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A Rare Greenhouse Gas Comes from—Termite Pesticide?

A Rare Greenhouse Gas Comes from—Termite Pesticide?

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 45

As much as 85 percent of U.S. emissions of sulfuryl fluoride—a rare greenhouse g...

What We Know about Taiwan’s Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake

What We Know about Taiwan’s Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 46

An earthquake scientist discusses what we know about Taiwan’s magnitude 7. quake...

Humans Find Total Eclipses Startling. What about a Komodo Dragon?

Humans Find Total Eclipses Startling. What about a Komo...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 32

Eclipses can affect animals, and biologists are preparing to see what happens du...

Why Kate Middleton and Other Cancer Patients Require More Than One Treatment

Why Kate Middleton and Other Cancer Patients Require Mo...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 20

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, announced she had cancer last month. Many can...

Plastic Pollution Is Drowning Earth. A Global Treaty Could Help

Plastic Pollution Is Drowning Earth. A Global Treaty Co...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 46

A marine scientist discusses the problem of plastic pollution and her hopes for ...

These Cold War–Era Jets Will Chase the Eclipse to Uncover the Sun’s Mysteries

These Cold War–Era Jets Will Chase the Eclipse to Uncov...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 23

A team of researchers has an ambitious plan to capture the 2024 total solar ecli...

Eclipses Reveal a Comforting Clockwork in Our Chaotic Universe

Eclipses Reveal a Comforting Clockwork in Our Chaotic U...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 30

Eclipses bring the future—or at least a tiny sliver of it—into sharp focus

Ancient Egyptian Mummies Reveal What Diseases Plagued the Civilization

Ancient Egyptian Mummies Reveal What Diseases Plagued t...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 30

Ancient Egyptian mummies reveal what diseases afflicted people in the great civi...

New Law Allowing Religion into Science Classrooms Is Dangerous for Everyone

New Law Allowing Religion into Science Classrooms Is Da...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 39

It is imperative that we protect science education from “intelligent design” and...

Uncertainty is Science's Super Power. Make It Yours, Too

Uncertainty is Science's Super Power. Make It Yours, Too

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 20

Inspiration, creativity, discovery—all of these things start from a place of not...

Humans Find Total Eclipses Startling. What About a Komodo Dragon?

Humans Find Total Eclipses Startling. What About a Komo...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 19

Eclipses can affect animals, and biologists are preparing to see what happens du...

Chickadees Use Brain-Cell ‘Barcodes’ to Remember Where They Stashed Their Snacks

Chickadees Use Brain-Cell ‘Barcodes’ to Remember Where ...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 19

Unique patterns of neuron activation help tiny birds catalog thousands of scatte...

Three Experiments Could Help Electrify Big Trucks

Three Experiments Could Help Electrify Big Trucks

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 24

With a new EPA rule aiming to reduce carbon emissions from the biggest class of ...

Bird Flu Detected in a Person in Texas: What We Know So Far

Bird Flu Detected in a Person in Texas: What We Know So...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 25

A person tested positive for avian influenza after being exposed to cows thought...

How to Photograph a Total Solar Eclipse with Any Camera: Tips from an Eclipse Chaser

How to Photograph a Total Solar Eclipse with Any Camera...

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 28

We asked a professional astro photographer and eclipse chaser how to take the be...

Policing Works when It Is Done Right

Policing Works when It Is Done Right

SIN Apr 3, 2024 0 23

The COVID pandemic and the police murder of George Floyd polarized views on poli...

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