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The Brightest Quasar Ever Seen Eats a 'Sun' Every Day

The Brightest Quasar Ever Seen Eats a 'Sun' Every Day

SIN Feb 21, 2024 0 44

The quasar, as bright as 500 trillion suns, has evaded astronomers for over 40 y...

The Decimal Point Is 150 Years Older than Historians Thought

The Decimal Point Is 150 Years Older than Historians Th...

SIN Feb 21, 2024 0 74

The origin of the decimal point, a powerful calculation tool, has been traced ba...

Leaving Pet Poop on the Sidewalk Isn't Only Bad Manners--It's Hazardous

Leaving Pet Poop on the Sidewalk Isn't Only Bad Manners...

SIN Feb 21, 2024 0 66

Signs reminding pet owners to “curb" their dog and scoop their pet’s poop have b...

A Solar Eclipse, Cancer Treatments and Robots with AI

A Solar Eclipse, Cancer Treatments and Robots with AI

SIN Feb 20, 2024 0 48

New research reveals the origins of stars, sleep-based treatments and the planet...

The Eclipse Is Coming, and Solar Science Will Never Be the Same

The Eclipse Is Coming, and Solar Science Will Never Be ...

SIN Feb 20, 2024 0 46

The upcoming total solar eclipse and a pair of new sun probes are revolutionizin...

Waiting to Cut the Cord Boosts Premature Babies' Survival

Waiting to Cut the Cord Boosts Premature Babies' Survival

SIN Feb 20, 2024 0 43

Delayed umbilical cord snipping is worth the wait for preemies

New Linguistics Technique Could Reveal Who Spoke the First Indo-European Languages

New Linguistics Technique Could Reveal Who Spoke the Fi...

SIN Feb 19, 2024 0 76

Linguists and archaeologists have argued for decades about where and when the fi...

Against Medical Advice: Another Deadly Consequence of Our Opioid Epidemic

Against Medical Advice: Another Deadly Consequence of O...

SIN Feb 19, 2024 0 47

People struggling with addiction cite untreated withdrawal, pain, discrimination...

How Did an Aquarium Stingray Get Pregnant without a Mate

How Did an Aquarium Stingray Get Pregnant without a Mate

SIN Feb 18, 2024 0 52

Charlotte, a stingray in a small North Carolina aquarium, is taking a DIY approa...

The Strangely Serious Implications of Math's 'Ham Sandwich Theorem'

The Strangely Serious Implications of Math's 'Ham Sandw...

SIN Feb 17, 2024 0 79

A simple solution to gerrymandering crumbles when confronted with math’s ‘ham sa...

Dominatrices Are Showing People How to Have Rough Sex Safely

Dominatrices Are Showing People How to Have Rough Sex S...

SIN Feb 17, 2024 0 71

Research shows rough sex is becoming more common. Dominatrices are helping the g...

Hawaii's Coral Ecosystems Are the Latest Reefs to Be Insured against Extreme Storms

Hawaii's Coral Ecosystems Are the Latest Reefs to Be In...

SIN Feb 17, 2024 0 44

Insurance policies for natural resources are aiding conservation around the world

Weird 'Obelisks' Found in Human Gut May be Virus-Like Entities

Weird 'Obelisks' Found in Human Gut May be Virus-Like E...

SIN Feb 17, 2024 0 81

Rod-shaped fragments of RNA called “obelisks” were discovered in gut and mouth b...

Unprecedented Fire Season Has Raged Through One of Earth's Biodiversity Hotspots

Unprecedented Fire Season Has Raged Through One of Eart...

SIN Feb 16, 2024 0 45

More than 500 fires have burned across Colombia, including in its delicate and u...

Weird 'Obelisks' Found in Human Gut May be Virus-Like Entity

Weird 'Obelisks' Found in Human Gut May be Virus-Like E...

SIN Feb 16, 2024 0 43

Rod-shaped fragments of RNA called “obelisks” were discovered in gut and mouth b...

Making Chemistry Safer Is Worth the Price Tag

Making Chemistry Safer Is Worth the Price Tag

SIN Feb 16, 2024 0 43

With chemical spills and other accidents a common occurrence, it’s becoming more...

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