# ![@NewsfromScience Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::17089636.png) @NewsfromScience News from Science

**Multiple discoveries**: A newly discovered trilobite fossil was used as jewelry in ancient Rome, while peacock feathers have been found to emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom. 

**Research and tech**: A new study found that a researcher's institution can account for over 50% of their productivity. Meanwhile, a new LLM can efficiently fill in missing characters in Roman inscriptions.

**Earthquake and science policy**: Footage shows a devastating earthquake in Myanmar causing a hillside to crack and slide. The National Science Foundation plans to end operation of a research ship crucial for studying Antarctica.

**AI and global developments**: China is leading in AI research despite US restrictions on exporting key computing chips. 

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"Earliest dinosaurs may have sported feathers Science AAAS First feathers may have been for insulation or sexual display"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/07/earliest-dinosaurs-may-have-sported-feathers)  2017-11-27T22:53Z 667.8K followers, 1.5M engagements


"What Does IQ Really Measure Science AAAS A new study argues that the score reflects both motivation and intelligence"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/04/what-does-iq-really-measure)  2017-05-01T19:00Z 667.8K followers, 1.1M engagements


"By definition microbes are supposed to be so small they can only be seen with a microscope. But a bacterium living in Caribbean mangroves never got that memo. Its threadlike single cell is visible to the naked eye growing up to [--] centimetersas long as a peanutand [----] times bigger than many other microbes. Whats more this giant has a huge genome thats not free floating inside the cell as in other bacteria but is instead encased in a membrane an innovation characteristic of much more complex cells like those in the human body. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4tpcVO0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019827276171382784)  2026-02-06T17:35Z 667.8K followers, 36.9K engagements


"Free housing. Free food. Free protection from predators. There are a lot of perks for beetles and other tiny organisms that live covertly inside ant colonies. But as it turns out there is a potential downside too: no way out. Researchers report that a species of rove beetle has taken a one-way evolutionary journey evolving a clever way to disguise itself that itll never be able to undo. If they ever stop refreshing their cloak they will die. The findings convincingly show how tight knit ecological cohabitation can become locked in. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Me0KTs https://scim.ag/3Me0KTs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2020883024766783906)  2026-02-09T15:30Z 667.8K followers, 12.1K engagements


"A Japanese university established to set a new paradigm for higher education in the country has hit another stumbling block. https://scim.ag/3ZYvf2N https://scim.ag/3ZYvf2N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022136150882693328)  2026-02-13T02:30Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"A mission to Canadas Queen Elizabeth Islands reveals degradation of a sea ice haven. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4pzSzhF https://scim.ag/4pzSzhF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022166378887712887)  2026-02-13T04:30Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The work of evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer shows why humans are the fattest highest energy apes. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4iyPgFd https://scim.ag/4iyPgFd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022196567164293190)  2026-02-13T06:30Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Today RNA may seem overshadowed by its glamorous cousin DNA but many scientists think RNA molecules were the star players in the origin of life. By both storing genetic information and copying themselves they might have touched off the march of evolution that produced increasingly complex life forms. So far researchers havent found RNAs that can replicate themselves a key feature of living things. But they now have something close. In a new paper researchers report creating RNAs that can generate a sort of mirror image of themselves and use that template to generate the original. Learn more:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022396645657227566)  2026-02-13T19:45Z 667.8K followers, 30.4K engagements


"New species of 'terror bird' discovered Science AAAS Rare fossil find is 95% complete"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/new-species-terror-bird-discovered)  2018-01-22T23:00Z 667.8K followers, 2.9M engagements


