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City Sewers Can't Handle Climate Change's Intense Rains

City Sewers Can't Handle Climate Change's Intense Rains

SIN Jul 24, 2023 0 2

A Federal Emergency Management Agency analysis of New York City’s inadequate sto...

'Man in the Moon' Older Than Scientists Thought

'Man in the Moon' Older Than Scientists Thought

SIN Jul 24, 2023 0 4

Revisiting the precious lunar samples on Earth suggests that some areas of the m...

How the Four-Color Map Problem Was Finally Solved

How the Four-Color Map Problem Was Finally Solved

SIN Jul 24, 2023 0 3

The twisty history and surprise ending of the four-color theorem saga

Only 26 Black Women Have Ever Become Astrophysicists in the U.S. Here's One's Story

Only 26 Black Women Have Ever Become Astrophysicists in...

SIN Jul 24, 2023 0 3

Astrophysicist Aomawa Shields recounts her alternative career path in a new memo...

Why Do Cats Land on Their Feet? Physics Explains

Why Do Cats Land on Their Feet? Physics Explains

SIN Jul 24, 2023 0 2

As it turns out, felines can survive a fall from any height—at least in theory

1,800-Year-Old Spices Are Earliest Evidence of Curry Making in Southeast Asia

1,800-Year-Old Spices Are Earliest Evidence of Curry Ma...

SIN Jul 22, 2023 0 3

Archaeologists found evidence of spices such as turmeric and cloves from ancient...

How We Can Adapt to Live with Extreme Heat

How We Can Adapt to Live with Extreme Heat

SIN Jul 21, 2023 0 2

We can run from hurricanes, hide behind seawalls and buy wildfire insurance. Her...

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 23

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 3

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 17

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 20

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 2

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 23

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 4

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

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