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How the Seven Bridges of Königsberg Spawned New Math

How the Seven Bridges of Königsberg Spawned New Math

SIN Mar 9, 2024 0 3

Are you smarter than an 18th-century Prussian?

These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt

These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt

SIN Mar 9, 2024 0 2

On the African savanna, a single invasive ant species has upset the delicate bal...

Lead from Old Paint and Pipes Is Still a Deadly Hazard in Millions of U.S. Homes

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

SIN Mar 9, 2024 0 1

Protecting people from lead poisoning requires developing and using powerful tests

Meet the Real-life Versions of Dune’s Epic Sandworms

Meet the Real-life Versions of Dune’s Epic Sandworms

SIN Mar 9, 2024 0 5

A Dune-loving worm paleontologist makes the case that worms have been just as im...

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 3

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

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 25

Protecting people from lead poisoning requires developing and using powerful tests

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 2

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

Paying Attention to Sensations Can Help Reset the Mind

Paying Attention to Sensations Can Help Reset the Mind

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 1

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

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 3

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

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 1

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

How Big Is Space?

How Big Is Space?

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 25

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

How Starvation in Gaza Could Cause Lasting Health Problems

How Starvation in Gaza Could Cause Lasting Health Problems

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 2

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

Extreme Summer Heat Threatens Coral Replanting Effort

Extreme Summer Heat Threatens Coral Replanting Effort

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 17

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

Deepwater Sharks Are Threatened by Demand for Liver Oil

Deepwater Sharks Are Threatened by Demand for Liver Oil

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 2

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

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

Scientists Thought Only Humans Learn Complex Behaviors ...

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 14

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

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

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

SIN Mar 8, 2024 0 27

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

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