"On southern Greeces mountainous Mani Peninsula a tightly clannish group of people known as Deep Maniots keep to themselves. Wary of outsiders the isolated group maintains a distinctive society organized around male family lines as well as a proud oral tradition claiming ties to medieval nobility. A new study suggests the Deep Maniots isolation goes way back with most Deep Maniot men descending directly from Greek-speaking groups that lived in the area before the medieval period. Genetic analysis also reveals very limited intermixing from other populations while showing that women of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2020977293284278653)  2026-02-09T21:45Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"As money woes hit the University of Chicago the oldest private marine laboratory in the United States is striking out on its own. https://scim.ag/4kqbydz https://scim.ag/4kqbydz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021834162441756774)  2026-02-12T06:30Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"As preparations for the fifth International Polar Year kick off organizers grapple with U.S. climate skepticism and Russias invasion of Ukraine. https://scim.ag/4txZiff https://scim.ag/4txZiff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022031722720694477)  2026-02-12T19:35Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The go-to treatment for appendicitis has always been surgery. But a new study suggests a less invasive option: antibiotics. https://scim.ag/4bSlmLw https://scim.ag/4bSlmLw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022363897512988682)  2026-02-13T17:35Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The chief of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Lindsey Criswell has told her staff that her 5-year leadership appointment had not been renewed meaning [--] out of [--] NIH institutes and centers will be operating without a permanent director. https://scim.ag/3MvhaXF https://scim.ag/3MvhaXF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022433117647118717)  2026-02-13T22:10Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"First direct observation of hunting pelican eel reveals a bizarre fish with an inflatable head Science AAAS Rare video shows deep-sea eel expanding its unusual jaws to capture prey"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/first-direct-observation-hunting-pelican-eel-reveals-bizarre-fish-inflatable-head)  2021-05-14T14:00Z 667K followers, 115.1K engagements


"Activists Destroy 'Golden Rice' Field Trial Science AAAS Hundreds of activists rampage in experimental field in Philippines in protest over vitamin A-enhanced crop"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/08/activists-destroy-golden-rice-field-trial)  2019-10-05T15:00Z 666.8K followers, 572.1K engagements


"How Europeans evolved white skin Science AAAS Ancient DNA from skeletons shows dramatic natural selection on skin color and height in many Europeans"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/how-europeans-evolved-white-skin)  2018-05-20T15:39Z 661.4K followers, 2.8M engagements


"Chinese paper on embryo engineering splits scientific community Science AAAS Ethical debate reignited by gene-editing experiments on human embryos"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/chinese-paper-embryo-engineering-splits-scientific-community)  2016-08-31T19:00Z 661.4K followers, 620.5K engagements


"Tiny fossil reveals what happened to birds after dinosaurs went extinct Science AAAS Find suggests birds made a quick comeback after other dinos died off [--] million years ago"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/tiny-fossil-reveals-what-happened-birds-after-dinosaurs-went-extinct)  2018-05-16T16:36Z 666.8K followers, 5.1M engagements


"Even Amnesics Dream of Tetris Science AAAS Memory study shows that video game images persist despite brain damage"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2000/10/even-amnesics-dream-tetris)  2018-11-09T18:28Z 667K followers, 138K engagements


"Bringing extinct species back from the dead could hurtnot helpconservation efforts Science AAAS New analysis shows that the money used to care for resurrected animals could be better spent saving living ones"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/should-we-bring-extinct-species-back-dead)  2021-07-01T16:00Z 667K followers, 27M engagements


"Ammoniaa renewable fuel made from sun air and watercould power the globe without carbon Science AAAS With copious solar and wind power Australia aims to displace Haber-Bosch a dirty 100-year-old recipe for making ammonia"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/ammonia-renewable-fuel-made-sun-air-and-water-could-power-globe-without-carbon)  2020-12-20T14:00Z 666.8K followers, 449.7K engagements


"Earth is sending oxygen to the moon Science AAAS Charged particles swept to our satellite may explain lunar soil oddities"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/earth-sending-oxygen-moon)  2021-06-15T00:54Z 667K followers, 4.7M engagements


"How do wombats poop cubes Scientists get to the bottom of the mystery Science AAAS Distinctive intestines mold feces into sharp-cornered poop"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/how-do-wombats-poop-cubes-scientists-get-bottom-mystery)  2021-06-04T15:00Z 666.8K followers, 205.6K engagements


"CRISPR debate fueled by publication of second human embryoediting paper Science AAAS Another group in China has modified genomes of unviable embryos to prevent disease"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/crispr-debate-fueled-publication-second-human-embryo-editing-paper)  2016-08-31T19:00Z 661.4K followers, 620.5K engagements


"The brains of men and women aren't really that different study finds Science AAAS Human brains don"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/11/brains-men-and-women-aren-t-really-different-study-finds)  2017-02-23T17:00Z 661.4K followers, 7.1M engagements


