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Intense Heat Dome Will Bring Record-Breaking Temperatures to the East

Intense Heat Dome Will Bring Record-Breaking Temperatur...

SIN Jun 18, 2024 0 16

A heat dome is sending temperatures soaring across the U.S. Midwest and East

We Should Engineer Better Learning in Our Schools

We Should Engineer Better Learning in Our Schools

SIN Jun 18, 2024 0 25

Students should learn about both the natural world and human-made—or engineered—...

Longer Freight Trains Are More Likely to Derail

Longer Freight Trains Are More Likely to Derail

SIN Jun 18, 2024 0 17

Replacing two 50-car trains with a single 100-car train increases the odds of de...

0524--cumulative

0524--cumulative

SIN Jun 18, 2024 0 36

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

Has AI Already Brought Us the Terminator Future?

Has AI Already Brought Us the Terminator Future?

SIN Jun 17, 2024 0 20

Is baby Skynet already here? We need robust laws now to withstand eliminating hu...

Joro Spiders Are No Big Deal, and Starlink Satellites Threaten the Ozone Layer

Joro Spiders Are No Big Deal, and Starlink Satellites T...

SIN Jun 17, 2024 0 16

Sweltering heat in Greece, ozone-damaging chemicals on the decline and an invest...

Releasing Baby Cane Toads Teaches Predators to Avoid Toxic Adults

Releasing Baby Cane Toads Teaches Predators to Avoid To...

SIN Jun 17, 2024 0 20

Australian conservationists introduced juvenile cane toads ahead of invasions to...

Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Produced $32 Billion in Climate Damage

Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Produced $32 Billion in Cli...

SIN Jun 17, 2024 0 25

The first two years of Russia’s war in Ukraine have produced 175 million tons of...

The Physics of Breakdancing, a New Olympic Sport

The Physics of Breakdancing, a New Olympic Sport

SIN Jun 16, 2024 0 22

Breakdancing will hit the global stage at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris...

Voyager 1 Is Back! NASA Spacecraft Safely Resumes All Science Observations

Voyager 1 Is Back! NASA Spacecraft Safely Resumes All S...

SIN Jun 15, 2024 0 18

NASA’s venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft has resumed normal science operations with...

Dodge Summer Germs with Tips from a Microbiologist

Dodge Summer Germs with Tips from a Microbiologist

SIN Jun 14, 2024 0 23

From hiking to barbecuing and gardening to swimming, the opportunities for summe...

Electric Aircraft Are Quietly Sneaking Up on Us

Electric Aircraft Are Quietly Sneaking Up on Us

SIN Jun 14, 2024 0 15

New electric-powered, vertical-lift aircraft are rising to the challenge of deli...

Seaweed Is Choking the Caribbean’s Iconic White Sand Beaches

Seaweed Is Choking the Caribbean’s Iconic White Sand Be...

SIN Jun 14, 2024 0 21

Massive blobs of sargassum seaweed are taking over Caribbean beaches. The seawee...

Bizarre ‘Loch Ness Monster’ Microbe Hunts with a Hyperextensible Origami Neck

Bizarre ‘Loch Ness Monster’ Microbe Hunts with a Hypere...

SIN Jun 14, 2024 0 45

A microbe can grow a neck that is 30 times as long as its body in just a few sec...

Dark Matter Telescope’s Dazzling New Images Shine

Dark Matter Telescope’s Dazzling New Images Shine

SIN Jun 14, 2024 0 22

The latest images from Euclid, a European mission studying dark matter and dark ...

Could Iron from Melting Glaciers Affect Global Climate?

Could Iron from Melting Glaciers Affect Global Climate?

SIN Jun 14, 2024 0 27

Researchers are investigating how an iron infusion from glacial meltwater might ...

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