#  @newscientist New Scientist New Scientist posts on X about in the, australia, the world, the new the most. 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(TSLA)](/topic/tesla) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Nasal spray could prevent infections from any flu strain New Scientist An antibody that has the power to neutralise any influenza strain could be widely administered in the form of a nasal spray if a flu pandemic emerges" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514199-nasal-spray-could-prevent-infections-from-any-flu-strain/) 2026-02-04T21:37Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Ancient invaders transformed Britain but not its DNA Romans Vikings and Normans loom large in British history but left hardly any genetic trace behind" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530134-300-ancient-invaders-transformed-britain-but-not-its-dna/) 2015-03-18T18:00Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements "New Scientist recommends [--] Years Later: The Bone Temple New Scientist The books TV games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935811-200-new-scientist-recommends-28-years-later-the-bone-temple/) 2026-02-10T20:47Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher New Scientist Solar geoengineering could halve the economic cost of climate change but stopping it would cause temperatures to rebound sharply leading to greater damage than unabated global warming" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513124-termination-shock-could-make-the-cost-of-climate-damage-even-higher/) 2026-01-26T14:51Z 4.3M followers, 19K engagements "The universe may be hiding a fundamentally unknowable quantum secret New Scientist Even given a set of possible quantum states for our cosmos it's impossible for us to determine which one of them is correct" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513267-the-universe-may-be-hiding-a-fundamentally-unknowable-quantum-secret/) 2026-01-29T13:12Z 4.3M followers, 50.3K engagements "How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just [--] years New Scientist In the early 1800s Denmarks government medical community church leaders and school teachers all united to promote the new smallpox vaccine which led to a remarkably quick elimination of the disease in the capital" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513279-how-an-1800s-vaccine-drive-beat-smallpox-in-denmark-in-just-7-years/) 2026-01-30T14:46Z 4.3M followers, 34.6K engagements "A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it) review: A new tour of the cosmos paints a wide picture New Scientist Nearly [--] years after Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time Sarah Alam Malik's epic exploration of the cosmos reflects a changed landscape around science in the 21st century finds Alison Flood" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935811-100-a-new-brief-history-of-the-universe-paints-a-wide-picture/) 2026-02-06T09:52Z 4.3M followers, 16.3K engagements "Sebastio Salgado's stunning shots of the world's icy regions New Scientist The late photographer's work depicting some of the world's coldest places is collected in his new book Genesis" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513540-sebastiao-salgados-stunning-shots-of-the-worlds-icy-regions/) 2026-02-08T02:02Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The galactic anomalies hinting dark matter is weirder than we thought New Scientist Cosmological puzzles are tempting astronomers to rethink our simple picture of the universe and ask whether dark matter is even stranger than we thought" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234890-200-the-galactic-anomalies-hinting-dark-matter-is-weirder-than-we-thought/) 2024-08-31T11:53Z 4.3M followers, 288.4K engagements "Kanzi a bonobo with exceptional language skills took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities never seen before in non-human primates https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514366-bonobos-pretend-tea-party-shows-capacity-for-imagination/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770819515 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514366-bonobos-pretend-tea-party-shows-capacity-for-imagination/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770819515" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021592367153680781) 2026-02-11T14:29Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Suicide tree toxin is perfect murder weapon The plant is a common means of suicide across India but experts fear its popularity as a perfect murder weapon is increasing" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6701-suicide-tree-toxin-is-perfect-murder-weapon/) 2004-11-26T15:56Z 4.3M followers, 3.4M engagements "Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought New Scientist An epigenetic adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change a threat that was feared to lead to population collapse" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512923-sea-turtles-may-be-more-resilient-to-global-warming-than-we-thought/) 2026-01-23T22:36Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed New Scientist About [----] years ago the population of Britain was replaced by a people who brought Bell Beaker pottery with them. Now ancient DNA has uncovered the murky story of where these people came from" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515260-the-surprising-origins-of-britains-bronze-age-immigrants-revealed) 2026-02-11T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Need for speed gave seahorse its snout New Scientist The smaller a fish's mouth the longer its snout and vice versa say researchers who carried out a mathematical analysis of feeding in seahorses and other fish. Like most ray-finned fish seahorses feed by suction and approach their prey by swimming and jaw protrusion. An elongated snout is an advantage because it allows …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11015-need-for-speed-gave-seahorse-its-snout/) 2022-09-24T13:00Z 4.3M followers, 1.8M engagements "No NASA hasnt changed the zodiac signs or added a new one Astrology fans should realise that the star signs they love have long been out of date as NASA and astronomers occasionally point out says Phil Plait" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2107207-no-nasa-hasnt-changed-the-zodiac-signs-or-added-a-new-one/) 2016-12-09T10:03Z 4.3M followers, 481.1K engagements "Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity New Scientist Ripples in space-time from a pair of merging black holes have been recorded in unprecedented detail enabling physicists to test predictions of general relativity" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514908-gravitational-wave-signal-proves-einstein-was-right-about-relativity/) 2026-02-11T18:11Z 4.3M followers, 14.2K engagements "Bonobo's pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination New Scientist Kanzi a bonobo with exceptional language skills took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities never seen before in non-human primates" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514366-bonobos-pretend-tea-party-shows-capacity-for-imagination/) 2026-02-10T20:53Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "How to live a meaningful life according to science New Scientist The meaning of life has puzzled philosophers for millennia but new research suggests it could be as simple as lending a helping hand" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513875-how-to-live-a-meaningful-life-according-to-science/) 2026-02-04T14:43Z 4.3M followers, 15.7K engagements "Why 1.5C failed and setting a new limit would make things worse New Scientist Setting a limit for global