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# ![@ScienceAlert Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::60813201.png) @ScienceAlert ScienceAlert

ScienceAlert posts on X about science, stars, dinosaur, elements the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::60813201/interactions)
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- X Week XXXXXXXXX -XX%
- X Month XXXXXXXXXX +3.50%
- X Months XXXXXXXXXX +735%
- X Year XXXXXXXXXX +259%

### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::60813201/posts_active)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::60813201/c:line/m:posts_active.svg)

- X Week XXX -XX%
- X Month XXX -XXXX%
- X Months XXXXX +223%
- X Year XXXXX +48%

### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::60813201/followers)
![Followers Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::60813201/c:line/m:followers.svg)

- X Week XXXXXXX -X%
- X Month XXXXXXX -XXXX%
- X Months XXXXXXX +0.21%
- X Year XXXXXXX +0.94%

### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::60813201/influencer_rank)
![CreatorRank Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::60813201/c:line/m:influencer_rank.svg)

### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[science](/topic/science) 1.83%, [stars](/topic/stars) #65, [dinosaur](/topic/dinosaur) 1.83%, [elements](/topic/elements) 1.83%, [guess](/topic/guess) 0.92%, [how to](/topic/how-to) 0.92%, [we want](/topic/we-want) 0.92%, [what do](/topic/what-do) 0.92%, [whales](/topic/whales) 0.92%, [happiness](/topic/happiness) XXXX%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@thermofisher](/creator/undefined) [@syracuseu](/creator/undefined) [@ucphresearch](/creator/undefined) [@nagoyauniv](/creator/undefined) [@utaustin](/creator/undefined) [@asu](/creator/undefined) [@uniiceland](/creator/undefined) [@univspn](/creator/undefined) [@swri](/creator/undefined) [@chloems](/creator/undefined) [@rcscience](/creator/undefined)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Scientists Think They've Cracked The Mystery of This Cute Octopus And Its 'Shell' : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-theyve-cracked-the-mystery-of-the-argonaut-octopus-and-its-shell)  2023-05-29T19:00Z 113.4K followers, 827.7K engagements


"Cats Meow More Than Twice as Much at Men And We Can Only Guess Why : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/cats-meow-more-than-twice-as-much-at-men-and-we-can-only-guess-why)  2025-12-11T03:14Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Here Are XX Psychological Tricks to Immediately Make You More Likeable : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/16-psychological-tricks-to-make-people-immediately-like-you)  2021-12-23T07:41Z 113.4K followers, 2.1M engagements


"Last Time Carbon Emissions Were This High The Dinosaurs Went Extinct : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/carbon-emissions-now-higher-than-they-ve-been-since-the-dinosaurs-went-extinct)  2017-12-04T23:50Z 113.4K followers, 9.2M engagements


"Here's How Much of a Threat Asteroids Really Pose to Our Planet. And Us : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/heres-how-much-of-a-threat-asteroids-really-pose-to-our-planet-and-us)  2025-11-11T17:00Z 113.4K followers, 3.7M engagements


"Trove of XXX 'Exceptional' Egyptian Figurines Solves Long-Standing Mystery : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/trove-of-225-exceptional-egyptian-figurines-solves-long-standing-mystery)  2025-12-08T23:43Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Scientists Contact Whales in World-First Communication Experiment"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-contact-whales-in-world-first-communication-experiment)  2023-12-18T01:19Z 113.4K followers, 307.2K engagements


"Many Animals Actually Have a Third Transparent Eyelid. Here's Why. : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/many-animals-actually-have-a-third-transparent-eyelid-heres-why)  2024-09-06T16:10Z 113.4K followers, 14.5K engagements


"Molecule Vital to Happiness Found in Material From Asteroid Bennu : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/molecule-vital-to-happiness-found-in-material-from-asteroid-bennu)  2025-12-03T11:00Z 113.4K followers, 499.2K engagements


"Scientists Grew a Synthetic Mouse Embryo With a Brain And a Beating Heart : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-a-synthetic-mouse-embryo-with-a-brain-and-a-beating-heart)  2025-10-24T16:00Z 113.4K followers, 356.5K engagements


"Cutting Calories by XX% May Be Enough to Shield Brain Against Aging : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/cutting-calories-by-30-may-be-enough-to-shield-brain-against-aging)  2025-12-09T10:56Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Billions of Undetected 'Rogue Planets' Could Be Tearing Wildly Through Our Galaxy : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/there-could-be-billions-of-loose-planets-roaming-the-milky-way)  2019-11-21T21:45Z 113.4K followers, 1.9M engagements


"40% of Sports Supplements Dont Contain Ingredients On The Label US Study Finds"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/40-of-sports-supplements-dont-contain-ingredients-on-the-label-us-study-finds)  2023-07-24T01:28Z 113.4K followers, 1.5M engagements


"Specific Hand Gestures Can Make You Instantly More Persuasive Study Says : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/specific-hand-gestures-can-make-you-instantly-more-persuasive-study-says)  2025-12-05T22:23Z 113.4K followers, XX engagements


