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World Leaders Agree to a Climate Deal on Food for the First Time

World Leaders Agree to a Climate Deal on Food for the F...

SIN Dec 12, 2023 0 25

The first global declaration on reducing emissions from food production is a sta...

Millions of U.S. Homes Risk Disaster because of Outdated Building Codes

Millions of U.S. Homes Risk Disaster because of Outdate...

SIN Dec 12, 2023 0 25

Building codes that don’t fully account for climate change are “one of the most ...

A New Type of Heart Disease is on the Rise

A New Type of Heart Disease is on the Rise

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 55

Problems with the heart, kidneys and metabolic health are all connected

Christmas Tree Economics, Explained

Christmas Tree Economics, Explained

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 29

Economists dive into the financial impact of Christmas trees—real and artificial...

Why Some People Choose Not to Know

Why Some People Choose Not to Know

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 34

Altruists seek to understand how their actions will affect others—while willful ...

OpenAI's Soap Opera Collapse Bodes Ill for AI Benefiting Humanity

OpenAI's Soap Opera Collapse Bodes Ill for AI Benefitin...

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 43

Whatever fantasies we may have had about the nonprofit structure of OpenAI have ...

Betelgeuse Will Briefly Disappear in Once-in-a-Lifetime Coincidence

Betelgeuse Will Briefly Disappear in Once-in-a-Lifetime...

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 31

For six seconds tonight, the constellation Orion will appear to lose the vibrant...

Ultrasound Enables Remote 3-D Printing--Even in the Human Body

Ultrasound Enables Remote 3-D Printing--Even in the Hum...

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 30

For the first time, researchers have used sound waves to 3-D print an object fro...

73 Pre-Incan Mummies, Some with 'False Heads,' Unearthed in Peru

73 Pre-Incan Mummies, Some with 'False Heads,' Unearthe...

SIN Dec 9, 2023 0 28

Burials holding mummies with false heads have been discovered from the Wari Empi...

Tyrannosaur's Stomach Contents Have Been Found for the First Time

Tyrannosaur's Stomach Contents Have Been Found for the ...

SIN Dec 9, 2023 0 29

The fossilized stomach contents of a tyrannosaur have been found for the first t...

FDA Approves First CRISPR Gene Editing Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease

FDA Approves First CRISPR Gene Editing Treatment for Si...

SIN Dec 9, 2023 0 28

Most people with sickle cell disease who received a new gene editing treatment s...

AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain

AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain

SIN Dec 9, 2023 0 30

Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when c...

Thunderstorm Damage Keeps Rising

Thunderstorm Damage Keeps Rising

SIN Dec 9, 2023 0 47

Increasingly frequent thunderstorms caused insurers to pay $60 billion in claims...

How to Choose an Environmentally Friendly Christmas Tree

How to Choose an Environmentally Friendly Christmas Tree

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 33

Real or artificial? Here’s a climate scientist’s take on what makes a Christmas ...

Bad Science and Bad Statistics in the Courtroom Convict Innocent People

Bad Science and Bad Statistics in the Courtroom Convict...

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 35

Science, statistics and expert testimony are crucial in securing justice. But th...

Astronomers Spy First Star-Forming Disk beyond the Milky Way

Astronomers Spy First Star-Forming Disk beyond the Milk...

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 31

No one has ever seen a newborn star feeding on its natal disk anywhere outside o...

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