warming didn't succeed in galvanising climate action quickly enough now we should focus on making the annual average temperature rise clear for all to see says Bill McGuire" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515030-why-1-5c-failed-and-setting-a-new-limit-would-make-things-worse/) 2026-02-10T16:03Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "How play builds creative minds New Scientist A growing body of evidence suggests play is a deep-seated biological mechanism that allows young brains to practice curiosity manage uncertainty and build critical thinking skills" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512853-how-play-builds-creative-minds) 2026-02-11T10:54Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "How Dirac predicted antimatter New Scientist Paul Dirac (1902-1984)won the Nobel Prize in physics in [----] in part for his work predicting the existence of antimatter This commemorative plaque shows the Dirac equation Paul Dirac The father of antimatter was the remarkable English physicist Paul Dirac (1902-1984) considered by many to be the greatest British theorist since Sir Isaac Newton. His …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17111-how-dirac-predicted-antimatter/) 2019-11-14T16:50Z 4.3M followers, 13.9M engagements "This states power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables New Scientist South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap with electricity prices tumbling by [--] per cent in a year and sometimes going negative" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514985-this-states-power-prices-are-plummeting-as-it-nears-100-renewables) 2026-02-11T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Unusual oral microbiome signature linked to obesity New Scientist A distinct set of microbes has been identified in people with obesity which might help spot and treat the condition early but whether it is a cause or effect of the condition isnt known" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512970-our-oral-microbiome-could-hold-the-key-to-preventing-obesity/) 2026-01-22T18:24Z 4.3M followers, 17.6K engagements "Where is physics headed No one knows for sure but Beyond the Quantum by Antony Valentini is a striking new book that reminds us what a big idea really looks like finds Jon Cartwright https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935800-600-a-remarkable-book-on-quantum-mechanics-reveals-a-really-big-idea/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770768668" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021389751220068428) 2026-02-11T01:04Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap with electricity prices tumbling by [--] per cent in a year and sometimes going negative https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514985-this-states-power-prices-are-plummeting-as-it-nears-100-renewables/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770825757" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021622908091535721) 2026-02-11T16:30Z 4.3M followers, 17.8K engagements "The universe is built a lot like a giant brain so is it conscious New Scientist Research has found the universe is remarkably similar in structure to the human brain. But does this mean the cosmos has a consciousness of its own" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234971-200-the-universe-is-built-a-lot-like-a-giant-brain-so-is-it-conscious/) 2024-06-28T12:19Z 4.3M followers, 277K engagements "Velociraptor's 'killing' claws were for climbing New Scientist The whopping claws on its feet may look terrifying but it looks like they were used for climbing rather than disembowelling ACCORDING to Jurassic Park everyone's favourite fleet-footed predators dispatched their prey by disembowelling them with deadly "killing claws" . Not so say palaeontologists who have studied the biomechanics of Velociraptor claws. Instead the …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327254-100-velociraptors-killing-claws-were-for-climbing/) 2017-11-27T22:53Z 4.3M followers, 1.5M engagements "Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize New Scientist Duelling prairie chickens a snake-mimicking moth and a once-a-year sunrise at the South Pole feature in the best images from the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506729-incredible-close-up-of-spider-silk-wins-science-photo-prize/) 2025-12-21T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 747.2K engagements "Three people with inherited diseases successfully treated with CRISPR New Scientist Sickle cell disease can distort red blood cells Two people with beta thalassaemia and one with sickle cell disease no longer require blood transfusions which are normally used to treat severe forms of these inherited diseases after their bone marrow stem cells were gene-edited with CRISPR . Result of this ongoing trial which is the …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2246020-three-people-with-inherited-diseases-successfully-treated-with-crispr/) 2020-09-28T12:38Z 4.3M followers, 495.3K engagements "AI hallucinations are getting worse and they're here to stay New Scientist An AI leaderboard suggests the newest reasoning models used in chatbots are producing less accurate results because of higher hallucination rates. Experts say the problem is bigger than that" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479545-ai-hallucinations-are-getting-worse-and-theyre-here-to-stay/) 2025-05-11T03:34Z 4.3M followers, 119.2K engagements ""Magic number" for space pioneers calculated New Scientist The "magic number" of people needed to create a viable population for multi-generational space travel has been calculated by researchers. It is about the size of a small village [---]. But with some social engineering it might even be possible to halve this to [--]. Anthropologist John Moore from University of Florida tackled the …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1936-magic-number-for-space-pioneers-calculated/) 2017-11-12T22:00Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements "Universes that spawn 'cosmic brains' should go on the scrapheap New Scientist Minds don't just flare up TRUST your senses. Any theory that lets bizarre brains randomly pop into existence can't be a valid description of the universe. That might seem obvious but such conscious observers called Boltzmann brains are inevitable in certain versions of cosmology. New work that claims to banish such theories not only …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23331133-200-universes-that-spawn-cosmic-brains-should-go-on-the-scrapheap/) 2021-05-14T17:40Z 4.3M followers, 1.9M engagements "Birth of the planets: The Earth and its fellow planets may be survivors from a time when planets ricocheted around the Sun like ball bearings on a pinball table New Scientist Almost [--] billion years ago an insignificant cloud of gas on the fringe of an ordinary spiral galaxy began to collapse. Its centre started to glow as a star formed; the disc of gas and dust around it coagulated into smaller bodies in orbit. Such a scene had been played out billions of times before …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13117837-100-birth-of-the-planets-the-earth-and-its-fellow-planets-may-be-survivors-from-a-time-when-planets-ricocheted-around-the-sun-like-ball-bearings-on-a-pinball-table/) 2021-05-29T20:03Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements "The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it New Scientist The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black holes promises to reveal times true nature" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511723-the-daring-idea-that-time-is-an-illusion-and-how-we-could-prove-it/) 2026-01-26T18:27Z 4.3M followers, 48.8K engagements "Exotic fifth state of matter made on the International Space Station An instrument on board the International Space Station contains one of the coldest places in the universe and researchers have used it to create a cloud of frozen atoms" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632862-300-exotic-fifth-state-of-matter-made-on-the-international-space-station/) 2020-06-11T09:33Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements "Amazon river dolphins may send messages with aerial streams of urine New Scientist Male dolphins have been observed shooting jets of urine into the air and other dolphins seem to follow the stream perhaps to pick up social cues" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2466289-amazon-river-dolphins-may-send-messages-with-aerial-streams-of-urine/) 2025-01-31T13:30Z 4.3M followers, 6.7M engagements "Stunning fossils: Big Mama brooding New Scientist Big Mama was brooding her eggs (Image: Mick Ellison/American Museum of Natural History) She was sitting on her nest keeping her eggs warm just like modern birds do when disaster struck Discovered: Gobi Desert Mongolia [----] Age: [--] to [--] million years Location: Mongolian Dinosaur Museum The first oviraptor was discovered in Mongolia in [----]. …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26970-stunning-fossils-big-mama-brooding/) 2017-11-27T22:53Z 4.3M followers, 1.5M engagements "How to avoid being fooled by AI-generated misinformation New Scientist Advances in generative AI mean fake images videos audio and bots are now everywhere. But studies have revealed the best ways to tell if something is real" [X Link](https://newscientist.com/article/2445475-how-to-avoid-being-fooled-by-ai-generated-misinformation) 2024-09-02T08:59Z 4.3M followers, 152.9K engagements "The vast Asian realm of the lost humans New Scientist Siberia harboured Denisovan DNA THE Denisovans mysterious cousins of the Neanderthals occupied a vast realm stretching from the chill expanse of Siberia to the steamy tropical forests of Indonesia suggesting the third human of the Pleistocene displayed a level of adaptability previously thought to be unique to modern humans. Our first tantalising glimpse of …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128323-200-the-vast-asian-realm-of-the-lost-humans/) 2026-02-01T04:00Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements "New human species has been named Homo bodoensis - but it may not stick Researchers who reanalysed ancient fossils say they come from a new group of hominins living in Africa around [------] years ago and so deserve a new species name" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2295406-new-human-species-has-been-named-homo-bodoensis-but-it-may-not-stick/) 2021-10-28T19:22Z 4.3M followers, 3.2M engagements "String theory may limit space brain threat New Scientist No brainer if the multiverse rules LEGIONS of disembodied brains floating in deep space threaten to undermine our understanding of the universe. New mathematical modelling suggests string theory and its multiple universes may just provide our salvation and that could win the controversial theory a few more backers. Physicists have dreamed up some bizarre …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829184-400-string-theory-may-limit-space-brain-threat/) 2021-05-14T17:40Z 4.3M followers, 1.9M engagements "Homo naledi infant skull discovery suggests they buried their dead The partial skull of a Homo naledi child from around [------] years ago has been found in a deep inaccessible cave suggesting it was placed there by other H. naledi" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2296360-homo-naledi-infant-skull-discovery-suggests-they-buried-their-dead/) 2021-11-11T10:56Z 4.3M followers, 3.2M engagements "Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing urine into the air - and other dolphins seem to follow the stream. Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2466289-amazon-river-dolphins-may-send-messages-with-aerial-streams-of-urine/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2466289-amazon-river-dolphins-may-send-messages-with-aerial-streams-of-urine/" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/1885348324548432291) 2025-01-31T15:24Z 4.3M followers, 6.7M engagements "The largest ever analysis of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils suggests the giant and fierce Cretaceous predator was a late bloomer taking [--] to [--] years to reach maturity https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511500-t-rex-took-40-years-to-become-fully-grown/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769417244 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511500-t-rex-took-40-years-to-become-fully-grown/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769417244" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2015721399025872981) 2026-01-26T09:40Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "In the early 1800s Denmarks government medical community church leaders and school teachers all united to promote the new smallpox vaccine which led to a remarkably quick elimination of the disease in the capital https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513279-how-an-1800s-vaccine-drive-beat-smallpox-in-denmark-in-just-7-years/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770740177" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021278974668583292) 2026-02-10T17:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Electric vehicle batteries are typically retired once they reach about [--] per cent of their original capacity but they could be repurposed in electricity grids to balance out slumps in renewable generation https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515069-old-ev-batteries-could-meet-most-of-chinas-energy-storage-needs/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770828770" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021631456447979896) 2026-02-11T17:04Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Bog butter test New Scientist MYSTERIOUS parcels of fat up to [----] years old found in Scottish and Irish peat bogs have at last been identified. It turns out that the "bog butters" as they are known are ancient forms of butter or lard buried in peat to stop them from going rancid. More than [---] packages of butter or …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18124392.400-bog-butter-test.html) 2014-05-13T22:13Z 4.3M followers, 348.3K engagements "Were finally abandoning BMI for better ways to assess body fat New Scientist People classed as overweight according to BMI can be perfectly healthy. But there are better measures of fat and physicians are finally using them" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513596-were-finally-abandoning-bmi-for-better-ways-to-assess-body-fat) 2026-02-09T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements "A brief history of Stephen Hawking: A legacy of paradox New Scientist Stephen Hawking the world-famous theoretical physicist has died at the age of [--]. Hawkings children Lucy Robert and Tim said in a statement: We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. His courage …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2053929-a-brief-history-of-stephen-hawking-a-legacy-of-paradox/) 2020-11-29T09:32Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements "NFL Week [--] bold predictions: Ravens smash their Steelers slump Seahawks surprise Vikings Five bold predictions for Week 16s NFL lineup including the NFLs first tie game since 2022" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/maxed-out-testing-humans-to-destruction/) 2020-05-30T14:30Z 4.3M followers, 6.5M engagements "Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity New Scientist Ripples