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The First Sightings of Hofstadter's Butterfly Emerged from a Happy Accident

The First Sightings of Hofstadter's Butterfly Emerged f...

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 31

In a first, physicists have directly seen Hofstadter’s butterfly—a long-sought-a...

When Was the First Exoplanet Discovered?

When Was the First Exoplanet Discovered?

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 48

Evidence of alien worlds goes back farther than you think

Studying Science, Medicine and Engineering at a Nanoscale at an M.I.T. Clean Room

Studying Science, Medicine and Engineering at a Nanosca...

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 30

We’re taking you inside MIT.nano, a clean laboratory facility that is critical t...

Urban Wildfire Smoke Sensors Miss Harmful Chemicals

Urban Wildfire Smoke Sensors Miss Harmful Chemicals

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 42

As fires burned in Los Angeles this year, newer toxin monitors found contaminant...

Fat Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Rap

Fat Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Rap

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 51

Fat is one of the most active, dynamic organs we have. Why can’t we learn to lov...

Slashing Programs That Help People with Disabilities Is a Nod to Eugenics

Slashing Programs That Help People with Disabilities Is...

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 39

By going after Social Security, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Departmen...

As Noem Proposes Cutting FEMA, Disaster Response Will Fall to Local, State Authorities

As Noem Proposes Cutting FEMA, Disaster Response Will F...

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 40

Revelations that Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem plans to abolis...

Fat Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Rap

Fat Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Rap

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 34

Fat is one of the most active, dynamic organs we have. Why can’t we learn to lov...

How Planetary Defenders Planned to Stop That City-Killer Asteroid

How Planetary Defenders Planned to Stop That City-Kille...

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 33

The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries ...

Rebel Doctor Evangelina Rodríguez Improved Lives and Courted Controversy on her Return to the Dominican Republic

Rebel Doctor Evangelina Rodríguez Improved Lives and Co...

SIN Mar 27, 2025 0 20

Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo started innovative health programs on her ret...

Mathematicians Find Proof to 122-Year-Old Triangle-to-Square Puzzle

Mathematicians Find Proof to 122-Year-Old Triangle-to-S...

SIN Mar 27, 2025 0 53

A long-standing shape mystery has finally been solved

Who Will Build the Next Giant Particle Collider?

Who Will Build the Next Giant Particle Collider?

SIN Mar 27, 2025 0 35

The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build a mega collider by 207...

How Microplastics Get into Our Food

How Microplastics Get into Our Food

SIN Mar 27, 2025 0 35

Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics t...

Rising Acceptance of Political Violence Promises Nothing Good for the U.S.

Rising Acceptance of Political Violence Promises Nothin...

SIN Mar 27, 2025 0 43

Left-leaning Americans at peaceful demonstrations are becoming more likely to be...

Why Letting Kids Find Loopholes in Rules May Help Their Social Development

Why Letting Kids Find Loopholes in Rules May Help Their...

SIN Mar 27, 2025 0 40

A new study finds that when young kids find loopholes, or sneaky work-arounds, f...

Trump Cuts Threaten Universities, Could Lead to ‘Lost Generation’ of Scientists

Trump Cuts Threaten Universities, Could Lead to ‘Lost G...

SIN Mar 27, 2025 0 25

Some conservative lawmakers are quietly urging the president to restore research...

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