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Mpox Outbreak in Africa Traced Back to Squirrels

Mpox Outbreak in Africa Traced Back to Squirrels

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 32

A team of researchers traced the wild animal source of monkeypox virus to the fi...

This More Than 380-Year-Old Trick Can Crack Some Modern Encryption

This More Than 380-Year-Old Trick Can Crack Some Modern...

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 70

A little math from the 1600s can make what people send to a printer more vulnerable

Why People Feel More Energized with Less Sleep

Why People Feel More Energized with Less Sleep

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 48

People on TikTok and other social media say they feel more alert when they have ...

JWST Spots Giant Spiral Galaxy Shockingly Early in Cosmic History

JWST Spots Giant Spiral Galaxy Shockingly Early in Cosm...

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 44

Nicknamed the “Big Wheel,” a giant, spiral-shaped disk galaxy was spotted in an ...

If Bacterial Vaginosis Acts like an STI, Should It Be Treated like One?

If Bacterial Vaginosis Acts like an STI, Should It Be T...

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 53

Bacterial vaginosis is an irritating overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria. A new st...

NOAA Reverses Plan to Defer Upkeep of Key Weather Satellites

NOAA Reverses Plan to Defer Upkeep of Key Weather Satel...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 47

Agency officials said Monday that NOAA would continue to maintain the Joint Pola...

The Dire Wolf Isn’t Back—But Here’s What ‘De-Extinction’ Tech Can Actually Do

The Dire Wolf Isn’t Back—But Here’s What ‘De-Extinction...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 37

Colossal Bioscience says it has “de-extincted” the dire wolf, but other scientis...

Surgeons Can Permanently Change Eye Color with Experimental Keratopigmentation Procedure

Surgeons Can Permanently Change Eye Color with Experime...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 38

A new surgical procedure to permanently change eye color is gaining traction in ...

People Likely Aren’t as Susceptible to False Memories as Researchers Thought

People Likely Aren’t as Susceptible to False Memories a...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 28

New studies underscore the difficulty of implanting entirely fictional events in...

Breakthrough Prize Winner Gerard ’t Hooft Says Quantum Mechanics Is ‘Nonsense’

Breakthrough Prize Winner Gerard ’t Hooft Says Quantum ...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 69

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical p...

Vaccines Save Lives. That’s Why We Need Global Immunization

Vaccines Save Lives. That’s Why We Need Global Immuniza...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 40

The Trump administration decision to halt funding endangers immunization of 75 m...

String Theorists Say Black Holes Are Multidimensional String ‘Supermazes’

String Theorists Say Black Holes Are Multidimensional S...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 45

Physicists think the insides of black holes may be complex mazes of tangled stri...

Whooping Cough Killed Two Children in Louisiana. Here’s How to Protect Kids

Whooping Cough Killed Two Children in Louisiana. Here’s...

SIN Apr 7, 2025 0 39

The bacterial infection pertussis has sparked an uptick in cases nationwide and ...

Amid Trump Cuts, NOAA Halts Upkeep of Critical Weather Satellites

Amid Trump Cuts, NOAA Halts Upkeep of Critical Weather ...

SIN Apr 7, 2025 0 45

The decision by the Trump administration to defer maintenance of the Joint Polar...

Letting Kids Fail Is Crucial

Letting Kids Fail Is Crucial

SIN Apr 7, 2025 0 35

Our instinct is to protect our kids from failure. But learning from failure is a...

Fermenting Miso in Space Offers Astrobiology Lessons

Fermenting Miso in Space Offers Astrobiology Lessons

SIN Apr 7, 2025 0 38

Overall, “space miso” tastes just like regular miso—but slight differences in it...

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