in space-time from a pair of merging black holes have been recorded in unprecedented detail enabling physicists to test predictions of general relativity" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514908-gravitational-wave-signal-proves-einstein-was-right-about-relativity) 2026-02-09T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements "Nobel laureate says he'll build worlds most powerful quantum computer New Scientist John Martinis has already revolutionised quantum computing twice. Now he is working on another radical rethink of the technology that could deliver machines with unrivalled capabilities" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513239-nobel-laureate-says-hell-build-worlds-most-powerful-quantum-computer/) 2026-02-03T18:36Z 4.3M followers, 21.7K engagements "Why exercise isn't much help if you are trying to lose weight New Scientist When we exercise more our bodies may compensate by using less energy for other things especially if we eat less too" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514600-why-exercise-isnt-much-help-if-you-are-trying-to-lose-weight/) 2026-02-09T16:56Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Our lifespans may be half down to genes and half to the environment New Scientist A reanalysis of twin data from Denmark and Sweden suggests that how long we live now depends roughly equally on the genes we inherit and on where we live and what we do" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513610-our-lifespans-may-be-half-down-to-genes-and-half-to-the-environment/) 2026-01-29T22:13Z 4.3M followers, 42.5K engagements "A reanalysis of twin data from Denmark and Sweden suggests that how long we live now depends roughly equally on the genes we inherit and on where we live and what we do https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513610-our-lifespans-may-be-half-down-to-genes-and-half-to-the-environment/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770004736 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513610-our-lifespans-may-be-half-down-to-genes-and-half-to-the-environment/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770004736" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2018178920042930370) 2026-02-02T04:25Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "An experiment with superconducting qubits opens the door to determining whether quantum devices could be less energetically costly if they are powered by quantum batteries https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514061-fast-charging-quantum-battery-built-inside-a-quantum-computer/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770510645 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514061-fast-charging-quantum-battery-built-inside-a-quantum-computer/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770510645" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020295658628841477) 2026-02-08T00:36Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "In the early 1800s Denmarks government medical community church leaders and school teachers all united to promote the new smallpox vaccine which led to a remarkably quick elimination of the disease in the capital https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513279-how-an-1800s-vaccine-drive-beat-smallpox-in-denmark-in-just-7-years/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770597038" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020840505597198351) 2026-02-09T12:41Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "When we exercise more our bodies may compensate by using less energy for other things especially if we eat less too https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514600-why-exercise-isnt-much-help-if-you-are-trying-to-lose-weight/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770666565 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514600-why-exercise-isnt-much-help-if-you-are-trying-to-lose-weight/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770666565" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021001901089636516) 2026-02-09T23:22Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Why 1.5C failed and setting a new limit would make things worse New Scientist Setting a limit for global warming didn't succeed in galvanising climate action quickly enough now we should focus on making the annual average temperature rise clear for all to see says Bill McGuire" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515030-why-1-5c-failed-and-setting-a-new-limit-would-make-things-worse) 2026-02-10T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano New Scientist The Chincha Kingdom was transporting seabird excrement from islands to valleys as early as the 13th century and this powerful fertiliser may have been key to its economic success" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515350-ancient-peruvian-civilisation-grew-mighty-by-harvesting-guano) 2026-02-11T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements "Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked New Scientist The skull of Shanidar Z was found in the Shanidar cave in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and has been painstakingly put back together" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429497-astonishing-images-show-how-female-neanderthal-may-have-looked/) 2024-05-02T09:59Z 4.3M followers, 982.3K engagements "The Starliner stranding shows why NASA was wise to have a backup plan Space missions are extremely hard. Things going wrong should be expected so having a sensible plan B is crucial" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335073-200-the-starliner-stranding-shows-why-nasa-was-wise-to-have-a-backup-plan/) 2024-09-04T18:51Z 4.3M followers, 64.2K engagements "Vegan toddlers can grow at the same rate as omnivores New Scientist Two-year-olds raised in vegan or vegetarian households don't necessarily have restricted growth according to a study of [---] million children" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514496-vegan-toddlers-can-grow-at-the-same-rate-as-omnivores/) 2026-02-05T18:43Z 4.3M followers, 10.9K engagements "Wild bison released in UK for first time as part of rewilding efforts New Scientist Four European bison have been released into ancient woodland in Kent where they should transform the ecosystem" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328478-wild-bison-released-in-uk-for-first-time-as-part-of-rewilding-efforts/) 2022-07-18T06:47Z 4.3M followers, 110.1K engagements "Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI New Scientist Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the assistance of AI tools and say it could lead to a new way of doing mathematics" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511954-amateur-mathematicians-solve-long-standing-maths-problems-with-ai/) 2026-01-16T19:53Z 4.3M followers, 38.3K engagements "UK's JET nuclear fusion reactor sets new world record for energy output New Scientist In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year the UK's JET reactor set a world record for the energy output of a fusion reaction" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2415909-uk-nuclear-fusion-reactor-sets-new-world-record-for-energy-output/) 2024-02-08T14:55Z 4.3M followers, 1.5M engagements "Tim Winton: 'Sometimes I think we use the word dystopia as an opiate' New Scientist The New Scientist Book Club's February read is Tim Winton's novel Juice set in a future Australia that is so hot it is almost unliveable. Here the author lays out his reasons for writing it and why he doesn't see it as dystopian" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513626-tim-winton-sometimes-i-think-we-use-the-word-dystopia-as-an-opiate/) 2026-01-30T17:24Z 4.3M