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Some People with Insomnia Think They’re Awake When They’re Asleep

Some People with Insomnia Think They’re Awake When They...

SIN Jun 7, 2024 0 23

You say you haven’t slept all night. Brain scans say you have. New science says ...

Why More Space Launches Could Be a Good Thing for the Climate

Why More Space Launches Could Be a Good Thing for the C...

SIN Jun 7, 2024 0 24

A space technology company CEO explains how growing competition in the commercia...

Prime Number Puzzle Has Stumped Mathematicians for More Than a Century

Prime Number Puzzle Has Stumped Mathematicians for More...

SIN Jun 7, 2024 0 31

Experts have only started to crack the tricky twin prime conjecture

Women Are More Likely to Get Drug-Resistant Infections

Women Are More Likely to Get Drug-Resistant Infections

SIN Jun 7, 2024 0 24

More countries must recognize how gender affects exposure to pathogens, finds a ...

How Astronomy Helped Create Your Smartphone’s Camera

How Astronomy Helped Create Your Smartphone’s Camera

SIN Jun 7, 2024 0 28

The next time you snap a selfie, consider thanking an astronomer for your phone’...

Do Plants 'Think'? Our Understanding of Consciousness May Be Too Limited to Know

Do Plants 'Think'? Our Understanding of Consciousness M...

SIN Jun 7, 2024 0 24

Zoë Schlanger’s new book The Light Eaters explores the surprising science of pla...

Neuralink’s First User Describes Life with Elon Musk’s Brain Chip

Neuralink’s First User Describes Life with Elon Musk’s ...

SIN Jun 7, 2024 0 25

Thirty-year-old Noland Arbaugh says the Neuralink chip has let him “reconnect wi...

We’re Approaching 1.5 Degrees C of Global Warming, but There’s Still Time to Prevent Disaster

We’re Approaching 1.5 Degrees C of Global Warming, but ...

SIN Jun 6, 2024 0 20

Scientists say it’s likely that at least one of the next five years will exceed ...

Why Are Bears ‘Friend-Shaped’?

Why Are Bears ‘Friend-Shaped’?

SIN Jun 6, 2024 0 24

Why are bears both adorable and deadly? Scientific American investigates why the...

SpaceX Starship Blasts through Plasma on Return from Ambitious Test Flight

SpaceX Starship Blasts through Plasma on Return from Am...

SIN Jun 6, 2024 0 27

Elon Musk’s SpaceX made a much-anticipated fourth test flight of the world’s mos...

Should Blood Pressure Guidelines Be Different for Women and Men?

Should Blood Pressure Guidelines Be Different for Women...

SIN Jun 6, 2024 0 25

Blood pressure guidelines are the same for men and women despite important sex d...

Many Prenatal Supplements Don’t Provide Enough of Key Nutrients

Many Prenatal Supplements Don’t Provide Enough of Key N...

SIN Jun 6, 2024 0 16

Most pregnant people take prenatal supplements, but weak regulation means these ...

NASA Rejects Hubble Space Telescope Rescue Mission and Trims Its Science

NASA Rejects Hubble Space Telescope Rescue Mission and ...

SIN Jun 6, 2024 0 21

Failing hardware on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope may lead to less science, offi...

How Baby Orangutans Become Master Treehouse Architects

How Baby Orangutans Become Master Treehouse Architects

SIN Jun 6, 2024 0 25

Most orangutans take seven years to learn to make their own beds

Boeing’s Starliner Launches Astronauts for First Time in Historic Liftoff

Boeing’s Starliner Launches Astronauts for First Time i...

SIN Jun 6, 2024 0 25

After multiple delays, the first crewed launch of Starliner marks a milestone fo...

MDMA Therapy Is Rejected by FDA Panel

MDMA Therapy Is Rejected by FDA Panel

SIN Jun 6, 2024 0 16

Scientific advisers vote overwhelmingly that the risks of MDMA treatment for pos...

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