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Poem: ‘Prayer to Fireflies’

Poem: ‘Prayer to Fireflies’

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 19

Science in meter and verse

Math Puzzle: Fill the Polygon

Math Puzzle: Fill the Polygon

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 43

Puzzle out the sequence of numbers that fill these polygons

Why Some Black Holes Keep ‘Burping’ Light after Eating a Star

Why Some Black Holes Keep ‘Burping’ Light after Eating ...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 28

After black holes devour stars, sometimes the feast comes back up

American Education Demands a Fact-Based Curriculum, Not Religious Ideology

American Education Demands a Fact-Based Curriculum, Not...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 19

One hundred years after the Scopes trial, religious ideologues are still trying ...

Google AI Grant to iNaturalist Prompts Community Outcry

Google AI Grant to iNaturalist Prompts Community Outcry

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 26

The nonprofit iNaturalist announced that it received a $1.5-million grant from G...

July/August 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

July/August 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 ...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 20

Toxic cigars; dueling with a swordfish

The Fast Fashion Backlash Is Fueling a Sustainability Revolution

The Fast Fashion Backlash Is Fueling a Sustainability R...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 25

Trade impulse clothing purchases for botanical dyes, upcycled apparel, creative ...

Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants

Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from...

SIN Jun 18, 2025 0 22

Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from ...

What Is Your Cat Trying to Say? These AI Tools Aim to Decipher Meows

What Is Your Cat Trying to Say? These AI Tools Aim to D...

SIN Jun 17, 2025 0 23

AI is shedding new light on the 12,000-year conversation between cats and their ...

How Drone Swarms Work—From Iran’s Shahed Attack to Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb

How Drone Swarms Work—From Iran’s Shahed Attack to Ukra...

SIN Jun 17, 2025 0 37

Iranian Shahed drones, Ukrainian quadcopters and the U.S.’s Golden Horde program...

Extreme Heat Is the Biggest Threat to Insurers and Businesses

Extreme Heat Is the Biggest Threat to Insurers and Busi...

SIN Jun 17, 2025 0 30

Deadly temperatures put great stress not just on human life but also on the econ...

What I Wish Parents Knew about Social Media

What I Wish Parents Knew about Social Media

SIN Jun 17, 2025 0 27

I study social media for a living. Here’s what parents need to know so that kids...

Truly Intelligent AI Could Play by the Rules, No Matter How Strange

Truly Intelligent AI Could Play by the Rules, No Matter...

SIN Jun 16, 2025 0 24

To build safe but powerful AI models, start by testing their ability to play gam...

Who Is on RFK, Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel—And What Will They Do?

Who Is on RFK, Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel—And What Will Th...

SIN Jun 16, 2025 0 29

Critics fear that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chief RFK, Jr., k...

Your Brain Is Glowing, and Scientists Can't Figure Out Why

Your Brain Is Glowing, and Scientists Can't Figure Out Why

SIN Jun 16, 2025 0 21

Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at ...

See Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s First Images Live with These Watch Parties

See Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s First Images Live with ...

SIN Jun 16, 2025 0 25

The first images of the cosmos taken by the world’s largest digital camera onboa...

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