followers, 29.9K engagements "Wild gorillas reveal their use of tools New Scientist The gorilla repeatedly prodded the stick ahead of her as if to test for depth Conservation workers have seen the first evidence for tool use in wild gorillas. One instance caught on film in the Republic of Congo's Nouabal-Ndoki National Park involved a lowland gorilla using a metre-long stick to test the depth of water …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8073-wild-gorillas-reveal-their-use-of-tools/) 2024-05-21T05:00Z 4.3M followers, 160K engagements "Do black holes exist and if not what have we really been looking at New Scientist Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if they are instead gravastars fuzzballs or something else entirely" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2496031-do-black-holes-exist-and-if-not-what-have-we-really-been-looking-at/) 2025-09-29T20:12Z 4.3M followers, 416.8K engagements "How teaching molecules to think is revealing what a 'mind' really is New Scientist Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the origins of life and mind in one fell swoop" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513815-how-teaching-molecules-to-think-is-revealing-what-a-mind-really-is/) 2026-02-10T20:18Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Real spray-on clothes to hit the catwalk New Scientist Video: Spray-on clothing Forget weaving and stitching clothes. A new material could be sprayed directly onto your body and have you ready to go out in minutes. Particle engineer Paul Luckham and fashion designer Manel Torres from Imperial College London combined cotton fibres polymers and a solvent to form a liquid that becomes a fabric …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19462-real-spray-on-clothes-to-hit-the-catwalk/) 2010-09-17T09:56Z 4.3M followers, 4.6M engagements "Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate New Scientist The flow of ice at Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically due to the disintegration of the ice shelf in front of it and this could lead to faster sea level rise" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514697-weakening-ice-shelf-has-caused-crucial-antarctic-glacier-to-accelerate) 2026-02-06T22:20Z 4.3M followers, 28.9K engagements "Old EV batteries could meet most of China's energy storage needs New Scientist Electric vehicle batteries are typically retired once they reach about [--] per cent of their original capacity but they could be repurposed in electricity grids to balance out slumps in renewable generation" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515069-old-ev-batteries-could-meet-most-of-chinas-energy-storage-needs/) 2026-02-10T16:21Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "We're about to simulate a human brain on a supercomputer New Scientist The worlds most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons and researchers hope such models will offer unprecedented insights into how our brains work" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510892-were-about-to-simulate-a-human-brain-on-a-supercomputer/) 2026-01-13T18:46Z 4.3M followers, 164.4K engagements "Why dont animals other than humans get sick from uncooked food Carnivores can suffer from food poisoning say our readers but they are generally eating fresher meat and their digestive systems are adapted to raw food" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg26234901-200-why-dont-animals-other-than-humans-get-sick-from-uncooked-food/) 2021-06-01T15:00Z 4.3M followers, 24.9M engagements "Two-year-olds raised in vegan or vegetarian households don't necessarily have restricted growth according to a study of [---] million children https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514496-vegan-toddlers-can-grow-at-the-same-rate-as-omnivores/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770456199 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514496-vegan-toddlers-can-grow-at-the-same-rate-as-omnivores/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770456199" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020116299540533344) 2026-02-07T12:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Time it right each month and you can spot two fleeting tricks of light on the lunar surface. Abigail Beall is planning ahead https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935791-600-how-to-spot-the-lunar-x-and-v/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770686536 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935791-600-how-to-spot-the-lunar-x-and-v/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770686536" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021141913546498332) 2026-02-10T08:39Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The books TV games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935811-200-new-scientist-recommends-28-years-later-the-bone-temple/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770754794 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935811-200-new-scientist-recommends-28-years-later-the-bone-temple/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770754794" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021325240966508700) 2026-02-10T20:47Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky particularly for wooden tools that dont preserve well or cave art that we dont have the technology to date. Columnist Michael Marshall explores how we determine what came first in the . https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514617-which-humans-first-made-tools-or-art-and-how-do-we-know/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770753492" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021329829417644424) 2026-02-10T21:06Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The late photographer's work depicting some of the world's coldest places is collected in his new book Genesis https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513540-sebastiao-salgados-stunning-shots-of-the-worlds-icy-regions/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770787847 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513540-sebastiao-salgados-stunning-shots-of-the-worlds-icy-regions/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770787847" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021467520897577410) 2026-02-11T06:13Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The New Scientist Book Club's February read is Tim Winton's novel Juice set in a future Australia that is so hot it is almost unliveable. Here the author lays out his reasons for writing it and why he doesn't see it as dystopian https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513626-tim-winton-sometimes-i-think-we-use-the-word-dystopia-as-an-opiate/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770840882" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021684396089061757) 2026-02-11T20:34Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The world is on track for between [---] and 3.7C of warming by [----] New Scientist While some progress has been made in limiting greenhouse gas emissions we are still on the path for high levels of global warming" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2465472-the-world-is-on-track-for-between-1-9-and-3-7c-of-warming-by-2100/) 2025-12-11T11:30Z 4.3M followers, 209.4K engagements "Do weeds really love poor soil Not if you look at the science New Scientist It's a truism that weeds love poor soil but is there anything to it And what is a weed anyway James Wong investigates" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935814-000-do-weeds-really-love-poor-soil-not-if-you-look-at-the-science/) 2026-02-09T14:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Iceland drills