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Do Aurora-Causing Solar Storms Mess with Migrating Wildlife?

Do Aurora-Causing Solar Storms Mess with Migrating Wild...

SIN May 30, 2024 0 24

Solar storms that create auroras affect Earth’s magnetic field and may cause mig...

The 5 Hurricane Categories Don’t Fully Capture a Storm’s Complex Dangers

The 5 Hurricane Categories Don’t Fully Capture a Storm’...

SIN May 30, 2024 0 28

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season could be disastrous. Experts warn that a stor...

This Silk Creates Noise-Canceling Vibrations

This Silk Creates Noise-Canceling Vibrations

SIN May 30, 2024 0 48

Inspired by headphone technology, silk sewn with a vibrating fiber acts as a lig...

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Melting Even Faster Than Scientists Thought

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Melting Even Faster ...

SIN May 29, 2024 0 49

Warming waters are reaching several miles into Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier—nic...

New Earplugs Won’t Amplify the Sound of Your Own Voice

New Earplugs Won’t Amplify the Sound of Your Own Voice

SIN May 29, 2024 0 53

Wearing earplugs, hearing aids and earphones can make your own voice sound boomi...

We Can Prevent Another Summer mPox Outbreak

We Can Prevent Another Summer mPox Outbreak

SIN May 29, 2024 0 27

Queer people’s behavior squashed the U.S. mpox outbreak in 2022. We shouldn’t ha...

Depression, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Are Linked with Ancient Viral DNA in Our Genome

Depression, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Are Link...

SIN May 29, 2024 0 34

Retroviruses, some of which predate the human species, are tied to a genetic sus...

Backyard Conservation Protects Wildlife Close to Home

Backyard Conservation Protects Wildlife Close to Home

SIN May 29, 2024 0 19

You don't have to venture far to make a difference for wildlife.

Ozempic Cuts Risk of Kidney Disease Death in People with Diabetes

Ozempic Cuts Risk of Kidney Disease Death in People wit...

SIN May 29, 2024 0 32

Semaglutide, the same compound in obesity drug Wegovy, slashes risk of kidney fa...

Extreme Heat Exacerbates Brain Conditions from Alzheimer's to Migraines to Strokes

Extreme Heat Exacerbates Brain Conditions from Alzheime...

SIN May 28, 2024 0 38

Extreme heat caused by climate change can exacerbate a variety of neurological a...

Lunar Dust Could ‘Sandblast’ Astronauts on the Moon, Studies Warn

Lunar Dust Could ‘Sandblast’ Astronauts on the Moon, St...

SIN May 28, 2024 0 27

A new theory tested on Apollo-era data suggests that high-speed moon dust could ...

An Alternative to Conventional Neural Networks Could Help Reveal What AI Is Doing behind the Scenes

An Alternative to Conventional Neural Networks Could He...

SIN May 28, 2024 0 24

Despite their performance, current AI models have major weaknesses: they require...

The First Big Black Holes May Have Formed without Stars

The First Big Black Holes May Have Formed without Stars

SIN May 28, 2024 0 22

Astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan predicted that black holes can form without ...

Optical Illusions Can Fool AI Chatbots, Too

Optical Illusions Can Fool AI Chatbots, Too

SIN May 27, 2024 0 46

Experiments with optical illusions have revealed surprising similarities between...

At Least Two Countries Have Lost All Their Glaciers

At Least Two Countries Have Lost All Their Glaciers

SIN May 25, 2024 0 44

Two countries—Slovenia and Venezuela—have lost all of their glaciers. It is a gr...

How the Guinness Brewery Invented the Most Important Statistical Method in Science

How the Guinness Brewery Invented the Most Important St...

SIN May 25, 2024 0 44

The most common test of statistical significance originated from the Guinness br...

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