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Suppressing an Onrush of Toxic Thoughts Might Improve Your Mental Health

Suppressing an Onrush of Toxic Thoughts Might Improve Y...

SIN Sep 21, 2023 0 60

Counter to the conventional wisdom, suppression of distressing thoughts could be...

Octopuses Used in Research Could Receive Same Protections as Monkeys

Octopuses Used in Research Could Receive Same Protectio...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 29

For the first time in the U.S., research with cephalopods might require approval...

Earliest Evidence of Wooden Construction Uncovered

Earliest Evidence of Wooden Construction Uncovered

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 40

Researchers say the discovery of the earliest known wooden construction expands ...

A Newly Discovered Brain Signal Marks Recovery from Depression

A Newly Discovered Brain Signal Marks Recovery from Dep...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 83

Implanted electrodes pick up a pattern of brain waves that can signal the presen...

It's Time to Engineer the Sky

It's Time to Engineer the Sky

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 81

Global warming is so rampant that some scientists say we should begin altering t...

Should You Get a Blood Test For Alzheimer's?

Should You Get a Blood Test For Alzheimer's?

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 62

Consumers can now get easy tests for Alzheimer’s. But these tests may not really...

Possible New Human Species Found through 300,000-Year-Old Jawbone Fossil

Possible New Human Species Found through 300,000-Year-O...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 50

A jawbone from eastern China that displays both modern and archaic features coul...

Behind the Scenes of Scientific American's Redesign

Behind the Scenes of Scientific American's Redesign

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 57

Today we introduce to the world Scientific American’s redesign, which we hope wi...

How to Address 'Medical Gaslighting'

How to Address 'Medical Gaslighting'

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 61

When doctors tell a patient “It’s all in your head,” that’s medical gaslighting....

Pink Diamonds Erupted to Earth's Surface after Early Supercontinent's Breakup

Pink Diamonds Erupted to Earth's Surface after Early Su...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 55

Western Australia’s Argyle Mine is famous for its rare pink diamonds, and scient...

How Climate Change Made Libya's Flooding Even More Devastating

How Climate Change Made Libya's Flooding Even More Deva...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 52

Climate change, civil war and international sanctions all contributed to the dev...

The Father of Environmental Justice Reflects on the Movement He Started

The Father of Environmental Justice Reflects on the Mov...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 79

Four decades into his activism, Robert Bullard looks back on his legacy and the ...

Introducing Scientific American's Redesign, Newsletter and Podcasts

Introducing Scientific American's Redesign, Newsletter ...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 48

Geoengineering is happening, AI wants to talk with animals, and why we aren’t go...

Why We'll Never Live in Space

Why We'll Never Live in Space

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 75

Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle i...

How Warren Buffett Rigged a Dice Game with Bill Gates

How Warren Buffett Rigged a Dice Game with Bill Gates

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 69

Weird math can explain why Warren Buffett had the advantage in a dice game again...

UFO Research Is Only Harmed by Antigovernment Rhetoric

UFO Research Is Only Harmed by Antigovernment Rhetoric

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 28

Conspiracy theories and, relatedly, antigovernment sentiment could prove toxic t...

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