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"U.S. life expectancy hits all-time high Scientific American Americans are living longer than ever but still well behind the life expectancy of other developed countries"
X Link 2026-02-06T17:42Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements

"COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain. Significant Drops in IQ Scores Are Noted. Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging"
X Link 2024-03-13T15:08Z 4.3M followers, 226.2K engagements

"States and medical societies are stepping up to fill the CDCs data void Scientific American Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Heres what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:48Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements

"What 6-7 demons and The Big Bang Theory tell us about prime numbers Scientific American Prime numbers have fascinated humankind for generationshere are three of the most intriguing primes"
X Link 2026-02-09T09:16Z 4.3M followers, [--] engagements

"What the First Results from the Global Flourishing Study Tell Us about Age Employment and Partnership Scientific American Young people are struggling; retirees are happier than employees; people in partnerships are flourishing more than those who are single. Hear the first takeaways from the Global Flourishing Study"
X Link 2025-05-30T17:44Z 4.3M followers, [--] engagements

"The Forgotten History of the Worlds First Trans Clinic The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadnt fallen victim to Nazi ideology"
X Link 2021-05-10T13:30Z 4.3M followers, 805.4K engagements

"How do seedless fruits arise and how are they propagated Scientific American"
X Link 2015-05-10T20:00Z 4.3M followers, 334.2K engagements

"Multiverse Controversy Heats Up over Gravitational Waves Scientific American The BICEP2 experiments potential discovery of spacetime ripples may provide support for the concept of many universes but critics are unconvinced"
X Link 2026-02-13T22:02Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements

"Earth Stopped Getting Greener [--] Years Ago Scientific American Declining plant growth is linked todecreasing air moisture tied to global warming"
X Link 2023-10-18T22:15Z 4.3M followers, 163.8K engagements

"Archaebacteria: The Third Domain of Life Missed by Biologists for Decades These unusual bacteria are genealogically neither prokaryotes nor eukaryotes. This discovery means there are not two lines of descent of life but three: the archaebacteria the true bacteria and the eukaryotes"
X Link 2017-10-09T21:28Z 4.3M followers, 1.5M engagements

"Can Genetic Testing Predict Type [--] Diabetes Experts Say Earlier Treatment Is Possible Scientific American Genetic screening can mean that people at risk of type [--] diabetes get earlier treatment and better outcomes"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:51Z 4.3M followers, [--] engagements

"RFK Jr. just claimed the keto diet can cure schizophrenia. Heres what the science says Scientific American Preliminary studies suggest that a high-fat low-carbohydrate diet could reduce schizophrenia symptoms in some people but claiming its a cure is misleading experts say"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:02Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements

"Did astronomers just see a star blink out to become a black hole Scientific American A disappearing star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ever seen"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:13Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements

"How Long Can Humans Stay Awake J. Christian Gillin a professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego conducts research on sleep chronobiology and mood disorders. He supplies the following answer"
X Link 2014-08-28T19:50Z 4.3M followers, 23.6M engagements

"Kanzi the famous bonobo may have understood pretend objects Scientific American This famous ape may have understood pretend actionssuggesting he had the capacity to imagine"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:00Z 4.3M followers, [--] engagements

"The Relativistic Heavy Ion Colliders end marks a new beginning for U.S. particle physics Scientific American After [--] years Brookhaven National Laboratorys Relativistic Heavy Ion Colliderthe U.S.s largest and only particle colliderhas ceased operations but its science lives on"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:17Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements

"Hayli Gubbi Volcano Erupts in Ethiopia for First Time in More Than [-----] Years Scientific American The Hayli Gubbi volcano long thought to be dormant sent ash nine miles into the sky in an eruption on Sunday"
X Link 2025-11-25T16:08Z 4.3M followers, 25.3K engagements

"Blood Ties: Vampire Bats Build Trust to Become Food-Sharing Pals Scientific American New research examines how the animals begin close blood-sharing partnerships"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:00Z 4.3M followers, 15.7K engagements

"The Extraordinary Evolution of Cichlid Fishes Scientific American Cichlid fishes have undergone a mind-boggling degree of speciation. New research is revealing features of their genomes that primed them to diversify so spectacularly"
X Link 2021-07-24T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 4M engagements