"Merging neutron stars generate gravitational waves and a celestial light show Science AAAS As expected cosmic cataclysm is a scientific gold mine"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/merging-neutron-stars-generate-gravitational-waves-and-celestial-light-show)  2017-10-16T14:00Z 667K followers, 160.9K engagements


"The genes that turned wildcats into kitty cats Science AAAS Genetic changes could reveal how dogs humans and other animals became tame over time"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/11/genes-turned-wildcats-kitty-cats)  2016-10-20T21:00Z 666.8K followers, 1.6M engagements


"When Cats Became Comrades Science AAAS First evidence of felines protecting crops unearthed in ancient Chinese village"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/12/when-cats-became-comrades)  2016-10-20T21:00Z 661.4K followers, 1.6M engagements


"Deep probe of antimatter puts Einstein's special relativity to the test Science AAAS Antihydrogen experiments reach crucial threshold"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/12/deep-probe-antimatter-puts-einstein-s-special-relativity-test)  2016-12-23T22:00Z 666.8K followers, 1.3M engagements


"European diseases left a genetic mark on Native Americans Science AAAS Genes that sculpt the immune system were transformed by exposure in many First Peoples"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/european-diseases-left-genetic-mark-native-americans)  2018-04-15T21:00Z 661.4K followers, 2.5M engagements


"Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior giant analysis reveals Science AAAS Still researchers caution that genes cant predict who might be gay bi or straight"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals)  2020-09-16T14:00Z 667K followers, 110.7K engagements


"What Killed the Great Beasts of North America Science AAAS Humans may have had less to do with the demise of mammoths and other giant mammals than previously thought"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/01/what-killed-great-beasts-north-america)  2018-05-10T21:56Z 661.4K followers, 933.1K engagements


"How to (seriously) read a scientific paper Science AAAS Reading becomes easier with experience but it is up to each scientist to identify the techniques that work best for them"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/03/how-seriously-read-scientific-paper)  2019-06-06T19:00Z 667K followers, 2.4M engagements


"These monkey twins are the first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly Science AAAS Breakthrough could lead to new animal models for studying Alzheimers Parkinsons diseases"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/these-monkey-twins-are-first-primate-clones-made-method-developed-dolly)  2018-04-09T13:00Z 667K followers, 2.5M engagements


"Case Closed: Famous Royals Suffered From Hemophilia Science AAAS Russian bones solve centuries-old mystery"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/10/case-closed-famous-royals-suffered-hemophilia)  2017-08-03T20:00Z 661.4K followers, 2.7M engagements


"Once you hit this age aging appears to stop Science AAAS Data from Italian centenarians suggests a mortality plateau"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/once-you-hit-age-aging-appears-stop)  2020-05-30T14:30Z 661.4K followers, 6.5M engagements


"Spinning metal sails could slash fuel consumption emissions on cargo ships Science AAAS Physics of spinning balls used to get a boost from the wind"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/spinning-metal-sails-could-slash-fuel-consumption-emissions-cargo-ships)  2020-11-24T20:30Z 667K followers, 888.5K engagements


"The momentous transition to multicellular life may not have been so hard after all Science AAAS Single cells had many of the genes and functions needed for complex life to evolve"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/momentous-transition-multicellular-life-may-not-have-been-so-hard-after-all)  2020-12-15T02:14Z 661.4K followers, 253.8K engagements


"Six cloned horses help rider win prestigious polo match Science AAAS Celebrated rider Adolfo Cambiaso mounts six horses named Cuartetera"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/12/six-cloned-horses-help-rider-win-prestigious-polo-match)  2018-04-09T13:00Z 667K followers, 2.5M engagements


"Was Flint's deadly Legionnaires' epidemic caused by low chlorine levels in the water supply Science AAAS As concentrations of the disinfectant dropped the risk of cases went up new study shows"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/was-flint-s-deadly-legionnaires-epidemic-caused-low-chlorine-levels-water-supply)  2018-11-28T22:00Z 667K followers, 1.3M engagements


"Its not exactly the T-1000yet. But researchers have created a liquid metal robot that can mimic the shape-shifting abilities of the silvery morphing killer robot in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. https://scim.ag/1hV https://scim.ag/1hV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/1618285166782185474)  2023-01-25T16:30Z 667.6K followers, 214.6K engagements


