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

ScienceAlert posts on X about the first, jewel, matter, 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)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::60813201/c:line/m:interactions.svg)

- X Week XXXXXXXXX +1,340%
- X Month XXXXXXXXXX +11%
- X Months XXXXXXXXXX +724%
- X Year XXXXXXXXXX +282%

### 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 +207%
- X Year XXXXX +52%

### 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 -XXXX%
- X Month XXXXXXX -XXXX%
- X Months XXXXXXX +0.24%
- X Year XXXXXXX -XXXX%

### 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 topic influence**
[the first](/topic/the-first) 3.28%, [jewel](/topic/jewel) #57, [matter](/topic/matter) 1.64%, [elements](/topic/elements) 1.64%, [science](/topic/science) 1.64%, [black](/topic/black) 0.82%, [antimatter](/topic/antimatter) 0.82%, [atom](/topic/atom) 0.82%, [gold](/topic/gold) 0.82%, [a 2024](/topic/a-2024) XXXX%

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

"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, 3790 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, XX 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, 469.5K engagements


"This Physicist Says Consciousness Could Be a New State of Matter : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/this-physicist-is-arguing-that-consciousness-is-a-new-state-of-matter)  2025-11-28T21:43Z 113.4K followers, 4172 engagements


"Retracted: The Monsanto-Backed Paper That Told Us Roundup Was Safe : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/retracted-the-monsanto-backed-paper-that-told-us-roundup-was-safe)  2025-12-09T22:07Z 113.4K followers, X engagements


"Physicists Have Observed The Light Spectrum of Antimatter For First Time"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-have-observed-the-light-spectrum-of-antimatter-for-first-time)  2016-12-20T01:01Z 113.4K followers, 4.9M engagements


"We May Have Been Wrong About How The Left And Right Brain Control Different Sides of The Body"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-been-wrong-how-brain-controls-different-sides-body-contralateral-hemisphere-ipsilateral)  2018-10-08T05:49Z 113.4K followers, 295.8K engagements


"Confirmed: Uranus Really Is Hotter Than It Has Any Right to Be : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/confirmed-uranus-really-is-hotter-than-it-has-any-right-to-be)  2025-07-20T08:12Z 113.4K followers, X engagements


"This Common Drug Seems to Fight One of The Deadliest Brain Cancers : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/this-common-drug-seems-to-fight-one-of-the-deadliest-brain-cancers)  2025-12-01T03:00Z 113.4K followers, XX engagements


"'Supergiant' Gold Deposits Could Be Worth Over US$80 Billion : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/supergiant-gold-deposits-could-be-worth-over-us80-billion)  2025-11-28T00:02Z 113.4K followers, 2487 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


"Here's Why Zebras Have Never Been Domesticated : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-why-zebras-have-never-been-domesticated)  2019-02-19T22:00Z 113.4K followers, 474.9K 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, 1152 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, 14.4K 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, 1023 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


"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 112.3K followers, 1312 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


"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, 307K engagements


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


"Laughing Gas Can Offer Immediate Relief From Depression Study Finds : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/laughing-gas-can-offer-immediate-relief-from-depression-study-finds)  2025-12-08T23:22Z 113.4K followers, XX engagements


"Complex Life May Be a Billion Years Older Than We Thought : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/complex-life-may-be-a-billion-years-older-than-we-thought)  2025-12-07T10:01Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"'Tornado' of Galaxies Is The Longest Spinning Structure Ever Seen : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/tornado-of-galaxies-could-be-the-longest-spinning-structure-ever-seen)  2025-12-05T10:21Z 113.4K followers, XX 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, 408.2K 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, 352.9K engagements


"Crowd Expert Says The Hajj Crush Wasn't a Stampede Like We Think : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/crowd-expert-says-tragedies-like-hajj-crush-aren-t-stampedes-like-we-think)  2016-04-28T16:00Z 113.4K followers, 578.9K engagements


"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, 825.8K engagements


"Rare Earth Element Crystals Found Forming in a Plant For The First Time : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-earth-element-crystals-found-forming-in-a-plant-for-the-first-time)  2025-11-23T09:21Z 113.4K followers, XXX engagements


"Landmark Pig Organ Transplants Raise a Curious Paradox Says Ethicist : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/landmark-pig-organ-transplants-raise-a-curious-paradox-says-ethicist)  2025-12-09T15:40Z 113.4K followers, XX 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, 1614 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, XX 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


"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, 590.1K 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


"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


"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, 151.9K 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


"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


"Rock Used as a Doorstop For Decades Found to Be Worth Over $X Million : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/rock-used-as-a-doorstop-for-decades-found-to-be-worth-over-1-million-)  2025-12-09T03:39Z 113.4K followers, 3786 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


"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, 5509 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, 282.2K 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


"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


"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, 27.4K engagements


"The True Scale of Nuclear Weapons Should Give You Serious Anxiety"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-the-true-scale-of-nuclear-weapons-will-give-you-anxiety)  2016-10-09T22:49Z 113.4K followers, 4.8M 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, 938.8K 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, 255.6K engagements


"Is Working From Home Good For You A New Study Reveals The Answer. : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/is-working-from-home-good-for-you-a-new-study-reveals-the-answer)  2025-12-07T18:02Z 113.4K followers, XX 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, 9.1M 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


"Scientists Have Finally Caught The Eerie Hum of Earth Deep Under The Sea : ScienceAlert"  
[X Link](https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-s-hum-recorded-bottom-of-the-ocean-permanent-free-oscillations)  2020-11-30T13:34Z 113.4K followers, 769.5K 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


"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, 1528 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