hottest hole to tap into energy of molten magma New Scientist Seeking energy from Earth's depths Drilling into hot rocks to tap geothermal energy is one thing. Drilling deep enough to tap the energy from magma oozing into volcanoes is quite another offering a massive increase in the potential to exploit Earths inner heat. That is the task of a rig now drilling [--] kilometres into …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2109872-iceland-drills-hottest-hole-to-tap-into-energy-of-molten-magma/) 2024-06-08T15:00Z 4.3M followers, 729.9K engagements "Norse UFOs: What are the glowing orbs of Hessdalen Uncanny balls of light are flying around a Norwegian valley. After three decades of detective work we could be close to solving the mystery" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229680-600-norse-ufos-what-are-the-glowing-orbs-of-hessdalen/) 2014-05-07T17:00Z 4.3M followers, 699.5K engagements "Fossil fuels are far deadlier than nuclear power New Scientist Read more: " Special report: Rescuing nuclear power " IN THE wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan Germany has temporarily shut down seven of its reactors and China which is building more nuclear power plants than the rest of the world combined has suspended approval for all new facilities . But this reaction may …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928053.600-fossil-fuels-are-far-deadlier-than-nuclear-power.html) 2014-07-31T11:52Z 4.3M followers, 583K engagements "Physicists create great balls of fire New Scientist Despite the bright glow the balls also appear to be rather cold much like neon lights Ball lightning the mysterious slow-moving spheres of light occasionally seen during thunderstorms has been created in the lab. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics and the Humboldt University both in Berlin have used underwater …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9293-physicists-create-great-balls-of-fire/) 2016-06-23T21:00Z 4.3M followers, 595.7K engagements "Alpha beta gamma: The language of brainwaves New Scientist She can feel the beat I'VE just had a brainwave. Oh and there's another. And another In fact you will have had thousands of them since you started reading this sentence. These waves of electricity flow around our brains every second of the day allowing neurons to communicate while we walk talk think and feel. …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727680.200-alpha-beta-gamma-the-language-of-brainwaves.html) 2011-01-23T23:09Z 4.3M followers, 6.4M engagements "The feeling you get when nails scratch a blackboard has a name New Scientist It's enough to make you shiver You might not have heard of grima but you have almost certainly felt it. Spanish speakers say they feel grima when they hear the sound of fingernails on a blackboard or a knife scratching a plate. Now psychologists are suggesting it should be considered as distinct from …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2123018-the-feeling-you-get-when-nails-scratch-a-blackboard-has-a-name/) 2020-10-28T01:10Z 4.3M followers, 1.6M engagements "First video footage of seal drowning and eating a pup New Scientist Its fate is sealed The video captures the moment when a male grey seal went rogue. It appears to be sunbathing near a group of pups then it looks up and sidles over to one of the hapless pups. It then catches drowns and eats it. Over the following week in [----] Amy Bishop from …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2077441-first-video-footage-of-seal-drowning-and-eating-a-pup/) 2025-12-19T19:01Z 4.3M followers, 36K engagements "Australian crocs hit by cane toad wave of death Freshwater crocodile populations in the Northern Territory are plummeting as a wave of invasive toxic toads marches inland" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14221-australian-crocs-hit-by-cane-toad-wave-of-death/) 2015-10-27T15:26Z 4.3M followers, 1.9M engagements "Embracing sauna culture can lower dementia risk and boost brain health New Scientist Columnist Helen Thomson investigates the neurological benefits of saunas and how heat therapy can have anti-inflammatory effects throughout the body" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512893-embracing-sauna-culture-can-lower-dementia-risk-and-boost-brain-health/) 2026-01-29T02:00Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Flint Dibble: The archaeologist fighting claims about an advanced lost civilisation New Scientist NetflixsAncient Apocalypsepeddles the idea that we have overlooked an extraordinary ancient civilisation. Flint Dibble explains why that is wrong and why real archaeology is more exciting" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435130-400-the-archaeologist-fighting-claims-about-an-advanced-lost-civilisation/) 2025-12-10T17:59Z 4.3M followers, 89.6K engagements "Woolly mammoth DNA exceptionally preserved in freeze-dried 'jerky' New Scientist A complete genome has been extracted from a 52000-year-old woolly mammoth which might bring us closer to resurrecting the species" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439218-woolly-mammoth-dna-exceptionally-preserved-in-freeze-dried-jerky/) 2024-07-11T15:19Z 4.3M followers, 126.5K engagements "US says CO2 emissions arent harmful climate science shows otherwise New Scientist The Trump administration is attempting to argue that greenhouses gases dont endanger people to reverse regulations limiting these harmful emissions climate scientists are pushing back" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2490579-us-says-co2-emissions-arent-harmful-climate-science-shows-otherwise/) 2025-07-31T21:20Z 4.3M followers, 392.8K engagements "Leopards that live in cities are protecting people from rabies New Scientist A leopard in Mumbai India When leopards stray into a city people often fear them because of the danger they pose. But it turns out these big cats could be valuable neighbours: by preying on feral dogs in Mumbai they are reducing the risk of people catching rabies. About [-----] people die of rabies in …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2163166-leopards-that-live-in-cities-are-protecting-people-from-rabies/) 2025-11-21T19:01Z 4.3M followers, 50K engagements "Cannibalism may have spread anthrax in hippos New Scientist Large scale die-offs of hippopotamuses infected with anthrax in Uganda are causing a stir among zoologists one suggestion is that cannibalism may have fuelled the outbreak. The anthrax outbreak first hit Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda in late summer and has killed at least [---] hippos so far. "The widespread mortality may be …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6818-cannibalism-may-have-spread-anthrax-in-hippos/) 2025-12-19T19:01Z 4.3M followers, 36K engagements "Dad wants her to win LeoNata family#shorts Tik Tok" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2119442-metallic-hydrogen-finally-made-in-lab-at-mind-boggling-pressure/) 2023-11-13T13:00Z 4.3M followers, 16.4M engagements "What Earths mysterious infancy tells us about the origins of life New Scientist Redrawing the geological timeline of Earths first billion years is casting new light on whether life emerged on land or in the oceans" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533990-800-what-earths-mysterious-infancy-tells-us-about-the-origins-of-life/) 2024-07-20T14:00Z 4.3M followers, 44.8K engagements "Adderall might improve your test scores but so could a placebo New Scientist Some confidence would help Students who take Adderall to improve their test scores may get a slight benefit but its mainly a placebo effect . The drug Adderall is a combination of the stimulants amphetamine and dextroamphetamine and is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) . But