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Wildfires and Smoke Are Harming People's Mental Health. Here's How to Cope

Wildfires and Smoke Are Harming People's Mental Health....

SIN Jun 29, 2023 0 4

Wildfires can have mental health impacts, both among those who are directly affe...

Debating Antivaccine Cranks Debases Science and Harms the Public

Debating Antivaccine Cranks Debases Science and Harms t...

SIN Jun 29, 2023 0 2

Staged arguments with anti-vaccine cranks or other science deniers gets scientis...

To Stay Sharp as You Age, Learn New Skills

To Stay Sharp as You Age, Learn New Skills

SIN Jun 29, 2023 0 29

Older people show significant cognitive benefits from learning, provided they ha...

The Universe Is Abuzz with Giant Gravitational Waves, and Scientists Just Heard Them (Maybe)

The Universe Is Abuzz with Giant Gravitational Waves, a...

SIN Jun 29, 2023 0 33

Researchers, using the galaxy as a detector, believe they have detected gravitat...

Scientists Thrill at First Hints of Cosmic 'Hum' from Giant Gravitational Waves

Scientists Thrill at First Hints of Cosmic 'Hum' from G...

SIN Jun 29, 2023 0 4

Astrophysicists are tuning in to a never-before-seen type of gravitational waves...

A 'Captured' Alien Planet May Be Hiding at the Edge of Our Solar System

A 'Captured' Alien Planet May Be Hiding at the Edge of ...

SIN Jun 29, 2023 0 10

The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding...

World's Second Named Heat Wave Strikes Spain

World's Second Named Heat Wave Strikes Spain

SIN Jun 28, 2023 0 21

Heat Wave Yago is baking Seville, Spain, the first city in the world to introduc...

How to Protect Yourself from Smoky Wildfire Air

How to Protect Yourself from Smoky Wildfire Air

SIN Jun 28, 2023 0 3

As giant plumes from fires in Canada billow over the U.S., experts explain what ...

How to Use the Air Quality Index

How to Use the Air Quality Index

SIN Jun 28, 2023 0 21

Wildfire smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality along the East Coast. Her...

Early Human Ancestors Ate Each Other for Food, Fossil Leg Bone Suggests

Early Human Ancestors Ate Each Other for Food, Fossil L...

SIN Jun 28, 2023 0 3

A fossilized hominin leg shows gashes that were probably made by stone tools

That Tip-of-the-Tongue Feeling May Be an Illusion

That Tip-of-the-Tongue Feeling May Be an Illusion

SIN Jun 28, 2023 0 26

When you can’t remember a word, it might only feel like it’s on the tip of your ...

Why the Heat Dome Sizzling Texas Won't Budge

Why the Heat Dome Sizzling Texas Won't Budge

SIN Jun 28, 2023 0 3

A “heat dome” is parked over Texas and Mexico and is sending temperatures soarin...

Bees Are Astonishingly Good at Making Decisions

Bees Are Astonishingly Good at Making Decisions

SIN Jun 28, 2023 0 32

Computer modeling explains a key facet of bees’ decision-making skills—something...

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 6

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 3

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

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