"Breaking news: Data from a trial involving [----] children in four African countries suggest a vaccine known as R21/MatrixM provides significant protection against #malaria. It could receive WHO approval as soon as Monday. https://scim.ag/4i7 https://scim.ag/4i7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/1707879386052022418)  2023-09-29T22:05Z 667K followers, 88.1K engagements


"About a decade ago a baker in a small mountainous village in southern Austria noticed his cow doing something unusual. When Veronika had an itch she would grab a stick in her mouth and use it to scratch her body. Over the years the brown bovids technique improved. She could pick up objects as large as a broom or rake and move them around with her prehensile tongue changing their length and orientation to ensure the best possible scratch. The behavior isnt just a clever trick: Its the first documented case of tool use in cattle scientists report. And it turns out one of Veronikas skills has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2013627861228265892)  2026-01-20T15:01Z 667.5K followers, 559.2K engagements


"In an unprecedented step for a major research university Purdue University has begun to curb the flow of Chinese graduate students to its Indiana campuses. The policy follows pressure from Congress and President Donald Trump for U.S. institutions to monitor Chinese scholars more closely but goes far beyond those demands. https://scim.ag/3LmzMIV https://scim.ag/3LmzMIV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2014193822792634475)  2026-01-22T04:30Z 666.9K followers, [----] engagements


"In November [----] environmental police in Rochedo Brazil stumbled on an unexpected sight: thousands of orange-and-black bumblebee catfish scaling the slippery rocks behind waterfalls on the Aquidauana River. A week later a team of Brazilian scientists arrived to document the unprecedented event detailing their findings. These videos provide rare insight into the lives and migrations of these little-studied catfish the authors said. This genus of small South American fish which inhabits the rocky bottoms of fast-flowing streams only became known to science in [----]. Learn more:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2015113709341823227)  2026-01-24T17:25Z 666.8K followers, 923.7K engagements


"In November [----] an ecologist was in the middle of a research expedition in central Amazonia when he spotted something strange: a black-chinned antbird resting on a branch with an erebid moth on the back of its neck. The moth was probing one of the bird's eyes with its proboscis and appeared to be drinking from it. About [--] minutes later they came across a different moth drinking from the eye of another resting antbird. Butterflies and bees also drink the eye secretions of other animalsbutterflies are partial to basking crocodiles whereas bees like turtle tears. But fast-moving birds are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2015542763899556209)  2026-01-25T21:50Z 667K followers, 1.3M engagements


"Waves of molten rock could be confounding observations of atmospheres on distant planets. https://scim.ag/3M6vg1l https://scim.ag/3M6vg1l"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2016164446360440861)  2026-01-27T15:00Z 666.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Waves of molten rock could be confounding observations of atmospheres on distant planets. https://scim.ag/3M6vg1l https://scim.ag/3M6vg1l"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2017062724556017950)  2026-01-30T02:30Z 667.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Scientists hope the studywhich strongly links multiple sclerosis with Epstein-Barr viruswill spur the development of a vaccine against EBV. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4c0K8c8 https://scim.ag/4c0K8c8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2017294255799128397)  2026-01-30T17:50Z 666.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Hammer a nail into a tree and it will get stuck. So why doesn't the same thing happen to the sharp beaks of woodpeckers Scientists may finally have the answer. In a [----] study researchers took high-speed videos of two black woodpeckers pecking away at hardwood trunks in zoos and analyzed them frame by frame to see how the head and beak moved throughout each peck. The bird's secret: an ability to move its upper and lower beaks independently the team reports. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/46fY1iT https://scim.ag/46fY1iT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2017699497317392426)  2026-01-31T20:40Z 666.9K followers, 74.1K engagements


"This silica-rich rock preserves fine detail about an ancient mysterious organism known as Prototaxites preserved here as a grayish blob rife with black speckles. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3ZkYiNM https://scim.ag/3ZkYiNM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2018074406199697703)  2026-02-01T21:30Z 666.6K followers, [----] engagements


