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The Creepy Calculus of Measuring Death Risk

The Creepy Calculus of Measuring Death Risk

SIN May 23, 2025 0 22

Meet micromorts and microlives, statistical units that help mathematicians to ca...

Hypervelocity Stars Hint at a Nearby Supermassive Black Hole

Hypervelocity Stars Hint at a Nearby Supermassive Black...

SIN May 23, 2025 0 17

Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour pr...

DolphinGemma Could Enable AI Communication with Dolphins

DolphinGemma Could Enable AI Communication with Dolphins

SIN May 23, 2025 0 14

A large language model for dolphin vocalization could let us better understand t...

Why Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Won’t Shield the U.S. from Nuclear Strikes

Why Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Won’t Shield the U.S. from Nu...

SIN May 23, 2025 0 25

The White House’s $175-billion plan to protect the U.S. from nuclear annihilatio...

A Public Health Researcher and Her Engineer Husband Found How Diseases Can Spread through Air Decades before the COVID Pandemic

A Public Health Researcher and Her Engineer Husband Fou...

SIN May 23, 2025 0 20

Mildred Weeks Wells and her husband figured out that disease-causing pathogens c...

How Much Ultraprocessed Food Do You Eat? Blood and Urine Record It

How Much Ultraprocessed Food Do You Eat? Blood and Urin...

SIN May 22, 2025 0 21

A new study suggests blood and urine samples could provide an objective measure ...

Trump Leaves Disaster-Struck States Waiting Weeks for Sign-Off on FEMA Aid

Trump Leaves Disaster-Struck States Waiting Weeks for S...

SIN May 22, 2025 0 18

States and cities struck by deadly tornadoes and floods are begging the Trump ad...

Saturn Has 274 Known Moons—Thanks in Large Part to This Astronomer

Saturn Has 274 Known Moons—Thanks in Large Part to This...

SIN May 22, 2025 0 20

Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discove...

Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test

Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test

SIN May 22, 2025 0 22

Researchers have tested an mRNA vaccine against avian influenza in calves with p...

Vitamin D May Slow Cells’ Aging by Protecting DNA

Vitamin D May Slow Cells’ Aging by Protecting DNA

SIN May 22, 2025 0 34

Vitamin D supplements may help prevent the loss of telomeres, DNA sequences that...

Single-Atom Quantum Computer Achieves Breakthrough Molecular Simulations

Single-Atom Quantum Computer Achieves Breakthrough Mole...

SIN May 22, 2025 0 19

A quantum computer has used a single atom to model the complex dynamics of organ...

Sleep Aids Can Be Uneven and Expensive, Leaving Anxious Patients Lacking

Sleep Aids Can Be Uneven and Expensive, Leaving Anxious...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 17

When insomnia took hold of this journalist, she relied on her science reporting ...

Medicaid Cuts Will Make Older People Sicker

Medicaid Cuts Will Make Older People Sicker

SIN May 21, 2025 0 21

For people aged 65 and older, Medicaid can provide vital health care—and losing ...

New Class of Drugs Blocks Wakefulness Chemical and Offers Relief from Insomnia

New Class of Drugs Blocks Wakefulness Chemical and Offe...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 18

Drugs that target wakefulness, molecules in cannabis and wearable devices that m...

Getting Enough Sleep is Critical for Weight Loss and Maintenance

Getting Enough Sleep is Critical for Weight Loss and Ma...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 16

A sleep-medicine specialist explains how restless nights lead to consuming more ...

What If Mitochondria Aren’t Only the Powerhouse of the Cell?

What If Mitochondria Aren’t Only the Powerhouse of the ...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 17

New discoveries about mitochondria could reshape how we understand the body’s re...

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