"14-Year-Old Wins Prize For Origami That Can Hold 10000 Times Its Own Weight : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/14-year-old-wins-prize-for-origami-that-can-hold-10000-times-its-own-weight)  2025-12-02T07:02Z 113.4K followers, 1182 engagements


"Microplastics Can Spread Dangerous Pathogens Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/microplastics-can-spread-dangerous-pathogens-scientists-warn)  2025-12-12T04:00Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fungus-appears-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability)  2025-11-30T06:29Z 113.4K followers, 16.1K engagements


"Florida Sweepstakes: Win A VIP Trip to Kennedy Space Center & EPCOT"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/spark-into-space-comp)  2025-11-17T07:58Z 113.4K followers, 9.2M engagements


"Just Looking at Photos of Nature Could Be Enough to Lower Your Work Stress Levels"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/just-looking-at-photos-of-nature-could-be-enough-to-lower-your-work-stress-levels)  2016-03-23T10:26Z 113.4K followers, 1553 engagements


"This Melting Planet Laid a Trail of Destruction Over X Million Miles Long : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/this-melting-planet-laid-a-trail-of-destruction-over-5-million-miles-long)  2025-04-24T14:05Z 113.4K followers, 408.5K engagements


"A Single 30-Minute Exercise Session Has an Immediate Antidepressant Effect : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/a-single-30-minute-exercise-session-has-an-immediate-antidepressant-effect)  2025-11-29T16:54Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Physicists Create New Type of Time Quasicrystal Inside a Diamond : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-create-new-type-of-time-quasicrystal-inside-a-diamond)  2025-04-06T16:30Z 113.4K followers, 4.8M engagements


"CO2 Makes Up Just XXXX% of Earths Atmosphere. Heres Why Its Impact Is So Massive"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/co2-is-only-a-tiny-part-of-our-atmosphere-but-it-has-a-huge-influence-here-s-why)  2019-09-16T03:44Z 113.4K followers, 590.5K engagements


"'Super-Jupiter' Exoplanets May Look Like Nothing We've Ever Seen : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/super-jupiter-exoplanets-may-look-like-nothing-weve-ever-seen)  2025-12-11T14:35Z 113.4K followers, XX engagements


"Physicists Just Showed That The Big Bang Might Have Been a 'Big Bounce' : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-say-the-big-bang-might-have-been-a-big-bounce)  2020-11-29T09:32Z 113.4K followers, 2.2M engagements


"'Dark Genes' Hiding Unseen in Human DNA Have Just Been Revealed : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-genes-hiding-unseen-in-human-dna-have-just-been-revealed)  2025-07-20T16:01Z 113.4K followers, 284.5K engagements


"Extreme 'Fire Amoeba' Smashes Record For Heat Tolerance : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/extreme-fire-amoeba-smashes-record-for-heat-tolerance)  2025-12-02T13:45Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Climate Change Likely Caused The Collapse of This Ancient Civilisation 4000 Years Ago : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/climate-change-likely-caused-the-collapse-of-an-ancient-civilisation-4-000-years-ago)  2020-05-30T13:00Z 113.4K followers, 1.6M engagements


"Hundreds of Earthquakes Detected at Antarctica's 'Doomsday' Glacier : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-earthquakes-detected-at-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier)  2025-12-12T19:20Z 113.4K followers, XX engagements


"Voyager X May Have Caught Uranus At a Bad Time Solving a 40-Year Mystery : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/voyager-2-may-have-caught-uranus-at-a-bad-time-solving-a-40-year-mystery)  2025-12-10T12:46Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Don't Panic 3I/ATLAS Isn't an Alien Death Probe But It Is Wildly Unusual : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/dont-panic-3i-atlas-isnt-an-alien-death-probe-but-it-is-wildly-unusual)  2025-11-13T05:51Z 113.4K followers, 4742 engagements


"Scientists Discover a Way to 'Recharge' Aging Human Cells : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-way-to-recharge-aging-human-cells)  2025-12-03T11:46Z 113.4K followers, 28.4K engagements


"New Type of Chemical Bond Discovered : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/new-type-of-chemical-bond-discovered)  2023-02-02T22:00Z 113.4K followers, 2M engagements


"An Encounter With a Neutron Star Would Dwarf Our Entire Nuclear Arsenal : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/if-an-astronaut-got-too-close-to-a-neutron-star-the-explosion-would-dwarf-our-entire-nuclear-arsenal)  2020-08-20T13:30Z 113.4K followers, 939K engagements


"Living at High Altitudes Induces Remarkable Changes in How Genes Behave : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/living-at-high-altitudes-induces-remarkable-changes-in-how-genes-behave)  2025-12-10T21:16Z 113.4K followers, XX engagements


"Nanoparticles Therapy Could Wipe Out Plaque Build-Up in Arteries : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/nanoparticles-therapy-could-wipe-out-plaque-build-up-in-arteries)  2025-09-03T23:15Z 113.4K followers, 260.1K engagements


"One Critical Factor Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise Study Says : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/one-critical-factor-predicts-longevity-better-than-diet-or-exercise-study-says)  2025-12-12T07:00Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"NASA Discovers Secret Army Base Buried Under Decades of Ice : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-discovers-secret-army-base-buried-under-decades-of-ice)  2025-01-07T19:27Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


