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Spicy Food Probably Doesn't Cause Long-Term Harm

Spicy Food Probably Doesn't Cause Long-Term Harm

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 17

While spicy food can cause pain, it isn’t linked to higher mortality rates

Earth's Latest 'Vital Signs' Show the Planet Is in Crisis

Earth's Latest 'Vital Signs' Show the Planet Is in Crisis

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 41

The overall picture of Earth’s health is grim, although there are bright spots: ...

All Natural Numbers Are Either Happy or Sad. Some Are Narcissistic, Too

All Natural Numbers Are Either Happy or Sad. Some Are N...

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 53

The number 1 is among the happiest numbers, 4 is sad, and both are narcissistic

To Understand Sex, We Need to Ask the Right Questions

To Understand Sex, We Need to Ask the Right Questions

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 29

The answer to the question of how many sexes exist differs depending on the context

Mouse Mummies Show Life Persists in Mars-like Environment

Mouse Mummies Show Life Persists in Mars-like Environment

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 23

Tiny mice found mummified at the summits of Andean volcanoes appear to be living...

Arctic Cyclones Are Getting Stronger, More Damaging

Arctic Cyclones Are Getting Stronger, More Damaging

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 53

As the climate warms, Arctic cyclones are lasting longer and becoming stronger, ...

Generative AI Models Are Sucking Data Up From All Over the Internet, Yours Included

Generative AI Models Are Sucking Data Up From All Over ...

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 21

In the rush to build and train ever-larger AI models, developers have swept up m...

Space Manufacturing is Not Science Fiction

Space Manufacturing is Not Science Fiction

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 18

A Stanford researcher is growing crystals on the International Space Station to ...

What It Takes to Grow Crystals in Space

What It Takes to Grow Crystals in Space

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 37

Researcher Debbie G. Senesky builds materials that can work on Venus

Before Trump, before Agnew, Hate Mail Reveals Long-Simmering Hostility to Journalists

Before Trump, before Agnew, Hate Mail Reveals Long-Simm...

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 37

While contempt for news organizations is intense in the wake of Trump, archived ...

A More Reliable Wikipedia Could Come from AI Research Assistants

A More Reliable Wikipedia Could Come from AI Research A...

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 23

A neural network can identify Wikipedia references that are unlikely to support ...

Mysterious Lightning 'Superbolts' Can Be 1,000 Times as Strong as Ordinary Strikes

Mysterious Lightning 'Superbolts' Can Be 1,000 Times as...

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 49

Superbolts of lightning that are up to 1,000 times more intense than ordinary li...

Why Settling Mars Is a Terrible Idea

Why Settling Mars Is a Terrible Idea

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 25

The downsides of spacefaring, infiltrating Florida’s gator poachers, and more bo...

Science News Briefs from around the World: November 2023

Science News Briefs from around the World: November 2023

SIN Oct 24, 2023 0 19

Coral trysts by moonlight in French Polynesia, polluted Antarctic wilderness, mu...

What Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis?

What Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Ana...

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 26

The Cochrane Library, a trusted source of health information, misled the public ...

Poems: 'Fractal' and 'In Practice'

Poems: 'Fractal' and 'In Practice'

SIN Oct 21, 2023 0 32

Science in meter and verse

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