"Why and how do planets rotate Scientific American"
X Link 2015-02-13T18:53Z 4.3M followers, 660.2K engagements

"The Fog of Cyberwar: What Are the Rules of Engagement Scientific American Countries are beginning to develop cyberwarfare policies to protect their national interests but defending oneself in the borderless Internet will prove problematic"
X Link 2025-12-11T13:21Z 4.3M followers, 260K engagements

"The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isnt supported by the available evidence"
X Link 2024-02-28T18:14Z 4.3M followers, 805K engagements

"Diary of a High-Functioning Person with Schizophrenia Scientific American Legal scholar Elyn Saks talks about her struggles with and surprising triumphs over mental illness"
X Link 2022-07-20T17:34Z 4.3M followers, 90K engagements

"How to Convince Someone When Facts Fail Why worldview threats undermine evidence"
X Link 2017-05-03T18:20Z 4.3M followers, 460.3K engagements

"Make Elephant Toothpaste Scientific American Learn how to make elephant toothpaste with this bubbly science project from Science Buddies"
X Link 2022-07-27T21:39Z 4.3M followers, 214.3K engagements

"What causes a fever Scientific American"
X Link 2016-12-29T22:00Z 4.3M followers, 1.3M engagements

"Why dont our digestive acids corrode our stomach linings Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives"
X Link 2021-02-01T02:30Z 4.3M followers, 3.7M engagements

"Mathematicians launch First Proof a first-of-its-kind math exam for AI Scientific American Frustrated by the AI industrys claims of proving math results without offering transparency a team of leading academics has proposed a better way"
X Link 2026-02-11T01:27Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements

"Why are male birds more colorful than female birds Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives"
X Link 2024-02-20T21:01Z 4.3M followers, 853.4K engagements

"Solar Software Company kWh Analytics Raises $5 million Scientific American This month San Francisco-based solar software company kWh Analytics announced that it had raised $5 million in Series A venture capital to support the scaling of the companys solar data platform as well as its new PowerLock (an A-rated insurance-backed production guarantee)"
X Link 2026-02-15T07:31Z 4.3M followers, [--] engagements

"Like Humans Chimps Reward Cooperation and Punish Freeloaders Scientific American Recent research challenges the notion that our closest animal relatives dont like working as a team"
X Link 2022-05-26T14:42Z 4.3M followers, 158.8K engagements

"No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air Scientific American Do recent explanations solve the mysteries of aerodynamic lift"
X Link 2020-02-11T14:41Z 4.3M followers, 373.1K engagements

"Bend Water with Static Electricity Bring Science Home: Activity 3"
X Link 2019-09-26T18:05Z 4.3M followers, 7.3M engagements

"Of After Man The New Dinosaurs and Greenworld: an interview with Dougal Dixon Scientific American Some considerable years ago - February [----] actually - I made the decision to write a short Tet Zoo article on speculative zoology. It was on the biology of Godzilla and I published it with trepidation my concern being that people would balk at the fact that I was covering an imaginary creature not a "
X Link 2025-10-25T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 504.3K engagements

"How a year of RFK Jr. has changed American science Scientific American After a year of RFK Jr. heading the Department of Health and Human Services the Make America Healthy Again movement has upended science and medicine"
X Link 2026-02-14T05:39Z 4.3M followers, [--] engagements

"A Key Series of Events Helped Giffords Survive a Gunshot Wound to the Head The nature of the congresswomans injury along with prompt emergency care kept her alive"
X Link 2021-01-18T19:36Z 4.3M followers, 34.4M engagements

"What causes a meteor shower Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives"
X Link 2017-08-10T21:02Z 4.3M followers, 616.7K engagements

"How Has Stephen Hawking Lived Past [--] with ALS An expert on Lou Gehrigs disease explains what we know about this debilitating condition and how Hawking has beaten the odds"
X Link 2014-08-27T22:50Z 4.3M followers, 2M engagements

"What's the difference between brand-name and generic prescription drugs Scientific American"
X Link 2016-04-24T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 4.1M engagements