"You dont need a brain to benefit from a good night of sleep. Despite lacking a central nervous system jellyfish and sea anemones have sleep patterns remarkably similar to those of humans researchers report. Learn more: https://scim.ag/49qn4k2 https://scim.ag/49qn4k2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2018796726904041479)  2026-02-03T21:20Z 666.8K followers, [----] engagements


"When key housekeeper brain cells grow in lab dishes they spawn unusual microscopic vesicles that can move on their own and carry energy-generating organelles a research team revealed. The biologists have dubbed their discovery zombosomes because the blobs can move like cells for a period despite lacking a nucleus which acts as a cell's control center. The group also showed the membrane-bound messengers ferry proteins related to Parkinsons disease suggesting they may contribute to it and other brain disorders. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4runP39 https://scim.ag/4runP39"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019135222009266574)  2026-02-04T19:45Z 667.5K followers, 27.8K engagements


"Scientists hope the studywhich strongly links multiple sclerosis with Epstein-Barr viruswill spur the development of a vaccine against EBV. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4c0K8c8 https://scim.ag/4c0K8c8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019237053183975793)  2026-02-05T02:30Z 667K followers, [----] engagements


"About [--] million years ago a 14-kilometer-wide asteroid careened into southeastern Mexico eviscerating forests nonavian dinosaurs and nearly everything in between. The impact and the apocalyptic winter that followed wiped out 75% of species. But life finds a way. According to a recent redating of sedimentary layers formed around the time of this collision microscopic marine organisms bounced back far more quickly than many believed possible. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4agX3Ei https://scim.ag/4agX3Ei"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019481177489322058)  2026-02-05T18:40Z 666.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The spread of agriculture didnt just change our dietsthe switch to softer processed food altered our jaws making it easy to pronounce "f"s and "v"s and opening a whole new world of words. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2NK https://scim.ag/2NK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019659837580202165)  2026-02-06T06:30Z 667.3K followers, [----] engagements


"You dont need a brain to benefit from a good night of sleep. Despite lacking a central nervous system jellyfish and sea anemones have sleep patterns remarkably similar to those of humans researchers report. Learn more: https://scim.ag/49qn4k2 https://scim.ag/49qn4k2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019690116592071080)  2026-02-06T08:30Z 666.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Hammer a nail into a tree and it will get stuck. So why doesn't the same thing happen to the sharp beaks of woodpeckers Scientists may finally have the answer. In a [----] study researchers took high-speed videos of two black woodpeckers pecking away at hardwood trunks in zoos and analyzed them frame by frame to see how the head and beak moved throughout each peck. The bird's secret: an ability to move its upper and lower beaks independently the team reports. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/46fY1iT https://scim.ag/46fY1iT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019720561752985795)  2026-02-06T10:31Z 667.4K followers, 18.2K engagements


"To primatologists around the world Kanzi was a star. After years of training with sign language and a specialized keyboard the 44-year-old bonobo had gained an unusually sophisticated understanding of human words making him the focus of decades of research into nonhuman primates language abilities. But Christopher Krupenye a cognitive scientist at Johns Hopkins University wanted to test something different: Kanzis imagination. In March [----] Krupenye and his colleagues acted out a version of a childs tea party with the bonobo pantomiming pouring liquid from an empty pitcher into two empty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019865092985102500)  2026-02-06T20:05Z 667.2K followers, [----] engagements


"A Senate panel came down hard on the director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health for cuts to clinical trials grant-funding delays and other chaos unleashed at his agency by President Donald Trumps administration in the past year. https://scim.ag/46pID3x https://scim.ag/46pID3x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019961823273869323)  2026-02-07T02:30Z 667.2K followers, [----] engagements


"When people work together they can achieve great things. But if they cant talk theyre not necessarily smarter than ants at least according to a study from [----]. Both longhorn crazy ants and humans can figure out how to work together to move an unwieldy object through a series of obstacles. So scientists pitted the two against each other. They had individuals and groups of different sizes of both species maneuver a T-shaped object through holes in walls both of which were scaled to the body size of the participants. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4cnWkC7 https://scim.ag/4cnWkC7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2020187137501503912)  2026-02-07T17:25Z 666.9K followers, 12.8K engagements


