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Will Forests Stop Absorbing More Carbon Than They Emit?

Will Forests Stop Absorbing More Carbon Than They Emit?

SIN Aug 15, 2023 0 4

The U.S. Forest Service faces criticism for projecting that forests could become...

In This Ancient Garden, Plants Can Cure or Kill You

In This Ancient Garden, Plants Can Cure or Kill You

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 5

Apothecaries founded this famous garden — one of the most ancient botanical gard...

Racist COVID Claims Spread by RFK, Jr. and Other Demagogues Are Deadly

Racist COVID Claims Spread by RFK, Jr. and Other Demago...

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 3

False claims about racial susceptibility to COVID by RFK, Jr. and others are dan...

The Superconductor Sensation Has Fizzled, and That's Fine

The Superconductor Sensation Has Fizzled, and That's Fine

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 3

The rise and fall of LK-99 offers a lesson in how to consider technology’s role ...

Why Are COVID Rates Increasing in the Summer?

Why Are COVID Rates Increasing in the Summer?

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 4

COVID hospitalizations are slowly rising again this summer, causing scientists a...

How Advocates Pushed Big Pharma to Cut Tuberculosis Drug Prices

How Advocates Pushed Big Pharma to Cut Tuberculosis Dru...

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 2

The world’s best TB drug was too expensive for sufferers—until advocates and a Y...

AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype

AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-o...

SIN Aug 12, 2023 0 4

Effective regulation of AI needs grounded science that investigates real harms, ...

Carbon Capture Projects Get $1 Billion in New Federal Funding

Carbon Capture Projects Get $1 Billion in New Federal F...

SIN Aug 12, 2023 0 1

This first-of-its-kind federal funding is meant to jump-start a new industry tha...

How Wildfires Kill People

How Wildfires Kill People

SIN Aug 12, 2023 0 2

The deadly wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, has killed dozens of people so far. Here...

Russia Launches First Moon Mission after Half-Century Hiatus

Russia Launches First Moon Mission after Half-Century H...

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 2

The Luna 25 spacecraft will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the firs...

Earendel, the Most Distant Known Star, Reveals Its Secrets to JWST

Earendel, the Most Distant Known Star, Reveals Its Secr...

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 2

A new view of a record-shattering distant star shows it to be twice as hot as ou...

Is Climate Change Causing More Record-Breaking Hail?

Is Climate Change Causing More Record-Breaking Hail?

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 26

Enormous hailstones raise the question of whether global warming will intensify ...

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazin...

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 2

All you need to see one of the year’s best meteor showers is a clear, dark sky—a...

Maui's Deadly Wildfires Are a Reminder of Growing Risks

Maui's Deadly Wildfires Are a Reminder of Growing Risks

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 3

Human exposure to wildfires in the U.S. more than doubled in the past two decade...

The World's Oldest Moss Outlived the Dinosaurs, but It May Not Survive Climate Change

The World's Oldest Moss Outlived the Dinosaurs, but It ...

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 2

The world’s oldest moss has survived Earth’s shifting landscapes for more than 4...

Racism in Health: The Roots of the U.S. Black Maternal Mortality Crisis

Racism in Health: The Roots of the U.S. Black Maternal ...

SIN Aug 10, 2023 0 2

A perfect storm of factors has led to huge racial disparities in maternal health...

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