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Two-Thirds of American Kids Can't Read Fluently

Two-Thirds of American Kids Can't Read Fluently

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 45

Phonics may be a popular way to teach reading, but it fails too many children

How Mathematical Objects Are like People and Other Mysteries of Intersection Theory

How Mathematical Objects Are like People and Other Myst...

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 50

A Q&A with Hannah Larson, a recipient of the 2024 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontier...

Wind Energy Could Get Safer for Bats with New Research

Wind Energy Could Get Safer for Bats with New Research

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 43

Wind turbines threaten several bat species, but the Biden administration is fund...

'Fossilized' Bubble 10,000 Times the Size of the Milky Way Could Be a Relic from the Big Bang

'Fossilized' Bubble 10,000 Times the Size of the Milky ...

SIN Sep 26, 2023 0 41

Astronomers have spotted a gigantic void they believe to be a baryon acoustic os...

Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symphonies

Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symp...

SIN Sep 25, 2023 0 21

Space is famously silent, but astronomers and musicians are increasingly turning...

Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe?

Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe?

SIN Sep 25, 2023 0 19

Physicists and philosophers recently met to debate a theory of consciousness cal...

Autism, Human Connection and the 'Double Empathy' Problem

Autism, Human Connection and the 'Double Empathy' Problem

SIN Sep 25, 2023 0 26

Despite stereotypes, many autistic people yearn for meaningful relationships, bu...

Bizarre Quantum Theory Explains Why Your Coffee Takes So Long to Drip through a Narrow Filter

Bizarre Quantum Theory Explains Why Your Coffee Takes S...

SIN Sep 25, 2023 0 20

Physicist John Cardy and his colleague just won the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in F...

If You're Pregnant, These Vaccines Could Save Your and Your Baby's Life

If You're Pregnant, These Vaccines Could Save Your and ...

SIN Sep 25, 2023 0 22

The RSV vaccine is the latest in a series of immunizations that could protect pr...

OSIRIS-REx's Asteroid Samples Are Finally Down to Earth

OSIRIS-REx's Asteroid Samples Are Finally Down to Earth

SIN Sep 24, 2023 0 35

OSIRIS-REx—the first U.S. mission to attempt a sample return from a space rock—h...

Discrimination Has Trapped People of Color in Unhealthy Urban 'Heat Islands'

Discrimination Has Trapped People of Color in Unhealthy...

SIN Sep 24, 2023 0 17

People of color, more than other groups, live in neighborhoods prone to excess h...

Rosalind Franklin Deserves a Posthumous Nobel Prize for Co-discovering DNA Structure

Rosalind Franklin Deserves a Posthumous Nobel Prize for...

SIN Sep 24, 2023 0 38

Awarding Rosalind Franklin a Nobel Prize posthumously for her role in DNA discov...

Poem: 'Message to My Beloved Sibling'

Poem: 'Message to My Beloved Sibling'

SIN Sep 23, 2023 0 18

Science in meter and verse

More People Die from Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than Have Ever Died from Ebola

More People Die from Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than...

SIN Sep 23, 2023 0 25

In low- and middle-income nations, snakebite envenoming is more deadly than almo...

Valley Fever Is a Growing Fungal Threat to Outdoor Workers

Valley Fever Is a Growing Fungal Threat to Outdoor Workers

SIN Sep 23, 2023 0 46

The disease hits farmworkers and outdoor laborers disproportionately hard

Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware

Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware

SIN Sep 23, 2023 0 51

An investigative report reveals that new spyware can slip in unseen through onli...

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