"When key housekeeper brain cells grow in lab dishes they spawn unusual microscopic vesicles that can move on their own and carry energy-generating organelles a research team revealed. The biologists have dubbed their discovery zombosomes because the blobs can move like cells for a period despite lacking a nucleus which acts as a cell's control center. The group also showed the membrane-bound messengers ferry proteins related to Parkinsons disease suggesting they may contribute to it and other brain disorders. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4runP39 https://scim.ag/4runP39"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2020747105518665903)  2026-02-09T06:30Z 667.4K followers, [----] engagements


"A new paper levels fresh allegations of questionable scientific practices by the Bandim Health Project an embattled group led by researchers in Denmark that has long studied vaccines in West Africa and has recently become influential in U.S. health policy. https://scim.ag/4cdAIdu https://scim.ag/4cdAIdu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2020935810791375154)  2026-02-09T19:00Z 667.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Breaking news: One of the largest monkey research centers in the United States has taken the first steps toward converting itself into a primate sanctuary a seismic change that would affect biomedical research across the country. Today the board of directors of Oregon Health and Science University voted to start discussions with the U.S. National Institutes of Health about transforming the Oregon National Primate Research Center into a reserve where no research is done. The plan faces serious obstacles however including a cost that could run to hundreds of millions of dollars."  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021020043409023425)  2026-02-10T00:35Z 667.5K followers, 21K engagements


"Scientists have a new tool for keeping on top of the exponentially growing body of research papers which broke [--] million in 2024: an #AI program designed specifically to analyze the scientific literature. https://scim.ag/49WZkWq https://scim.ag/49WZkWq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021048990049984626)  2026-02-10T02:30Z 666.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The evolution of the football helmet a critical safety device has accelerated in recent years driven by concerns over the long-term effects of concussions new concepts and materials and data-driven test protocols. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4bxDIkF https://scim.ag/4bxDIkF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021079205086126284)  2026-02-10T04:30Z 666.9K followers, [----] engagements


"About [--] million years ago a 14-kilometer-wide asteroid careened into southeastern Mexico eviscerating forests nonavian dinosaurs and nearly everything in between. The impact and the apocalyptic winter that followed wiped out 75% of species. But life finds a way. According to a recent redating of sedimentary layers formed around the time of this collision microscopic marine organisms bounced back far more quickly than many believed possible. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4agX3Ei https://scim.ag/4agX3Ei"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021109402627911785)  2026-02-10T06:30Z 666.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The work of evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer shows why humans are the fattest highest energy apes. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4iyPgFd https://scim.ag/4iyPgFd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021592610050068696)  2026-02-11T14:30Z 667.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Since becoming Japans first female prime minister in October [----] Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make her homeland a technology-driven nation. That ambition has the science community cheering a landslide victory by Takaichis Liberal Democratic Party in parliamentary elections this week. https://scim.ag/45XnWvR https://scim.ag/45XnWvR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021605158552031666)  2026-02-11T15:20Z 667.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Pearly whites are all the rage today but [----] years ago people in Southeast Asia were going for the opposite look. During the Iron Age people in Vietnam used pasty iron-rich paint to turn their teeth glossy black researchers reporta tradition that persists in some parts of the country today. https://scim.ag/4cn1gJk https://scim.ag/4cn1gJk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021640393285087399)  2026-02-11T17:40Z 667.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Free housing. Free food. Free protection from predators. There are a lot of perks for beetles and other tiny organisms that live covertly inside ant colonies. But as it turns out there is a potential downside too: no way out. Researchers report that a species of rove beetle has taken a one-way evolutionary journey evolving a clever way to disguise itself that itll never be able to undo. If they ever stop refreshing their cloak they will die. The findings convincingly show how tight knit ecological cohabitation can become locked in. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Me0KTs https://scim.ag/3Me0KTs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021773851181347326)  2026-02-12T02:30Z 667.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Giant viruses found in Austrian sewage fuel debate over potential fourth domain of life Science AAAS Pieced-together viral genomes contradict view that giant viruses represent a distinct branch of life"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/giant-viruses-found-austrian-sewage-fuel-debate-over-potential-fourth-domain-life)  2018-03-02T22:27Z 667.6K followers, 7.2M engagements


