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Where Is Planet Nine? Its Hiding Places Are Running Out

Where Is Planet Nine? Its Hiding Places Are Running Out

SIN Apr 15, 2024 0 38

The search for a mysterious planetary body beyond Neptune has narrowed down its ...

Do Sperm Whales Have Culture?

Do Sperm Whales Have Culture?

SIN Apr 15, 2024 0 21

As hard as it is to study these denizens of the deep, researchers have found som...

If Alien Life Is Found, How Should Scientists Break the News?

If Alien Life Is Found, How Should Scientists Break the...

SIN Apr 15, 2024 0 26

At a recent workshop, researchers and journalists debated how to announce a pote...

Paxlovid COVID Treatment Most Beneficial for Unvaccinated People with Risk Factors. Others May Not Need It

Paxlovid COVID Treatment Most Beneficial for Unvaccinat...

SIN Apr 13, 2024 0 19

A recent study suggests that Paxlovid is ineffective at treating symptoms in peo...

Heat and Floods Are Increasingly Hitting Coastlines with a One-Two Punch

Heat and Floods Are Increasingly Hitting Coastlines wit...

SIN Apr 13, 2024 0 27

Compound events in which coastal flooding and heat waves occur at the same time ...

We Are Living in the Pyrocene—At Our Peril

We Are Living in the Pyrocene—At Our Peril

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 50

Ancient prophecies of worlds destroyed by fire are becoming realities. How will ...

Physicists Finally Know How the Strong Force Gets Its Strength

Physicists Finally Know How the Strong Force Gets Its S...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 51

New discoveries demystify the bizarre force that binds atomic nuclei together

Does Dark Energy Change over Time?

Does Dark Energy Change over Time?

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 45

In just one year of observations, a program that is creating the largest 3D map ...

What Is Pollution Doing to Our Brains? 'Exposomics' Reveals Links to Many Diseases

What Is Pollution Doing to Our Brains? 'Exposomics' Rev...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 26

The new science of "exposomics" shows how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer...

Space Junk from the International Space Station May Have Struck a Home in Florida

Space Junk from the International Space Station May Hav...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 23

Three years ago astronauts threw out the largest piece of trash ever tossed from...

How Will EPA’s New Rule about ‘Forever Chemicals’ Protect Your Drinking Water?

How Will EPA’s New Rule about ‘Forever Chemicals’ Prote...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 22

A new EPA rule will limit PFASs, or “forever chemicals,” in your drinking water ...

Black Scientists Are Building Their Own Vital Communities

Black Scientists Are Building Their Own Vital Communities

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 43

A person-centric scientific conference demonstrates that gathering can counter t...

How Do Tides Shape Earth and the Solar System?

How Do Tides Shape Earth and the Solar System?

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 26

The ocean’s twice-daily rise and fall is only the most obvious effect of tides—t...

Measles Is Back, and That’s Scary

Measles Is Back, and That’s Scary

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 15

The deadly virus was practically eliminated in the U.S., but now it’s infecting ...

Scientists Found a Way to Supercharge Cancer-Fighting Cells

Scientists Found a Way to Supercharge Cancer-Fighting C...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 48

The bioengineered immune players called CAR T cells last longer and work better ...

A Random Influx of DNA from a Virus Helped Vertebrates Become So Stunningly Successful

A Random Influx of DNA from a Virus Helped Vertebrates ...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 25

Insertion of genetic material from a virus into the genome of a vertebrate ances...

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