"The Evolution of Continental Crust The high-standing continents owe their existence to Earths long history of plate-tectonic activity"
X Link 2021-06-26T16:09Z 4.3M followers, 4.6M engagements

"Happy Birthday Electron Lorentzs electron theory of [----] bridges classical and modern physics"
X Link 2023-06-11T17:00Z 4.3M followers, 140.3K engagements

"Fishy Smarts: Archerfish Can Recognize Human Faces in 3-D Scientific American The finding suggests this visual ability may be more primitive than scientists thought"
X Link 2025-07-21T13:16Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements

"Where Does the Brain Store Long-Ago Memories Scientific American An internal filing system sorts events for short- or long-term use"
X Link 2017-09-04T17:00Z 4.3M followers, 164.9K engagements

"Rare Genetic Mutation Lets Some People Function with Less Sleep Ever wished you could get by with less sleep Some people can--and dont seem to be any worse off for it--thanks possibly to one unusual mutation"
X Link 2014-07-27T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 11.9M engagements

"Fact or Fiction: If You Shave (or Wax) Your Hair Will Come Back Thicker Scientific American It may look that way but looks can be very deceiving"
X Link 2014-10-20T15:54Z 4.3M followers, 8M engagements

"Without the Moon Would There Be Life on Earth By driving the tides our lunar companion may have jump-started biology--or at least accelerated its progression"
X Link 2017-10-10T21:00Z 4.3M followers, 393K engagements

"No There Wasn't an Advanced Civilization [-----] Years Ago Scientific American Did an advanced civilization disappear more than [-----] years ago"
X Link 2020-07-20T12:40Z 4.3M followers, 6.6M engagements

"How Science Figured Out the Age of Earth Scientific American For centuries scholars sought to determine Earths age but the answer had to wait for careful geologic observation isotopic analyses of the elements and an understanding of radioactive decay"
X Link 2017-10-23T12:00Z 4.3M followers, 405K engagements

"The Spectrum of Sex Development: Eric Vilain and the Intersex Controversy Scientific American The geneticist built a career studying aspects of sex that make some people uncomfortable. Now things are getting uncomfortable for him"
X Link 2019-11-14T01:19Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements

"Why do bees buzz Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives"
X Link 2019-02-26T22:00Z 4.3M followers, 932.7K engagements

"The Search for Extraterrestrial Life as We Don't Know It Scientific American Scientists are abandoning conventional thinking to search for extraterrestrial creatures that bear little resemblance to Earthlings"
X Link 2022-07-22T19:05Z 4.3M followers, 921.6K engagements

"Scrumptious Science: Making Ice Cream in a Bag Scientific American A chilly edible chemistry challenge from Science Buddies"
X Link 2017-05-09T21:00Z 4.3M followers, 1.6M engagements

"BPA May Prompt More Fat in the Human Body Scientific American New research suggests that humans transform the chemical into a compound linked to obesity"
X Link 2023-02-18T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 2M engagements

"Deep Voice Gives Politicians Electoral Boost Two new studies find that a deeper voice gives a politican an edge over a higher-pitched opponent"
X Link 2016-02-08T18:00Z 4.3M followers, 216.6K engagements

"Veggies with Vision: Do Plants See the World around Them The concept of a seeing plant fell by the wayside in the early 20th centuryonly to reemerge in the past few years"
X Link 2019-06-24T18:31Z 4.3M followers, 812.4K engagements

"Why Do Animals Keep Evolving into Crabs Scientific American Crablikebodies are so evolutionarilyfavorable that theyveevolved at least five different times"
X Link 2022-07-22T19:05Z 4.3M followers, 921.5K engagements

"What Is a Prion The molecular structure of prions and how they cause infections like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease"
X Link 2017-09-20T21:00Z 4.3M followers, 1.1M engagements

"How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When to Emerge Scientific American Periodical cicadas have a clever hack to help them figure out when to emerge after more than a decade underground"
X Link 2024-05-02T21:45Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements

"Starfish Can See in the Dark (among Other Amazing Abilities) Theres a lot more going on beneath those spiny exteriors"
X Link 2019-09-20T17:00Z 4.3M followers, 2M engagements