""The equivalent of a New York City taxi cab holding over 4000 elephants" says Miles Wu. @thermofisher"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ScienceAlert/status/1995750433940254839)  2025-12-02T07:02Z 112.3K followers, 1177 engagements


"The newly discovered "fire amoeba from the Cascades" grows and divides at temperatures up to XX degrees Celsius (145 Fahrenheit) the highest known temperature for a eukaryotic organism. @SyracuseU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ScienceAlert/status/1995851834477383989)  2025-12-02T13:45Z 112.3K followers, XXX engagements


"Researchers wanted to know if we were overlooking a very simple thing that could affect gut microbes: how long they spend hanging out with poop before it makes its way to the wild loo yonder. @UCPH_Research"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ScienceAlert/status/1996237123595211027)  2025-12-03T15:16Z 112.3K followers, 1529 engagements


"How Long Poop Stays in Your Body Could Impact Your Health Study Finds : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/how-long-poop-stays-in-your-body-could-impact-your-health-study-finds)  2025-12-03T15:16Z 113.4K followers, 1539 engagements


"18000 Tracks Discovered in World's Largest Dinosaur Tracksite : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/18000-tracks-discovered-in-worlds-largest-dinosaur-tracksite)  2025-12-03T22:12Z 113.4K followers, 1260 engagements


"World First: Quantum Teleportation Achieved Between Photons Scientists Confirm : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-quantum-teleportation-achieved-between-photons-scientists-confirm)  2025-11-21T03:45Z 113.4K followers, 1616 engagements


"Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests an Unexpected Simple Treatment : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-link-to-gut-bacteria-suggests-an-unexpected-simple-treatment)  2024-12-03T22:36Z 113.4K followers, 35.9K engagements


"A Fasting-Style Diet Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes to Human Brains : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/a-fasting-style-diet-seems-to-result-in-dynamic-changes-to-human-brains)  2025-12-09T20:47Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Revealed to Be Worth Over $X Million : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/rock-used-as-doorstop-for-decades-revealed-to-be-worth-over-1-million)  2025-12-09T03:39Z 113.4K followers, 4798 engagements


"JWST May Have Found The First Direct Evidence of a Primordial Black Hole : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-may-have-found-the-first-direct-evidence-of-a-primordial-black-hole)  2025-09-04T15:00Z 113.4K followers, 153.9K engagements


"New NASA Nuclear Rocket Plan Aims to Get to Mars in Just XX Days : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/new-nasa-nuclear-rocket-plan-aims-to-get-to-mars-in-just-45-days)  2023-04-10T14:40Z 113.4K followers, 1.2M engagements


"Ozempic Literally Came From a Monster And It's Not Alone : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/ozempic-literally-came-from-a-monster-and-its-not-alone)  2025-03-01T17:53Z 113.4K followers, 6750 engagements


"Scientists Say They've Identified The Physical Source of Depression in The Brain : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-say-they-ve-identified-the-physical-source-of-depression-in-the-brain)  2017-11-02T13:00Z 113.4K followers, 2M engagements


"We May Already Be Touching The Andromeda Galaxy Scientists Find : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-already-be-touching-the-andromeda-galaxy-scientists-find)  2025-04-17T19:49Z 113.4K followers, 6333 engagements


"Black Hole 'UFO' Caught at Critical Moment in Scientific First : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/black-hole-ufo-caught-at-critical-moment-in-scientific-first)  2025-12-09T20:58Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Almost $XXX Billion Worth of Rare Earth Elements May Be Buried in The US : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/almost-100-billion-worth-of-rare-earth-elements-may-be-buried-in-the-us)  2025-11-30T06:16Z 113.4K followers, 1155 engagements


"Scientists Have Trained Bumblebees to Understand a Form of Morse Code : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-trained-bumblebees-to-understand-a-form-of-morse-code)  2025-12-08T15:16Z 113.4K followers, XX engagements


"In a 2024 paper geologists calculated that the waste ash from coal burnt in fossil fuel power plants may contain as much as US$165 billion worth of rare earth elements and up to $XX billion may be feasibly extractable. @UTAustin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ScienceAlert/status/1995527412231057511)  2025-12-01T16:16Z 112.3K followers, 1026 engagements


"This Week In Science (November XX December 6) 🧪 Vampire squids from hell a dinosaur superhighway the Universe's longest spinning structure and much more Links to the full articles in thread. 🧵 #ScienceNews #ScienceAlert #STEM #ThisWeekInScience #TWIS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ScienceAlert/status/1997259893472969191)  2025-12-06T11:00Z 112.4K followers, 1328 engagements


"Truly alien worlds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ScienceAlert/status/1998727170605142098)  2025-12-10T12:11Z 112.3K followers, XXX engagements


"The probe's flyby probably coincided with a transient solar wind event passing through the system. @SwRI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ScienceAlert/status/1998736117546230185)  2025-12-10T12:46Z 112.3K followers, XXX engagements