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Blasting Virtual Aliens Could Help Dyslexic Kids Parse Words

Blasting Virtual Aliens Could Help Dyslexic Kids Parse ...

SIN Jul 19, 2024 0 28

Children at risk of dyslexia who played Space Invaders Extreme 2 showed improvem...

The Psychological Effects of the Trump Assassination Attempt

The Psychological Effects of the Trump Assassination At...

SIN Jul 19, 2024 0 33

Political violence has a different effect on people today than it did in the pas...

U.S. Gulf States Risk ‘Knock-Out Blow’ from Successive Disasters

U.S. Gulf States Risk ‘Knock-Out Blow’ from Successive ...

SIN Jul 19, 2024 0 24

Repeated extreme weather events in states along the Gulf of Mexico such as Louis...

Astronauts Would Need an Unusual Pot to Boil Food in Space

Astronauts Would Need an Unusual Pot to Boil Food in Space

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 20

Astronauts still survive on freeze-dried meals. Could better food, aided by cook...

Puerto Rico Files $1-Billion Climate Lawsuit against Oil Companies

Puerto Rico Files $1-Billion Climate Lawsuit against Oi...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 32

Puerto Rico is suing fossil fuel companies over climate damages, saying that the...

After Falcon 9 Rocket Anomaly, SpaceX Seeks Rapid Return to Flight

After Falcon 9 Rocket Anomaly, SpaceX Seeks Rapid Retur...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 30

SpaceX has filed a request with the Federal Aviation Administration to determine...

The Fermi Paradox May Have a Very Simple Explanation

The Fermi Paradox May Have a Very Simple Explanation

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 26

We can and should look harder for evidence of alien visitors to our solar system

Meet the Tornado Chasers and Scientists Hunting Real 'Twisters'

Meet the Tornado Chasers and Scientists Hunting Real 'T...

SIN Jul 17, 2024 0 19

Chasers will always be a vital part of tornado detection efforts, but now drones...

ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting!

ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting!

SIN Jul 17, 2024 0 30

It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots ...

In Case Bird Flu Becomes a Pandemic, Countries Are Preparing

In Case Bird Flu Becomes a Pandemic, Countries Are Prep...

SIN Jul 17, 2024 0 37

Virologists say that the bird flu strain that is infecting cattle in the U.S. is...

How Twisters Brought the Science of Storm Chasing to the Big Screen

How Twisters Brought the Science of Storm Chasing to th...

SIN Jul 17, 2024 0 28

Sean Waugh, a professional storm chaser and meteorologist, talks about his role ...

These Animals are Physics Whizzes

These Animals are Physics Whizzes

SIN Jul 17, 2024 0 46

How falling cats, slithering snakes, burrowing prairie dogs and more exploit the...

How Venus’ Quasi-Moon Zoozve Got Its Name

How Venus’ Quasi-Moon Zoozve Got Its Name

SIN Jul 17, 2024 0 33

Radiolab host Latif Nasser found and named a mysterious quasi-moon of Venus. Now...

Geoengineering the Climate Could Harm the Planet, U.N. Fears

Geoengineering the Climate Could Harm the Planet, U.N. ...

SIN Jul 17, 2024 0 26

A new U.N. Environment Program report focuses on geoengineering’s potential dang...

LARPing Made Me a Stronger Person. It Can Do the Same for You, Too

LARPing Made Me a Stronger Person. It Can Do the Same f...

SIN Jul 16, 2024 0 24

Thousands of people around the world do live-action role-playing to learn and ch...

Why Almost Everyone Gets the Monty Hall Probability Puzzle Wrong

Why Almost Everyone Gets the Monty Hall Probability Puz...

SIN Jul 16, 2024 0 22

How to finally wrap your mind around the uniquely counterintuitive Monty Hall di...

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