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The Fungi Economy, Part 2: Here's How Plants And Fungi Trade Beneath Our Feet

The Fungi Economy, Part 2: Here's How Plants And Fungi ...

SIN Aug 7, 2023 0 5

Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi i...

Red Meat Allergy Caused by Tick Bite Is Spreading--And Nearly Half of Doctors Don't Know about It

Red Meat Allergy Caused by Tick Bite Is Spreading--And ...

SIN Aug 7, 2023 0 4

The bite of the lone star tick can cause an allergy to red meat, as well as to d...

We Need Smart Intellectual Property Laws for Artificial Intelligence

We Need Smart Intellectual Property Laws for Artificial...

SIN Aug 7, 2023 0 34

“One-size-fits-all” regulation will sideline medical and research benefits promi...

Hiroshima's Anniversary Marks an Injustice Done to Blast Survivors

Hiroshima's Anniversary Marks an Injustice Done to Blas...

SIN Aug 6, 2023 0 25

On this date 78 years ago, the first atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima. Survivors in...

Six Ways to Stay Safe Outdoors in Extreme Heat

Six Ways to Stay Safe Outdoors in Extreme Heat

SIN Aug 5, 2023 0 21

As summers get hotter and longer, experts provide advice on how to survive heat-...

Are Naps Good for You?

Are Naps Good for You?

SIN Aug 5, 2023 0 4

Here’s the science on whether naps have short- and long-term benefits for your h...

Heat Waves Could Kill Off Human-Bred Mosquitoes

Heat Waves Could Kill Off Human-Bred Mosquitoes

SIN Aug 5, 2023 0 4

Rising heat could debilitate mosquitoes bred to slow the transmission of viruses...

Why Homes Often Feel Warmer Than the Thermostat Suggests

Why Homes Often Feel Warmer Than the Thermostat Suggests

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 5

The reason some homes feel hotter than their air temperature has to do with radi...

The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just Like Us, Trees Are Experiencing Inflation

The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just Like Us, Trees Are Expe...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 3

Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve...

How Seeing the Milky Way Helped Us Discover the Whole Universe

How Seeing the Milky Way Helped Us Discover the Whole U...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 30

Marvel for a moment at the Milky Way’s night-sky spectacle—and the scientific re...

A Background 'Hum' Pervades the Universe. Scientists Are Racing to Find Its Source

A Background 'Hum' Pervades the Universe. Scientists Ar...

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 5

Astronomers are now seeking to pinpoint the origins of an exciting new form of g...

Journalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Funded

Journalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Funded

SIN Aug 4, 2023 0 28

U.S. journalism needs to be treated as a “public good” like roads, schools and b...

Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Project Could Produce Power This Year

Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Project Could Produce Power ...

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 3

Construction has begun on the Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Massachuset...

Euclid Space Telescope Snaps Spectacular First Images

Euclid Space Telescope Snaps Spectacular First Images

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 4

The European Space Agency's ambitious Euclid space telescope is on its way to de...

Meet the Woman Who Supervised the Computations That Proved an Atomic Bomb Would Work

Meet the Woman Who Supervised the Computations That Pro...

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 5

Naomi Livesay worked on computations that formed the mathematical basis for impl...

Can You Decode an Alien Message?

Can You Decode an Alien Message?

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 28

An artist, a programmer and a scientist have created a simulation of extraterres...

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