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Lead from Old Paint and Pipes Is Still a Deadly Hazard in Millions of US Homes

Lead from Old Paint and Pipes Is Still a Deadly Hazard ...

SIN Mar 9, 2024 0 42

Protecting people from lead poisoning requires developing and using powerful tests

Biden’s State of the Union Promises Big Job Gains from Clean Energy Policy

Biden’s State of the Union Promises Big Job Gains from ...

SIN Mar 9, 2024 0 21

President Biden made big promises about what his climate and energy agenda could...

Paying Attention to Sensations Can Help Reset the Mind

Paying Attention to Sensations Can Help Reset the Mind

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 12

Learning to observe bodily sensation is a powerful strategy for improving mental...

How Arguments that Embryos Are People Pose a Threat to IVF

How Arguments that Embryos Are People Pose a Threat to IVF

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 25

Designating an IVF embryo as a person reveals the radical impact of an extreme a...

NASA’s Hopes for Space Solar Power Are Looking Dim

NASA’s Hopes for Space Solar Power Are Looking Dim

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 24

Exorbitant launch costs and daunting engineering challenges make the dream of sp...

How Big Is Space?

How Big Is Space?

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 47

The scale of the cosmos exceeds the bounds of human comprehension. But that does...

The First Amphibian Known to Beg Its Mother for Milk Is More Bizarre than You Might Imagine

The First Amphibian Known to Beg Its Mother for Milk Is...

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 21

Surprisingly, the young of limbless amphibians called ringed caecilians stimulat...

Deepwater Sharks Are Threatened by Demand for Liver Oil

Deepwater Sharks Are Threatened by Demand for Liver Oil

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 15

One in seven species of deepwater sharks and rays is threatened with extinction ...

Extreme Summer Heat Threatens Coral Replanting Effort

Extreme Summer Heat Threatens Coral Replanting Effort

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 43

A marine heat wave last year undercut efforts to regrow coral reefs off Florida’...

How Starvation in Gaza Could Cause Lasting Health Problems

How Starvation in Gaza Could Cause Lasting Health Problems

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 24

Large numbers of people in Gaza are experiencing malnutrition. Studies of famine...

The Amazing Aerial Adventures of the 'Flying Feminist' Lillian Bland

The Amazing Aerial Adventures of the 'Flying Feminist' ...

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 52

In 1910 an Anglo-Irish woman named Lilian Bland built a plane with little to no ...

Scientists Thought Only Humans Learn Complex Behaviors from Others. They Were Wrong

Scientists Thought Only Humans Learn Complex Behaviors ...

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 57

New studies in bees and chimps challenge the long-held assumption that only huma...

How Starvation Causes Lasting Damage to the Body

How Starvation Causes Lasting Damage to the Body

SIN Mar 7, 2024 0 19

Large numbers of people in Gaza are experiencing malnutrition. Studies show fami...

We Need Small Astronomy as Much as Big Astronomy

We Need Small Astronomy as Much as Big Astronomy

SIN Mar 7, 2024 0 56

In an era of budget-busting mega-telescopes, we shouldn’t forget the importance ...

JWST Will Finally Hunt for Alien Moons—And Much More

JWST Will Finally Hunt for Alien Moons—And Much More

SIN Mar 7, 2024 0 26

The next year of science for the James Webb Space Telescope has been selected. I...

Many Labrador Retriever Dogs Really Are Hungry All the Time—It’s in Their Genes

Many Labrador Retriever Dogs Really Are Hungry All the ...

SIN Mar 7, 2024 0 14

One in four Labrador retrievers carries a gene that tricks their brain into thin...

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