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We're Building Things Based on a Climate We No Longer Live In

We're Building Things Based on a Climate We No Longer L...

SIN Jun 27, 2023 0 2

NOAA precipitation estimates that engineers and planners use to design bridges, ...

UFOs Keep Appearing in the News. Here's Why We Can't Quit Them

UFOs Keep Appearing in the News. Here's Why We Can't Qu...

SIN Jun 27, 2023 0 5

For most of us, aliens are a source of mystery and fun, which keeps them forever...

Cute and Ugly Pygmy Lorises Are Actually Two Different Species

Cute and Ugly Pygmy Lorises Are Actually Two Different ...

SIN Jun 27, 2023 0 2

It turns out there are two species of mysterious, venomous pygmy lorises

A 25-Year-Old Bet about Consciousness Has Finally Been Settled

A 25-Year-Old Bet about Consciousness Has Finally Been ...

SIN Jun 27, 2023 0 3

A brain scientist and a philosopher have resolved a wager on consciousness that ...

Solar Power Bails Out Texas Grid during Major Heat Wave

Solar Power Bails Out Texas Grid during Major Heat Wave

SIN Jun 27, 2023 0 3

Solar power has been crucial to keeping the power on in Texas while the state ex...

Musk and Bezos Offer Humanity a Grim Future in Space Colonies

Musk and Bezos Offer Humanity a Grim Future in Space Co...

SIN Jun 26, 2023 0 1

Privately owned space colonies are more likely to be totalitarian nightmares tha...

Modern Hunter-Gatherers Have Thriving Gut Microbiome, Compared with Californians

Modern Hunter-Gatherers Have Thriving Gut Microbiome, C...

SIN Jun 26, 2023 0 1

A Western lifestyle seems to diminish the diversity of gut microbes

Giant 'Gravity Hole' in the Ocean May Be the Ghost of an Ancient Sea

Giant 'Gravity Hole' in the Ocean May Be the Ghost of a...

SIN Jun 26, 2023 0 4

A vast expanse of the Indian Ocean is a staggering 100 meters lower than the glo...

A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year

A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next ...

SIN Jun 26, 2023 0 3

Professional and amateur astronomers alike are hoping that Comet C/2023 A3 will ...

Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea

Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea

SIN Jun 26, 2023 0 3

Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing s...

One Year after Dobbs, Abortion Bans Are Harming Reproductive Care, Ob-Gyns Say

One Year after Dobbs, Abortion Bans Are Harming Reprodu...

SIN Jun 24, 2023 0 3

The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care ...

Is Fukushima Wastewater Release Safe? What the Science Says

Is Fukushima Wastewater Release Safe? What the Science ...

SIN Jun 23, 2023 0 23

Radiation in water from Fukushima will be diluted to almost background levels, b...

5 Takeaways from the Montana Climate Trial as We Await a Historic Ruling

5 Takeaways from the Montana Climate Trial as We Await ...

SIN Jun 23, 2023 0 4

Young Montanans put their state on trial for its contributions to climate change...

These Ants Are Probably Better at Navigating Than You Are

These Ants Are Probably Better at Navigating Than You Are

SIN Jun 23, 2023 0 4

Desert ants living in the featureless salt pans of Tunisia count their steps and...

Cormac McCarthy's Work Is Rooted in Science

Cormac McCarthy's Work Is Rooted in Science

SIN Jun 23, 2023 0 22

Cormac McCarthy’s curiosity about science made him a great writer

Where Are the Worst Bridges in the U.S.?

Where Are the Worst Bridges in the U.S.?

SIN Jun 23, 2023 0 15

More than 42,000 highway bridges across the country are in “poor” condition, acc...

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