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How George Floyd’s Death Exposed a Fake Syndrome: ‘Excited Delirium’

How George Floyd’s Death Exposed a Fake Syndrome: ‘Exci...

SIN Jun 20, 2024 0 33

A completely fabricated condition, crafted from racist medical biases, still cor...

These Are the Most Beautiful Equations in Mathematics

These Are the Most Beautiful Equations in Mathematics

SIN Jun 20, 2024 0 19

Mathematicians picked the most dazzling, thought-provoking and compelling equati...

Doctor Who’s Time Lords Have Two Hearts. Here’s How Their Dual Cardiac System Could Work

Doctor Who’s Time Lords Have Two Hearts. Here’s How The...

SIN Jun 20, 2024 0 22

A Doctor Who superfan explains how the unusual cardiovascular system of the alie...

Heat Waves Deserve Disaster Relief from FEMA, Petition Argues

Heat Waves Deserve Disaster Relief from FEMA, Petition ...

SIN Jun 20, 2024 0 28

Places beset by heat waves should receive FEMA disaster funds just as those hit ...

Summers Are Hotter than Ever and Are Only Going to Get Worse

Summers Are Hotter than Ever and Are Only Going to Get ...

SIN Jun 19, 2024 0 21

The face of summer is transforming, as people today face more frequent, longer-l...

How the Recycling Symbol Duped People into Buying More Plastic

How the Recycling Symbol Duped People into Buying More ...

SIN Jun 19, 2024 0 29

The simplicity of the recycling symbol belies its complicated role in corporate ...

Tiny Spheres Key to Tunable ‘Smart Liquid’

Tiny Spheres Key to Tunable ‘Smart Liquid’

SIN Jun 19, 2024 0 27

Programmable liquids could aid robot grippers, shock absorption, acoustics, and ...

How This Real Image Won an AI Photo Competition

How This Real Image Won an AI Photo Competition

SIN Jun 19, 2024 0 29

Nature still outdoes the machine, says a photographer whose real image won an AI...

These Gray Whales Are Shrinking and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

These Gray Whales Are Shrinking and Scientists Aren’t S...

SIN Jun 19, 2024 0 20

Gray whales in a small group that sticks close to the shores of the Pacific Nort...

The World Desperately Needs a New Pandemic Treaty

The World Desperately Needs a New Pandemic Treaty

SIN Jun 19, 2024 0 26

Negotiations over a global pandemic treaty broke down at WHO this year. The lega...

We Already Know the Dangers of Nukes in Space

We Already Know the Dangers of Nukes in Space

SIN Jun 19, 2024 0 26

A nuclear explosion in space would cause stunning auroras—and wreak havoc on sat...

Humans Started Passing Down Knowledge to Future Generations 600,000 Years Ago

Humans Started Passing Down Knowledge to Future Generat...

SIN Jun 19, 2024 0 31

The advent of “cumulative culture”—teaching others and passing down that knowled...

China Has Plans for the World’s Largest Particle Collider

China Has Plans for the World’s Largest Particle Collider

SIN Jun 18, 2024 0 29

China wants to build a next-generation particle collider that would be cheaper a...

Converting Offices to Apartments Gives Empty Buildings a New Lease on Life

Converting Offices to Apartments Gives Empty Buildings ...

SIN Jun 18, 2024 0 20

Employees are working remotely, and office buildings are standing empty, inspiri...

Abortion Pill Access Is Still Under Threat After Supreme Court Ruling, Legal Experts Warn

Abortion Pill Access Is Still Under Threat After Suprem...

SIN Jun 18, 2024 0 32

“It would be foolish to declare victory” for abortion rights, one expert says of...

We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality

We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away Fr...

SIN Jun 18, 2024 0 24

We are living through a terrible time in humanity. Here’s why we tend to stick o...

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