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Why Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Falling

Why Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Falling

SIN Nov 29, 2023 0 94

Fewer kids got their routine childhood vaccines since before the pandemic. Are l...

The Second Most Powerful Cosmic Ray in History Came from--Nowhere?

The Second Most Powerful Cosmic Ray in History Came fro...

SIN Nov 29, 2023 0 65

Amaterasu—the most powerful cosmic ray seen in three decades—seems to come from ...

Experts Doubt Claims that World's Oldest Pyramid Was Discovered in Indonesia

Experts Doubt Claims that World's Oldest Pyramid Was Di...

SIN Nov 29, 2023 0 66

Massive buried structures at Gunung Padang in Indonesia have been described as m...

What's Causing the Mysterious Wave of Childhood Pneumonia in China?

What's Causing the Mysterious Wave of Childhood Pneumon...

SIN Nov 29, 2023 0 50

A surge in respiratory disease in China appears to be caused by known pathogens,...

Coal Power Kills a 'Staggering' Number of Americans

Coal Power Kills a 'Staggering' Number of Americans

SIN Nov 28, 2023 0 56

An estimated 460,000 deaths in the U.S. were attributable to coal-fired power pl...

Climate Adaptation Can Backfire If We Aren't Careful

Climate Adaptation Can Backfire If We Aren't Careful

SIN Nov 28, 2023 0 81

The choices we make in how we adapt to climate change can sometimes come back to...

We Traced the Forever Chemicals Getting Into Ocean Ecosystems

We Traced the Forever Chemicals Getting Into Ocean Ecos...

SIN Nov 28, 2023 0 68

PFAS can enter the food chain through marine plants and animals and hurt human h...

Plankton Are Making Ocean Plastic Pollution Even More of a Mess

Plankton Are Making Ocean Plastic Pollution Even More o...

SIN Nov 28, 2023 0 96

Microbes tear up plastic into teeny tiny pieces that are even more dangerous to ...

Climate Adaptation is Backfiring

Climate Adaptation is Backfiring

SIN Nov 28, 2023 0 79

The choices we make in how we adapt to climate change can sometimes come back to...

Could Tougher Building Codes Fix Climate Change?

Could Tougher Building Codes Fix Climate Change?

SIN Nov 28, 2023 0 75

States that adopt updated building codes also could see big savings in energy bills

Firearm Forensics Has Proven Reliable in the Courtroom. And in the Lab

Firearm Forensics Has Proven Reliable in the Courtroom....

SIN Nov 27, 2023 0 64

Despite criticism, a slate of new scientific studies show that forensic firearms...

ECPR Could Prevent Many More Cardiac Arrest Deaths

ECPR Could Prevent Many More Cardiac Arrest Deaths

SIN Nov 27, 2023 0 68

A relatively new procedure, ECPR, improves on traditional CPR, but it may be dif...

An Ancient Art Form Topples Assumptions about Mathematics

An Ancient Art Form Topples Assumptions about Mathematics

SIN Nov 27, 2023 0 122

The sand drawings of Vanuatu follow principles from a branch of mathematics know...

Drones and AI Could Locate Land Mines in Ukraine

Drones and AI Could Locate Land Mines in Ukraine

SIN Nov 25, 2023 0 46

An AI model could speed up laborious and dangerous demining efforts

Are Children's Books Improving Representation?

Are Children's Books Improving Representation?

SIN Nov 25, 2023 0 62

Racial and gender disparities persist in award-winning kids’ literature despite ...

Newfound Hybrid Brain Cells Send Signals like Neurons Do

Newfound Hybrid Brain Cells Send Signals like Neurons Do

SIN Nov 24, 2023 0 56

Some astrocytes, thought to play only a supportive role in the brain, can commun...

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