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How Analyzing Cosmic Nothing Might Explain Everything

How Analyzing Cosmic Nothing Might Explain Everything

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 1

Huge empty areas of the universe called voids could help solve the greatest myst...

Do Fainter Lines on Home COVID Tests Mean You're Getting Better?

Do Fainter Lines on Home COVID Tests Mean You're Gettin...

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 1

The colors of lines on COVID tests can show whether you’re getting healthy or st...

Why Do Christmas Songs Get Stuck in Your Head So Easily?

Why Do Christmas Songs Get Stuck in Your Head So Easily?

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 2

If holiday music seems designed in a lab to get stuck on repeat inside your head...

How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers, According to Science

How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers, According to Science

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 4

Scientific American asked experts about the factors that shape how drunk someone...

The Biggest Health and Medicine Stories of 2023

The Biggest Health and Medicine Stories of 2023

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 22

From new uses for weight-loss drugs to the first CRISPR gene editing therapy, th...

The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo

The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 26

The James Webb Space Telescope caught its second glimpse of the year of Uranus a...

First Atlas of Every Mouse Brain Cell Could Improve Neuro Disease Treatments

First Atlas of Every Mouse Brain Cell Could Improve Neu...

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 3

Several research teams have created an atlas of the mouse brain. The map, which ...

People with Sickle Cell Deserve More Respect from Health Care Providers

People with Sickle Cell Deserve More Respect from Healt...

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 24

New CRISPR-based treatments for sickle cell disease bring hope, but medical prov...

Meet the Young Activists behind the New Youth Climate Lawsuit

Meet the Young Activists behind the New Youth Climate L...

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 1

Young people are taking action on climate because too many adults are not

Lost 'Woolly Dog' Genetics Highlight Indigenous Science

Lost 'Woolly Dog' Genetics Highlight Indigenous Science

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 3

“Woolly dogs” that were kept by the Coast Salish peoples are now extinct, but re...

Breath Of Life: Bridging the Oxygen Gap in Kenya

Breath Of Life: Bridging the Oxygen Gap in Kenya

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 5

After COVID devastated Kenya, oxygen prices began to skyrocket as patients lost ...

Losing a Grandparent Hurts Boys at School

Losing a Grandparent Hurts Boys at School

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 2

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

Young Researchers of Color Need Better Mentors

Young Researchers of Color Need Better Mentors

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 2

Universities need to train their faculty to be better mentors to students of col...

Are Orca Whales Friends or Foes?

Are Orca Whales Friends or Foes?

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 2

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 23

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 1

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

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