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How Supergenes Shape Evolution

How Supergenes Shape Evolution

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 53

By locking together traits that work well together, supergenes provide striking ...

AI Safety Research Only Enables the Dangers of Runaway Superintelligence

AI Safety Research Only Enables the Dangers of Runaway ...

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 36

AI will become inscrutable and uncontrollable. We need to stop AI development un...

AI Weather Forecasting Can't Replace Humans--Yet

AI Weather Forecasting Can't Replace Humans--Yet

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 36

GraphCast and other artificial intelligence-based forecasting tools offer a whol...

What to Know About the New COVID Variant JN.1

What to Know About the New COVID Variant JN.1

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 36

A new SARS-CoV-2 variant is behind the latest surge in infections this winter, b...

The U.S. Energy Transition Explained in 8 Numbers

The U.S. Energy Transition Explained in 8 Numbers

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 34

Solar and natural gas surged last year in the U.S., while wind stumbled

Without the Moon Human Society Might Not Exist

Without the Moon Human Society Might Not Exist

SIN Jan 9, 2024 0 32

The moon helps us keep time, inspires religions and shapes science, yet it still...

Advances in Mind-Decoding Technologies Raise Hopes (and Worries)

Advances in Mind-Decoding Technologies Raise Hopes (and...

SIN Jan 8, 2024 0 39

Devices that connect brains to computers are increasingly sophisticated. Can the...

How I Discovered a Likely Pen Name of Louisa May Alcott

How I Discovered a Likely Pen Name of Louisa May Alcott

SIN Jan 8, 2024 0 39

An English scholar’s search uncovered several stories likely written by the auth...

Uranus and Neptune Have Similar Hues, New Study Shows

Uranus and Neptune Have Similar Hues, New Study Shows

SIN Jan 8, 2024 0 28

A new analysis finds that images from Voyager 2's close encounter with Neptune s...

We Need Smarter Driverless Vehicle Regulations More Urgently than We Need Smarter AI

We Need Smarter Driverless Vehicle Regulations More Urg...

SIN Jan 8, 2024 0 37

Recent Tesla Autopilot and Cruise robo-taxi news has raised public concern. Stro...

How Networked Incitement Fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection

How Networked Incitement Fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol Insu...

SIN Jan 6, 2024 0 29

Networked incitement, including cellphones and social media, powered the Jan. 6 ...

The Strange and Beautiful Science Of Our Lives

The Strange and Beautiful Science Of Our Lives

SIN Jan 6, 2024 0 40

Nell Greenfieldboyce discusses her new book Transient and Strange, the intimacy...

Human Remains Are Headed to the Moon, Despite Objections

Human Remains Are Headed to the Moon, Despite Objections

SIN Jan 6, 2024 0 35

The Navajo Nation has called for a delay in launching the commercial lander Pere...

Demolishing Homes That Sustain Hurricane Damage Can Improve Local Economy

Demolishing Homes That Sustain Hurricane Damage Can Imp...

SIN Jan 5, 2024 0 25

Buying out and razing homes harmed by Hurricane Sandy boosted business developme...

Psychology Hacks for Resisting Trash Talk

Psychology Hacks for Resisting Trash Talk

SIN Jan 5, 2024 0 30

A new book explores the science of trash talk—and why some people are more immun...

We Need to End Obstetric Fistula

We Need to End Obstetric Fistula

SIN Jan 5, 2024 0 34

Obstetric fistula is almost entirely preventable, yet flourishes in places where...

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