"Ridley Scotts Prometheus Examines the Roots of Aliens Mythology Co-screenwriter Jon Spaihts speaks with Scientific American about the Alien universe and humanitys quest for knowledge in Scotts latest film"
X Link 2024-02-20T13:45Z 4.3M followers, 1.5M engagements

"Avi Loeb's Galileo Project Will Search for Evidence of Alien Visitation Scientific American With nearly $2 million in private funding the controversial new initiative is targeting unidentified phenomena in Earths skies and beyond"
X Link 2021-07-27T15:12Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements

"What Is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain Paul Reber professor of psychology at Northwestern University replies"
X Link 2016-02-12T18:00Z 4.3M followers, 12.6M engagements

"Massive Study Finds No Single Genetic Cause of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior Analysis of half a million people suggests genetics may have a limited contribution to sexual orientation"
X Link 2020-06-21T18:30Z 4.3M followers, 403.3K engagements

"The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn Our love for telling tales reveals the workings of the mind"
X Link 2019-07-02T12:32Z 4.3M followers, 803.3K engagements

"Why Our Brains Do Not Intuitively Grasp Probabilities Part one of a series of articles on the neuroscience of chance"
X Link 2020-01-14T20:40Z 4.3M followers, 3.7M engagements

"Donald Trump Wants to Make Eugenics Great Again. Lets Not Trumps anti-immigrant good-gene-bad-gene screeds are nothing but factless eugenics for a new era"
X Link 2024-10-17T14:30Z 4.3M followers, 73.5K engagements

"Storm Scents: It's True You Can Smell Oncoming Summer Rain Scientific American Researchers have teased out the aromas associated with a rainstorm and deciphered the olfactory messages they convey"
X Link 2014-08-18T17:10Z 4.3M followers, 830.3K engagements

"What Immunity to COVID-19 Really Means The presence of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus could provide some protection but scientists need more data"
X Link 2020-05-17T14:00Z 4.3M followers, 199.6K engagements

"What Is Ammonium Nitrate the Chemical That Exploded in Beirut Scientific American The blast injured thousands and killed at least [--] people"
X Link 2020-10-21T15:04Z 4.3M followers, 652.2K engagements

"New Studies Warn of Cataclysmic Solar Superstorms Scientific American New data suggest the New York Railroad Storm could have surpassed the intensity of the famous Carrington Event of 1859"
X Link 2021-05-10T15:00Z 4.3M followers, 772.3K engagements

"Earliest Evidence of Wooden Construction Uncovered Scientific American Researchers say the discovery of the earliest known wooden construction expands their knowledge of the woodworking skills of early humans that existed before Homo sapiens"
X Link 2023-12-26T01:00Z 4.3M followers, 317.3K engagements

"Race Is a Social Construct Scientists Argue Scientific American Racial categories are weak proxies for genetic diversity and need to be phased out"
X Link 2019-01-09T18:00Z 4.3M followers, 3.4M engagements

"A Recycled Universe Crashing branes and cosmic acceleration may power an infinite cycle in which our universe is but a phase"
X Link 2021-04-17T13:24Z 4.3M followers, 2.1M engagements

"Baffling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Set for Diagnostic Overhaul Scientific American Researchers might soon redefine the mysterious condition while the latest findings point to the role of brain inflammation"
X Link 2018-04-02T14:51Z 4.3M followers, 354K engagements

"Mathematical Games The fantastic combinations of John Conways new solitaire game life"
X Link 2020-10-05T18:00Z 4.3M followers, 1.2M engagements

"What Came before the Big Bang Scientific American Our universe may have started not with a big bang but with a big bouncean implosion that triggered an explosion all driven by exotic quantum-gravitational effects"
X Link 2020-11-29T09:32Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements

"What are the effects of the drug Ecstasy Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives"
X Link 2014-10-16T13:30Z 4.3M followers, 11.9M engagements

"How Ultrasound Changed the Human Sex Ratio Scientific American A technology originally developed for maritime navigation and detection has become the dominant method for sex selection"
X Link 2023-06-24T00:00Z 4.3M followers, 850.5K engagements

"Mystery of Moons Magnetic Field Deepens The moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least [----] billion years ago [---] years longer than previously thought a new study reports"
X Link 2024-02-20T13:29Z 4.3M followers, 123K engagements

