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Cyclosporiasis cases surge while new research questions ‘protein maxxing’

Cyclosporiasis cases surge while new research questions...

SIN Aug 3, 2026 0 14

An outbreak of Cyclospora infections tied to produce spreads across multiple sta...

Daddy long legs perform fellatio—and other wild facts about how these arachnids mate

Daddy long legs perform fellatio—and other wild facts a...

SIN Aug 3, 2026 0 13

Some female daddy longlegs will perform fellatio, perhaps to avoid potential vio...

Postpartum psychosis is at the center of the Lindsay Clancy trial. What is it?

Postpartum psychosis is at the center of the Lindsay Cl...

SIN Aug 1, 2026 0 18

A high-profile court case is calling attention to this rare and understudied con...

AI helped produce two proofs for the same cryptography problem

AI helped produce two proofs for the same cryptography ...

SIN Aug 1, 2026 0 21

An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers u...

Eating less protein could help you live longer

Eating less protein could help you live longer

SIN Aug 1, 2026 0 19

While “protein maxxing” is all the rage, reducing your protein intake could add ...

To detect CTE while alive, a test for another brain disease may help

To detect CTE while alive, a test for another brain dis...

SIN Jul 31, 2026 0 21

A protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease may also ID a brain conditio...

How flowers shaped the world as we know it

How flowers shaped the world as we know it

SIN Jul 31, 2026 0 14

David Haskell brings readers through millions of years of botanical history for ...

Everyone alive may carry DNA from a ‘ghost lineage’ of human ancestors

Everyone alive may carry DNA from a ‘ghost lineage’ of ...

SIN Jul 31, 2026 0 11

Scientists analyzing modern genomes may have found a long-lost branch of the hum...

Chilean mummies reveal a lost lineage of smallpox

Chilean mummies reveal a lost lineage of smallpox

SIN Jul 31, 2026 0 15

Centuries-old DNA that was found in these mummies belongs to an extinct viral li...

3 charts show how extreme heat is costing us hours of lost sleep

3 charts show how extreme heat is costing us hours of l...

SIN Jul 31, 2026 0 12

The U.S. has been pummeled with heat waves this summer. Here’s how hot overnight...

How to surf on Saturn’s moon Titan

How to surf on Saturn’s moon Titan

SIN Jul 31, 2026 0 16

Lakes of liquid methane on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, could offer exhilaratin...

Secret eruption offers tantalizing glimpse of underwater volcanoes

Secret eruption offers tantalizing glimpse of underwate...

SIN Jul 31, 2026 0 11

Frothy rock floating on the ocean near Papua New Guinea is the sign scientists n...

The untold science and drama of Lewis and Clark’s expedition

The untold science and drama of Lewis and Clark’s exped...

SIN Jul 31, 2026 0 12

Historian Craig Fehrman unpacks the science, politics and human stories behind o...

Spacecraft will swarm asteroid Apophis during fateful 2029 Earth flyby

Spacecraft will swarm asteroid Apophis during fateful 2...

SIN Jul 30, 2026 0 19

Space agencies around the globe are coordinating missions to visit the asteroid ...

Bizarre new material discovered in Hiroshima bombing debris

Bizarre new material discovered in Hiroshima bombing de...

SIN Jul 30, 2026 0 16

The extreme conditions of atomic bomb explosions create “uncontrolled microexper...

Rescue mission to save NASA’s Swift space telescope is imperiled in orbit

Rescue mission to save NASA’s Swift space telescope is ...

SIN Jul 29, 2026 0 20

A private spacecraft launched to boost the decaying orbit of NASA’s Swift Observ...

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