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Why Texas' 'Flash Flood Alley' Is So Deadly, Explained by Geology

Why Texas' 'Flash Flood Alley' Is So Deadly, Explained ...

SIN Jul 8, 2025 0 26

A hydrologist explains why Texas Hill Country is known as Flash Flood Alley and ...

Cutting-Edge Physics and Chemistry Now Unfold One Attosecond at a Time

Cutting-Edge Physics and Chemistry Now Unfold One Attos...

SIN Jul 8, 2025 0 20

An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. Tha...

The Benefits of Raising Conscientious Kids

The Benefits of Raising Conscientious Kids

SIN Jul 8, 2025 0 25

Being conscientious will serve kids in the long run. Here are some tips to help ...

Why Did Texas Flash Flood Waters Rise So Quickly?

Why Did Texas Flash Flood Waters Rise So Quickly?

SIN Jul 8, 2025 0 28

Flash floods happen when heavy rains unleash more water than the ground can abso...

Texas Flood Forecasts Were Accurate but Not Sufficient to Save Lives

Texas Flood Forecasts Were Accurate but Not Sufficient ...

SIN Jul 8, 2025 0 41

The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few w...

Texas Flood Forecasts Were Accurate

Texas Flood Forecasts Were Accurate

SIN Jul 7, 2025 0 42

The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few w...

Addiction Risk Shows up in Children’s Brain Scans before Drug Use Starts

Addiction Risk Shows up in Children’s Brain Scans befor...

SIN Jul 7, 2025 0 27

Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up ...

Astronaut Matthew Dominick Speaks to Scientific American, Live from the International Space Station

Astronaut Matthew Dominick Speaks to Scientific America...

SIN Jul 7, 2025 0 20

We spoke with NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick in an exclusive, first-ever interv...

Pulsing Magma in Earth’s Mantle Drives Tectonic Plates Tearing Africa Apart

Pulsing Magma in Earth’s Mantle Drives Tectonic Plates ...

SIN Jul 7, 2025 0 25

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the ...

Math’s Block-Stacking Problem Has a Preposterous Solution

Math’s Block-Stacking Problem Has a Preposterous Solution

SIN Jul 6, 2025 0 22

In principle, this impossible math allows for a glue-free bridge of stacked bloc...

Workers Have Died in Extreme Heat as OSHA Has Debated Protections

Workers Have Died in Extreme Heat as OSHA Has Debated P...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 26

The June heat dome contributed to the deaths of at least three people. They have...

Human Gut Bacteria Can Gather Up PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

Human Gut Bacteria Can Gather Up PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 46

When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human mic...

Climate Change’s Fingerprints Came Early, a Thought Experiment Reveals

Climate Change’s Fingerprints Came Early, a Thought Exp...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 27

Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revo...

Can Life Survive the Death of the Sun?

Can Life Survive the Death of the Sun?

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 33

The future is bright—too bright—for life as we know it once the sun transforms i...

Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy

Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scient...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 19

Adult brains grow new neurons, and scientists have finally pinpointed where they...

First Human Genome from Ancient Egypt Sequenced from 4,800-Year-Old Teeth

First Human Genome from Ancient Egypt Sequenced from 4,...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 28

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finall...

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