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Losing a Grandparent Hurts Boys at School

Losing a Grandparent Hurts Boys at School

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 26

The death of a grandparent may be a rite of passage, but it is not harmless for ...

Are Orca Whales Friends or Foes?

Are Orca Whales Friends or Foes?

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 36

The stories we tell about orcas might say more about us than about them

Why Do We Give Gifts? An Anthropologist Explains This Ancient Human Behavior

Why Do We Give Gifts? An Anthropologist Explains This A...

SIN Dec 16, 2023 0 53

Gifts play an important role in human relationships and are about more than cons...

Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Solar Flare Since 2017

Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Solar Flare Since 2017

SIN Dec 16, 2023 0 25

The flare may have been accompanied by a plasma eruption now headed toward Earth

Water Scarcity Changes How People Think

Water Scarcity Changes How People Think

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 24

Lacking money makes people focus on the present—but lacking water makes them pla...

An Experimental Treatment Could Help COVID Smell Distortion

An Experimental Treatment Could Help COVID Smell Distor...

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 55

An injection that targets nerves in the neck appears to relieve parosmia related...

Turns Out Undersea Kelp Forests Are Crucial to Salmon

Turns Out Undersea Kelp Forests Are Crucial to Salmon

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 26

The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat.

How to See Halos, Sun Dogs and Other Delights of the Daytime Sky

How to See Halos, Sun Dogs and Other Delights of the Da...

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 64

Ice crystals suspended in the air put on a gorgeous show if you know when and wh...

New Evidence Discovered That Saturn's Moon Could Support Life

New Evidence Discovered That Saturn's Moon Could Suppor...

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 27

Molecules in Enceladus’s icy plumes suggest that alien life could exist in our s...

COP28's Climate Rhetoric Is in Stark Contrast to Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels

COP28's Climate Rhetoric Is in Stark Contrast to Our De...

SIN Dec 14, 2023 0 29

Even as the COP28 climate meeting agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, g...

Do Video Doorbells Really Prevent Crime?

Do Video Doorbells Really Prevent Crime?

SIN Dec 14, 2023 0 28

More people are using doorbell cameras and sharing the footage with the police, ...

Cats Play Fetch, Too--But Only on Their Own Terms

Cats Play Fetch, Too--But Only on Their Own Terms

SIN Dec 14, 2023 0 45

Retrieving isn’t just for dogs, but the emerging science of cat play can’t fully...

This Filipina Physicist Helped Develop a Top Secret Weapon

This Filipina Physicist Helped Develop a Top Secret Weapon

SIN Dec 14, 2023 0 56

Emma Unson Rotor worked on the proximity fuze, a groundbreaking piece of World W...

Buying Used Tech This Holiday Season Can Avert Human Rights Abuses

Buying Used Tech This Holiday Season Can Avert Human Ri...

SIN Dec 14, 2023 0 23

Here’s how to buy ethical tech and keep conflict minerals in the ground

A Rare Visual Disorder Twists Faces Out of Shape

A Rare Visual Disorder Twists Faces Out of Shape

SIN Dec 14, 2023 0 33

New studies unlock the mysteries of prosopometamorphopsia, a disorder that disto...

The Mars Sample Return Mission Is at a Dangerous Crossroads

The Mars Sample Return Mission Is at a Dangerous Crossr...

SIN Dec 14, 2023 0 36

Mars Sample Return has always been an expensive, high-risk, high-reward project....

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