Dec 27, 2024 0 32

Twenty years ago today a magnetar’s epic tantrum made our planet ring like a bel...

Why Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist (but It’s Useful to Act like It Does)

Why Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist (but It’s Useful...

SIN Dec 27, 2024 0 31

All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achi...

How the Duck Stamp Became One of the Most Successful Conservation Tools in U.S. History

How the Duck Stamp Became One of the Most Successful Co...

SIN Dec 27, 2024 0 21

Inside the fiercely competitive Federal Duck Stamp Contest, part of the wildly s...

Are Octopuses Too Smart to Be Farmed?

Are Octopuses Too Smart to Be Farmed?

SIN Dec 26, 2024 0 19

A planned octopus farm is facing opposition. Here’s why

WWII Sugar Rationing Gave Kids a Lifelong Health Boost

WWII Sugar Rationing Gave Kids a Lifelong Health Boost

SIN Dec 26, 2024 0 26

Infants who experienced rationing had a meaningfully lower risk of diabetes and ...

Why Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist (But It's Useful to Act Like It Does)

Why Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist (But It's Useful...

SIN Dec 26, 2024 0 32

All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achi...

Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity

Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity

SIN Dec 24, 2024 0 16

Are you a “hunter” or a “busybody”?

Why People Get More Colds in Winter

Why People Get More Colds in Winter

SIN Dec 24, 2024 0 44

A mixture of colder temperatures, lower humidity and more time spent indoors cou...

How Rare ‘Alice in Wonderland Syndrome’ Warps Reality

How Rare ‘Alice in Wonderland Syndrome’ Warps Reality

SIN Dec 24, 2024 0 27

Researchers are learning what causes Alice in Wonderland syndrome, a rare neurol...

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