its growing in popularity as a …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2141368-adderall-might-improve-your-test-scores-but-so-could-a-placebo/) 2018-10-04T16:45Z 4.3M followers, 3.7M engagements "The sea monster that never was New Scientist THE giant octopus always seemed to be one of the more credible sea monsters. Gigantic squid are well documented and the octopus is related to the squid. But the only evidence for "Octopus giganteus" a beast that supposedly spanned [--] metres from tentacle to tentacle was a 20-tonne mass of tissue that washed up on …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14619721-100-the-sea-monster-that-never-was/) 2026-01-23T00:14Z 4.3M followers, 65.8K engagements "Intuitive people worse at detecting lies People who trust in a gut instinct are actually worse at spotting liars than those who dont" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2054-intuitive-people-worse-at-detecting-lies/) 2002-03-18T13:08Z 4.3M followers, 1.8M engagements "Weve built a fourth dimension of space and were about to look inside New Scientist We only ever experience three spatial dimensions but quantum lab experiments suggest a whole new side to reality weird particle apparitions included" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833041-000-weve-built-a-fourth-dimension-of-space-and-were-about-to-look-inside/) 2025-12-17T17:59Z 4.3M followers, 710.6K engagements "Scientists investigate dark oxygen in deep-sea mining zone New Scientist Startling findings in [----] suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now researchers are planning an expedition to learn more and refute criticism from mining companies" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512625-scientists-investigate-dark-oxygen-in-deep-sea-mining-zone/) 2024-07-28T16:55Z 4.3M followers, 301.9K engagements "Tantalising evidence hints Universe is finite New Scientist Perplexing observations beamed back by a NASA spacecraft are fuelling debates about a mystery of biblical proportions is our Universe infinite Scientists have announced tantalising hints that the Universe is actually relatively small with a hall-of-mirrors illusion tricking us into thinking that space stretches on forever. However work by a second team seems to …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4250-tantalising-evidence-hints-universe-is-finite/) 2022-09-30T14:05Z 4.3M followers, 7.1M engagements "Deep pit on moon may be entrance to cave that could act as lunar base New Scientist We may have finally found an entry point to the caves hidden beneath the moons surface which could shield future astronauts from dangerous radiation" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439470-deep-pit-on-moon-may-be-entrance-to-cave-that-could-act-as-lunar-base/) 2024-11-01T05:01Z 4.3M followers, 3.6M engagements "Sniffer mice have a nose for explosives New Scientist Is that a bomb I smell before me ONE day there may be more than X-ray machines and full-body scanners awaiting you at the airport. Listen out for the snuffling of sniffer mice as you pass through security. The critters will not be angling for a snack though. They are part of a bomb-detecting unit …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20927985-700-sniffer-mice-have-a-nose-for-explosives/) 2019-01-24T17:41Z 4.3M followers, 212.2K engagements "Physicists have a massive problem as Higgs boson refuses to misbehave New Scientist The CMS experiment at CERN is studying the Higgs boson Physicists have spotted the Higgs boson performing a new trick but one that brings us no closer to understanding the workings of fundamental particles. The Higgs boson discovered at the CERN particle physics laboratory near Geneva Switzerland in [----] is the particle that gives …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251285-physicists-have-a-massive-problem-as-higgs-boson-refuses-to-misbehave/) 2021-09-17T18:35Z 4.3M followers, 4.3M engagements "Shockwave traffic jam recreated for first time Using a special track researchers have recreated the phenomenon of traffic that grinds to a halt and then restarts for no apparent reason" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13402-shockwave-traffic-jam-recreated-for-first-time/) 2008-03-03T17:43Z 4.3M followers, 4.3M engagements "Humans may have domesticated dogs by accident by sharing excess meat New Scientist Today's dog breeds are descended from wolves Dogs may have become domesticated because our ancestors had more meat than they could eat. During the ice age hunter-gatherers may have shared any surplus with wolves which became their pets. The timing and causes of the domestication of dogs are both uncertain. Genetic evidence suggests that dogs …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264329-humans-may-have-domesticated-dogs-by-accident-by-sharing-excess-meat/) 2023-11-07T11:59Z 4.3M followers, 276.7K engagements "GCV Assembly [--] Governor Setting #how2wrench This video was filmed in the lab at Western Iowa Tech Community College Motorcycle and Powersports Technology Program. #how2wrench Join our main channel to get access to perks: -Daily MEMBER FIRST COMMENTS ANSWERED FIRST -Live Q/A video chats -Wonder if we have a video on your need Members can request content links -Full Access to the ENTIRE [---] video library -Member-Only FREE tool giveaways Click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhM8DCKnT3qXwTW0eToyCg/join Below are some links that help support me and my work. Keep Wrenching Shane Conley" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527443-800-the-entropy-force-a-new-direction-for-gravity/) 2014-11-05T02:17Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements "Why cant humans regrow limbs like an axolotl or a lizard New Scientist Why can't humans regrow limbs like an axolotl or a lizard" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg25033321-400-why-cant-humans-regrow-limbs-like-an-axolotl-or-a-lizard/) 2024-06-26T13:32Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements "Why did humans evolve big brains A new idea bodes ill for our future Recent fossil finds suggest that big brains werent an evolutionary asset to our ancestors but evolved by accident and are likely to shrink again in the near future" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334991-100-why-did-humans-evolve-big-brains-a-new-idea-bodes-ill-for-our-future/) 2024-07-11T19:18Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements "Physicists can now take control of 'hidden' friction in devices New Scientist One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other but researchers are getting a handle on how to attenuate or stop it completely" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514425-physicists-can-now-take-control-of-hidden-friction-in-devices/) 2026-02-09T16:11Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation New Scientist Proto-cities built from [----] years ago in eastern Europe upend our ideas about when civilisation began and why people made the move from rural to urban living" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933230-900-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-mysterious-culture-that-invented-civilisation/) 2025-08-04T15:00Z 4.3M followers, 852.8K engagements "Quantum eavesdropping could work even from inside a black hole New Scientist An eavesdropper hiding inside a black hole could still obtain information about quantum objects on its outside a finding that reveals how effectively black holes destroy the quantum states near their event horizons" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2474089-quantum-eavesdropping-could-work-even-from-inside-a-black-hole/) 2025-04-07T19:30Z 4.3M followers, 661K engagements "Wheres the best place to be buried to preserve your body as