"Pre-Columbian Societies Knew a Thing About Extracting Gold Science AAAS South Americans may have developed metallurgy process centuries before Europeans did"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/10/pre-columbian-societies-knew-thing-about-extracting-gold)  2019-05-11T17:12Z 667.7K followers, 1.2M engagements


"How many tree species are there More than you can shake a stick at new database reveals Science AAAS Archive will help researchers and policymakers monitor tree diversity"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/how-many-tree-species-are-there-more-you-can-shake-stick-new-database-reveals)  2021-06-12T14:00Z 667.6K followers, 2.6M engagements


"Scientists may have found the earliest evidence of life on Earth Science AAAS Carbon-laced crystals are more than [---] billion years old"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/10/scientists-may-have-found-earliest-evidence-life-earth)  2016-07-03T21:00Z 667.6K followers, 7.7M engagements


"Scientists are now organizing events called Stand Up for Science on [--] March in Washington D.C. and state capitals. So far they have attracted more than [---] volunteers from some [--] states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. https://scim.ag/41jRwd1 https://scim.ag/41jRwd1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/1893126064286712104)  2025-02-22T02:30Z 667.7K followers, 66.8K engagements


"Today at Brookhaven National Laboratory the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider smashed up its last particles. Since [----] RHIC has collided particles at near light speed to recreate the hot soup of particles that existed just after the Big Bang. Last year Science reported on its legacy. https://scim.ag/3IEsOxm https://scim.ag/3IEsOxm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2019893940212666541)  2026-02-06T22:00Z 667.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Shields and biological countermeasures could help protect astronauts during prolonged missions beyond Earth's magnetic bubble. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qe7grj https://scim.ag/4qe7grj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2020511721471783000)  2026-02-08T14:55Z 667.7K followers, [----] engagements


"A new paper levels fresh allegations of questionable scientific practices by the Bandim Health Project an embattled group led by researchers in Denmark that has long studied vaccines in West Africa and has recently become influential in U.S. health policy. https://scim.ag/4cdAIdu https://scim.ag/4cdAIdu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021803956427436510)  2026-02-12T04:30Z 667.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Underground labs in China are devising potent new opiates faster than authorities can respond Science AAAS The opium poppy is no longer the starting point for many street drugs"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/underground-labs-china-are-devising-potent-new-opiates-faster-authorities-can-respond)  2017-07-10T16:45Z 667.7K followers, 6.3M engagements


"Why do our cell's power plants have their own DNA Science AAAS Study suggests that mitochondrial DNA may provide local control"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/why-do-our-cells-power-plants-have-their-own-dna)  2020-04-16T10:59Z 667.7K followers, 598.3K engagements


"How the famed Arecibo telescope felland how it might rise again Science AAAS Engineering failures and a harsh climate conspired in telescopes sudden collapse"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/how-famed-arecibo-telescope-fell-and-how-it-might-rise-again)  2021-07-26T12:36Z 667.7K followers, 1.4M engagements


"Terror Birds: Bigger and Faster Science AAAS New fossil shows extinct predator was more limber than thought"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2006/10/terror-birds-bigger-and-faster)  2018-01-22T23:00Z 667.7K followers, 2.9M engagements


"The Secret of the Cicada's Chirp Science AAAS High-resolution images reveal how the insects are able to generate such incredibly loud sounds"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/06/secret-cicadas-chirp)  2018-05-17T22:30Z 667.7K followers, 2M engagements


"Generation Gaps Suggest Ancient Human-Ape Split Science AAAS The ancestors of today"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/08/generation-gaps-suggest-ancient-human-ape-split)  2018-10-16T21:02Z 667.7K followers, 1.3M engagements


"Ability to consume alcohol may have shaped primate evolution Science AAAS Study fingers when our ancestors evolved the ability to metabolize ethanol"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/12/ability-consume-alcohol-may-have-shaped-primate-evolution)  2021-05-19T22:54Z 667.7K followers, 2.3M engagements


"Oldest known sponge pushes back date for key split in animal evolution Science AAAS Oldest known sponge pushes back date for key split in animal evolution"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/03/oldest-known-sponge-pushes-back-date-key-split-animal-evolution)  2017-10-17T15:46Z 667.7K followers, 334.6K engagements