"How Wealthy UFO Fans Helped Fuel Fringe Beliefs There is a long U.S. legacy of plutocrat-funded pseudoscience. Congress just embraced it"
X Link 2023-08-25T18:16Z 4.3M followers, 112.1K engagements

"Am I Introverted or Socially Anxious At long last introverts are having their day. Over the last few years being quiet and inner-directed has become not only acceptable but downright trendy. But introversion often gets mistaken for its more restrictive self-conscious but treatable cousin social anxiety"
X Link 2020-10-25T16:15Z 4.3M followers, 1.1M engagements

"If Spacetime Were a Superfluid Would It Unify Physicsor Is the Theory All Wet Thinking of space and time as a liquid might help reconcile quantum mechanics and relativity"
X Link 2019-04-22T21:00Z 4.3M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Why do we put salt on icy sidewalks in the winter Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives"
X Link 2021-01-25T21:18Z 4.3M followers, 155.7K engagements

"The Color of Plants on Other Worlds On other worlds plants could be red blue even black"
X Link 2019-02-26T20:00Z 4.3M followers, 5.6M engagements

"Why Has a Group of Orcas Suddenly Started Attacking Boats Scientific American Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. They sank their third vessel earlier this month"
X Link 2023-07-21T17:11Z 4.3M followers, 2.6M engagements

"Fractions: Where It All Goes Wrong Scientific American Why do Americans have such trouble with fractionsand what can be done"
X Link 2025-07-31T20:16Z 4.3M followers, 595.6K engagements

"Earth's Inner Core May Have an Inner Core Scientific American Echoes from earthquakes suggest that Earths solid inner core has its own core"
X Link 2024-11-18T14:25Z 4.3M followers, 12M engagements

"The Advantages of Dyslexia Scientific American With reading difficulties can come other cognitive strengths"
X Link 2023-03-21T12:00Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements

"The Death Cults of Prehistoric Malta New archaeological excavations reveal that as the ancient island societies suffered from environmental decline they developed an extreme religious preoccupation with life and death"
X Link 2021-12-23T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 369.4K engagements

"The U.S. Just Lost [--] Years' Worth of Progress on Life Expectancy Scientific American COVID and overdose deaths have sharply cut U.S. life expectancy with Indigenous peoples experiencing the biggest decline"
X Link 2022-10-28T02:22Z 4.3M followers, 15.6K engagements

"What to Believe in Antarcticas Great Ice Debate Although not all the studies agree most climate scientists argue that yes Antarctica is losing mass in a warming world"
X Link 2019-05-31T18:56Z 4.3M followers, 8.9M engagements

"The Science of the Great Molasses Flood Scientific American In [----] a wave of syrup swept through the streets of Boston. Fluid dynamics explains why it was even more devastating than a typical tsunami"
X Link 2014-10-18T17:04Z 4.3M followers, 469K engagements

"Could certain frequencies of electromagnetic waves or radiation interfere with brain function Scientific American"
X Link 2019-10-06T21:00Z 4.3M followers, 522.4K engagements

"How Did Dinosaurs See Smell Hear and Move Scientific American New fossils and analytical tools provide unprecedented insights into dinosaur sensory perception"
X Link 2025-06-28T16:58Z 4.3M followers, 399.6K engagements

"A Psychedelic May Soon Go to the FDA for Approval to Treat Trauma MDMA known as Ecstasy in the clubs gained high marks in a clinical trial for PTSD"
X Link 2022-11-02T12:45Z 4.3M followers, 120.2K engagements

"Tutankhamen's Familial DNA Tells Tale of Boy Pharaoh's Disease and Incest Scientific American New insight into the fragile pharaoh"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:12Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements

"Mary Leakey: Unearthing History Scientific American Editors"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:45Z 4.3M followers, 214.6K engagements

"The First Molecule in the Universe Scientists have identified mystery molecules in space and the compound thought to have started chemistry in the cosmos"
X Link 2023-03-06T02:15Z 4.3M followers, 17.4M engagements

