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Enlisting Microbes to Break Down ‘Forever Chemicals’

Enlisting Microbes to Break Down ‘Forever Chemicals’

SIN Oct 11, 2024 0 4

Bacteria can degrade particularly tough PFAS varieties

Why Hurricane Milton Caused So Many Tornadoes

Why Hurricane Milton Caused So Many Tornadoes

SIN Oct 11, 2024 0 4

As Hurricane Milton barreled across Florida, it triggered dozens of tornadoes. H...

Sixty Years Later, and Thalidomide Is Still With Us

Sixty Years Later, and Thalidomide Is Still With Us

SIN Oct 11, 2024 0 2

Decades after FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham Kelsey stopped thalidomide fro...

FEMA Spent Nearly Half Its Disaster Budget in Just 8 Days with Hurricane Helene

FEMA Spent Nearly Half Its Disaster Budget in Just 8 Da...

SIN Oct 10, 2024 0 3

Without more funding, FEMA may be forced to restrict spending and suspend rebuil...

Hurricane Milton Slams into Florida as a Category 3 Storm

Hurricane Milton Slams into Florida as a Category 3 Storm

SIN Oct 10, 2024 0 2

Hurricane Milton hit Florida as a major storm, bringing devastating storm surge ...

2024 Election Will Define America’s Stance on Immigration, with Consequences for Science and Technology

2024 Election Will Define America’s Stance on Immigrati...

SIN Oct 10, 2024 0 5

Both presidential candidates would restrict immigration but Donald Trump would t...

The ‘Stable Marriage Problem’ Solution Underpins Dating Apps and School Admissions

The ‘Stable Marriage Problem’ Solution Underpins Dating...

SIN Oct 10, 2024 0 6

An elegant matchmaking algorithm called Gale-Shapley can find the best possible ...

Hurricane Milton Reveals the Physical and Psychological Challenges of Evacuations

Hurricane Milton Reveals the Physical and Psychological...

SIN Oct 10, 2024 0 7

As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida, people in recently storm-stricken areas ...

2024 Chemistry Nobel Awarded for Cracking the Secret Code of Proteins

2024 Chemistry Nobel Awarded for Cracking the Secret Co...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 5

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how to predict...

Hurricane Milton Will Turn Helene’s Debris into Lethal Projectiles in Florida

Hurricane Milton Will Turn Helene’s Debris into Lethal ...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 5

Florida is scrambling to clear storm-damaged areas before Hurricane Milton makes...

Chemistry Nobel

Chemistry Nobel

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 2

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how to predict...

Whooping Cough Is Spreading, and You Might Need a Vaccine Booster

Whooping Cough Is Spreading, and You Might Need a Vacci...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 3

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is on the rise after a lull at the begi...

Understanding the High Winds and Drastic Downpours of the 2024 Hurricane Season

Understanding the High Winds and Drastic Downpours of t...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 3

Downpours from hurricanes are worsening—and leaving even “climate havens” vulner...

A Century-Old Question Is Still Revealing Answers in Fundamental Math

A Century-Old Question Is Still Revealing Answers in Fu...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 6

Mathematicians have made lots of recent progress on a question called the Mordel...

Can Overpriced Peaches Convince Us That Fukushima Is Safe?

Can Overpriced Peaches Convince Us That Fukushima Is Safe?

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 4

Years after a nuclear disaster wiped out Fukushima’s agriculture, peach growers ...

How Rwanda Is Containing a Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak

How Rwanda Is Containing a Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 5

Rwanda’s health minister says authorities are tracing every potential contact of...

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