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How Bad Air Quality Slows Down Marathon Runners

How Bad Air Quality Slows Down Marathon Runners

SIN Mar 1, 2025 0 19

Even modest amounts of air pollution may affect athletic performance, a new stud...

The Measles Outbreak in Texas Is Why Vaccines Matter

The Measles Outbreak in Texas Is Why Vaccines Matter

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 23

Opting against vaccines may uphold ideas of personal freedom, but it has doomed ...

New NASA Space Telescope Will See the Universe in 102 Colors

New NASA Space Telescope Will See the Universe in 102 C...

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 24

NASA’s SPHEREx mission will survey the entire sky in 102 different “colors” of l...

Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Your Head?

Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Your Head?

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 18

Some songs get stuck in our head more than others, and scientists have uncovered...

Do Aliens Know We’re Here?

Do Aliens Know We’re Here?

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 21

Whether aliens could detect our modern civilization depends on what signs they’r...

GAO Issues Unprecedented Warning on State of U.S. Disaster Response as Trump Cuts FEMA Staff

GAO Issues Unprecedented Warning on State of U.S. Disas...

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 21

The delivery of disaster aid is on the Government Accountability Office's High-R...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Is Safe from Climate Collapse―for Now

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) ...

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 27

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation likely won't completely collapse...

This Twist on Einstein’s Greatest Theory Deserves More Attention

This Twist on Einstein’s Greatest Theory Deserves More ...

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 23

A nearly century-old offshoot of Einstein’s general theory of relativity may hol...

Private ‘Athena’ Moon Lander and NASA ‘Trailblazer’ Launch to Hunt for Lunar Water

Private ‘Athena’ Moon Lander and NASA ‘Trailblazer’ Lau...

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 28

Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is planned to touch down near the moon's south...

What Was It like to Be a Female Doctor during the Ming Dynasty?

What Was It like to Be a Female Doctor during the Ming ...

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 37

A Chinese medical textbook published in 1511 led to a novel about an all-but-for...

The International Space Station May Need More Microbes to Keep Astronauts Healthy

The International Space Station May Need More Microbes ...

SIN Feb 28, 2025 0 26

The overly sterile environment of the International Space Station is missing imp...

Does Time Work Differently in the Quantum Realm?

Does Time Work Differently in the Quantum Realm?

SIN Feb 27, 2025 0 17

Scientists studying a centuries-old mystery of physics suggest two “arrows of ti...

Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution

Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution

SIN Feb 27, 2025 0 31

Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technol...

Bird Flu Strikes Rats, Pet Cats and Egg Supplies

Bird Flu Strikes Rats, Pet Cats and Egg Supplies

SIN Feb 27, 2025 0 25

Avian influenza continues to fuel egg shortages. Plus, a delayed CDC study on ho...

Making a Pledge Can Encourage Honest Behavior—If the Wording Is Right

Making a Pledge Can Encourage Honest Behavior—If the Wo...

SIN Feb 27, 2025 0 35

Can taking a simple oath make you more trustworthy? That depends a lot on its ex...

Trump Firings and Funding Freezes Leave Western States Scrambling to Prepare for Wildfire Season

Trump Firings and Funding Freezes Leave Western States ...

SIN Feb 27, 2025 0 33

The Trump administration’s moves to slash Forest Service personnel and pause wil...

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