"Star Treks Warp Drive Leads to New Physics Researchers are taking a closer look at this science-fiction stapleand bringing the idea a little closer to reality"
X Link 2017-06-09T17:46Z 4.3M followers, 3.5M engagements

"Misfolded Proteins Travel in Huntingtons Disease The movement of proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases could serve as a target for future therapies"
X Link 2018-09-24T21:00Z 4.3M followers, 3.2M engagements

"Small Animals Live in a Slow-Motion World Scientific American Time seems to pass more slowly for lighter animals with faster metabolisms"
X Link 2018-05-07T21:00Z 4.3M followers, 4.9M engagements

"Like Mother Like Daughter--the Science Says So Too Scientific American A new study bolsters evidence that brain structure and mood disorders are genetically passed from mother to daughter"
X Link 2018-04-05T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements

"Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking That IQ Tests Miss Why smart people sometimes do dumb things"
X Link 2017-07-21T02:10Z 4.3M followers, 139.9K engagements

"The Beaver Emerges as a 'Climate-Solving Hero' Scientific American Dam-building beavers are helping stave off some of the worst effects of climate-driven droughts and floods"
X Link 2024-04-11T11:02Z 4.3M followers, 6.7M engagements

"Boys and Girls May Get Different Breast Milk Milk composition differs based on a babys sex and a mothers wealth"
X Link 2015-12-10T17:56Z 4.3M followers, 11.6M engagements

"Toothless Skull Raises Questions about Compassion among Human Ancestors Scientific American"
X Link 2021-06-26T21:49Z 4.3M followers, 5.3M engagements

"Attraction with Static Electricity An electrically charged challenge from Science Buddies"
X Link 2017-11-24T12:47Z 4.3M followers, 3.5M engagements

"Fact or Fiction: Do Babies Resemble Their Fathers More Than Their Mothers Scientific American Recent studies do not support the claim of an enhanced resemblance between fathers and their young offspring"
X Link 2018-04-05T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements

"Its Time to End the War on Salt The zealous drive by politicians to limit our salt intake has little basis in science"
X Link 2021-04-09T15:07Z 4.3M followers, 1.3M engagements

"White Rot Fungi Slowed Coal Formation The evolution of the ability to break down a plants protective lignin largely stopped the geologic burial of carbon that formed present-day coal depositsand may provide secrets to making biofuels from inedible parts of plants"
X Link 2024-02-20T13:44Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements

"Does Humanity Have to Eat Meat Meat eating may not have made us human after all say paleoanthropologists"
X Link 2021-11-01T12:00Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements

"Is ASMR Real or Just a Pseudoscience Scientific American Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is all the rage lately. Is it real Is there something special about people who have it"
X Link 2020-10-28T01:10Z 4.3M followers, 1.6M engagements

"The Three-Body Problem Although mathematicians know they can never fully solve this centuries-old quandary tackling smaller pieces of it has yielded some intriguing discoveries"
X Link 2023-05-23T14:00Z 4.3M followers, 1.4M engagements

"Massive Machines Are Bringing Giant Exoplanets Down to Earth Scientists are using football-field-sized lasers warehouse-sized electromagnets and other immense facilities to reveal the deep secrets of planetary interiors"
X Link 2022-01-24T13:00Z 4.3M followers, 2.7M engagements

"Extraordinary brain network discovery changes our understanding of Parkinsons disease Scientific American An extraordinary brain network discovery shows that Parkinsons disease may not be a movement disorder after all"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:14Z 4.3M followers, 11.7K engagements

"Semisolid Science: Growing Yogurt A live culture challenge from Science Buddies"
X Link 2018-11-22T22:00Z 4.3M followers, 202.3K engagements

"3 Human Chimeras That Already Exist Some peoplesuch as fetuses that absorb a dead twinhave two sets of DNA"
X Link 2020-02-09T22:00Z 4.3M followers, 5.7M engagements

"What Science Learned from My Orgasm Brain imaging is providing clues about why some women cant reach climaxand how to help them"
X Link 2024-02-20T12:47Z 4.3M followers, 159K engagements

"Stone Age Animal Urine Could Solve a Mystery about Technological Development Scientific American Millennia of a rodentlike animals urine preserve crucial data that could help scientists understand early humans leap forward"
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