"Talk about an in-flight meal. For the first time researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/493IHZh https://scim.ag/493IHZh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/1982813394190147935)  2025-10-27T14:15Z 667.7K followers, 1.9M engagements


"To primatologists around the world Kanzi was a star. After years of training with sign language and a specialized keyboard the 44-year-old bonobo had gained an unusually sophisticated understanding of human words making him the focus of decades of research into nonhuman primates language abilities. But Christopher Krupenye a cognitive scientist at Johns Hopkins University wanted to test something different: Kanzis imagination. In March [----] Krupenye and his colleagues acted out a version of a childs tea party with the bonobo pantomiming pouring liquid from an empty pitcher into two empty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021502119606444180)  2026-02-11T08:30Z 667.7K followers, [----] engagements


"More than half of canines trained to help people with disabilities fail to graduate. Can science help #LongReads https://scim.ag/4rSxHE9 https://scim.ag/4rSxHE9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021972576122106147)  2026-02-12T15:40Z 667.7K followers, [----] engagements


"A new study uncovers why adenovirus-based COVID-19 shots caused rare dangerous side effects in some people. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4at6IId https://scim.ag/4at6IId"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022004065656316216)  2026-02-12T17:45Z 667.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Geoscientists will soon have two powerful new eyes on Earth offering unprecedented views of the changes occurring within the planets upper atmosphere and on its surface. https://scim.ag/4a8yfzK https://scim.ag/4a8yfzK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022256954463158465)  2026-02-13T10:30Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"At least [--] students hoping to win a prestigious graduate fellowship this year from the National Science Foundation have already been turned down without even having their research proposals reviewed. @ScienceCareers https://scim.ag/4bQRM99 https://scim.ag/4bQRM99"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022317366592303321)  2026-02-13T14:30Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Now you see it now you dont: Astronomers have witnessed a giant star vanish in a nearby galaxy. https://scim.ag/4reFXhH https://scim.ag/4reFXhH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022414252804387245)  2026-02-13T20:55Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"On southern Greeces mountainous Mani Peninsula a tightly clannish group of people known as Deep Maniots keep to themselves. Wary of outsiders the isolated group maintains a distinctive society organized around male family lines as well as a proud oral tradition claiming ties to medieval nobility. A new study suggests the Deep Maniots isolation goes way back with most Deep Maniot men descending directly from Greek-speaking groups that lived in the area before the medieval period. Genetic analysis also reveals very limited intermixing from other populations while showing that women of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021864386793476395)  2026-02-12T08:30Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"An Indian government plan to scour millions of cubic meters of mud and sand from a reservoir in the nations northern mountains has sparked tensions with nearby Pakistanand worried scientists who say the project highlights the risks posed by projects that aim to manage the plentiful river sediments washing from the rugged and rapidly eroding Himalayan region. https://scim.ag/4aKwpFf https://scim.ag/4aKwpFf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2021937342135574670)  2026-02-12T13:20Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"A fire that broke out on [--] February at Germanys GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research could end up delaying a [---] billion particle collider designed to simulate conditions found in exploding stars and the early universe. https://scim.ag/4r5gBTf https://scim.ag/4r5gBTf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022226749719708028)  2026-02-13T08:30Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Chocolatein the form of fermented and dried cacao beans (likely different than your #ValentinesDay treat)was almost certainly a key Maya currency. According to this [----] study it may also have played a role in their downfall. https://scim.ag/4gEQ7lQ https://scim.ag/4gEQ7lQ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022720021303066943)  2026-02-14T17:10Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Although the toupee-like feathers on the head of male pheasants help them woo the ladies the unusual embellishments also render the birds partially blind. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4rlkm7R https://scim.ag/4rlkm7R"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2022776640682488011)  2026-02-14T20:55Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Almost one year ago in what came to be called the Valentines Day massacre U.S. President Donald Trumps administration began to fire tens of thousands of federal employees who had fewer job protections because they were probationary a category that included some who had been in their new jobs as long as [--] years. @ScienceCareers reached out to some of those affected to see how theyre doing now. https://scim.ag/4aC4fv5 https://scim.ag/4aC4fv5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewsfromScience/status/2023180526790521326)  2026-02-15T23:40Z 667.8K followers, [----] engagements

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