a fossil New Scientist Want to preserve your body as a fossil for future generations Readers give their suggestions on the best ways to do it" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg24632832-100-wheres-the-best-place-to-be-buried-to-preserve-your-body-as-a-fossil/) 2025-07-16T01:00Z 4.3M followers, 8.8M engagements "What a trip to the far-flung Pitcairn islands taught me about protecting our oceans New Scientist I travelled for days to remote Pitcairn in the Pacific a shining example of ocean conservation. But so much more needs to be done to safeguard our seas says Graham Lawton" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416765-what-a-trip-to-far-flung-islands-taught-me-about-protecting-our-oceans/) 2024-05-10T09:00Z 4.3M followers, 25.5K engagements "Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the worlds rarest seals New Scientist Populations of Mediterranean monk seals began shrinking when seafaring civilisations expanded around the Mediterranean basin" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321587-ancient-romans-may-have-triggered-decline-of-the-worlds-rarest-seals/) 2025-09-19T18:00Z 4.3M followers, 134.5K engagements "Human brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong faster than an AI Hundreds of thousands of brain cells in a dish are being taught to play Pong by responding to pulses of electricity and can improve their performance more quickly than an AI can" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2301500-human-brain-cells-in-a-dish-learn-to-play-pong-faster-than-an-ai/) 2021-12-17T08:00Z 4.3M followers, 502.8K engagements "Earths tectonic plates have doubled their speed The latest study suggests Earths plates today move twice as fast as they did [--] billion years ago maybe because the mantle has got more runny" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329843.000-earths-tectonic-plates-have-doubled-their-speed.html) 2014-08-27T17:00Z 4.3M followers, 3.1M engagements "The time illusion: How your brain creates now Time is not out there now is a strange trick of the mind. The good news is that with training you can live in the moment for longer" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530030-500-the-time-illusion-how-your-brain-creates-now/) 2018-06-20T11:52Z 4.3M followers, 238.7K engagements "Zoologger: The only virus with an immune system The ICP1 virus has stolen the immune system from the bacterium it targets and is now using the weapon against its host" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23224-zoologger-the-only-virus-with-an-immune-system.html) 2013-02-28T18:45Z 4.3M followers, 437.3K engagements "That moment you realize a new Black and yellow trend is actually from your childhood. #shorts #blackandyellow #newtrend" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg24732961-500-how-much-stuff-is-there-in-the-universe/) 2021-09-17T18:35Z 4.3M followers, 4.3M engagements "Tired all the time Why fatigue isn't just about sleep New Scientist Some of us feel constantly drained without knowing why. Some answers are emerging at last and its not down to lack of sleep" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230950-400-getting-a-fix-on-fatigue/) 2017-04-20T17:05Z 4.3M followers, 7M engagements "Rewriting the textbooks: No such thing as reptiles New Scientist More informed divisions Read more: " Rewriting the textbooks: When science gets it wrong " Vertebrates used to be so simple. They came in five common-sense categories: amphibians birds fish mammals and reptiles. Birds were the winged and feathered ones reptiles the scaly cold-blooded ones. And so on. A place for everything and everything in …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028132-500-rewriting-the-textbooks-no-such-thing-as-reptiles/) 2022-12-05T20:55Z 4.3M followers, 563.8K engagements "Found: closest link to Eve our universal ancestor New Scientist A man who died in 315BC in southern Africa is the closest relative yet known to humanitys common female ancestor mitochondrial Eve" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429904-500-found-closest-link-to-eve-our-universal-ancestor/) 2018-10-23T21:02Z 4.3M followers, 4.5M engagements "Largest ever yellow star is [----] times bigger than sun New Scientist A monster version of our sun has been found the largest known member of the family of yellow stars to which our sun belongs. The whopper sun emits light in similar wavelengths as our sun but its diameter is over [----] times larger. That means it would engulf all the planets between Mercury and Jupiter …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25207-largest-ever-yellow-star-is-1300-times-bigger-than-sun.html) 2014-12-19T02:50Z 4.3M followers, 18.1M engagements "Gas skin makes torpedo go like a bomb New Scientist THE Russian navy has developed a rocket-powered torpedo capable of travelling underwater at up to [---] metres per second more than twice as fast as conventional torpedoes driven by propellers. The new weapon creates a thin layer of gas on its outer skin to reduce drag as it moves through the water. A torpedo …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14619803-600-gas-skin-makes-torpedo-go-like-a-bomb/) 2024-01-31T14:00Z 4.3M followers, 888.8K engagements "Randy Gardner the 17-year-old schoolboy who didnt sleep for [--] days Rats that are kept awake die after two weeks. You probably wouldnt make it that long" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627562-100-maxed-out-how-long-can-you-go-without-sleep/) 2020-05-30T14:30Z 4.3M followers, 6.5M engagements "rate 0/10 #football #ronaldoskills #neymarpsg #mtg #flyxo #neymarjramin #neymardribles #fyp#viral #shorts #shortvideo #animeedit #edit #capcut #capcutedit #anime #trending #viral #viralvideo #viralshorts #viralsound #video #youtubeshorts #youtube #ytshorts #butifyoucloseyoureyes #yt #ytshort #reels #shortsfeed #cars #caredit #carlovers #carslover #animeworld #pinterest#animeedit #squidgame #squidgame2 #squidgame3 #edit #squidgameedit #shorts #capcut #capcutedit #anime #salesman #bluelock #viral #trending #gta #wasted #viralvideo #viralsound #viralshorts #viralshort #youtubeshorts #youtube" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22014-celebrations-as-higgs-boson-is-finally-discovered/) 2021-09-17T18:35Z 4.3M followers, 4.3M engagements "Head transplant carried out on monkey claims maverick surgeon New Scientist The plan to perform a human head transplant is on track says Sergio Canavero after successful experiments on monkeys and mice" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2073923-head-transplant-carried-out-on-monkey-claims-maverick-surgeon/) 2024-05-13T20:04Z 4.3M followers, 4.5M engagements "Cult's bizarre vision rekindles cloning debate New Scientist San Francisco AN INTERNATIONAL religious cult is setting up a company to sponsor research in human cloning. While many biologists dismiss the cult's plans as fantasy leading bioethicists hope the bizarre episode will awaken legislators in the US and elsewhere to the dangers of failing to regulate cloning technology in the private sector. Human cloning …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15420841-400-cults-bizarre-vision-rekindles-cloning-debate/) 2020-07-28T15:13Z 4.3M followers, 52.1K engagements "Criminal investigation into Korean human cloning New Scientist South Korea is launching a criminal investigation into a claim that a Korean woman is pregnant with a cloned embryo it was announced on Friday. The claim was made by the Korean office of a human cloning company called Clonaid. The company was set up by a US-based religious cult the Raelian Movement which believes …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2599-criminal-investigation-into-korean-human-cloning/) 2020-07-28T15:13Z 4.3M followers, 52.1K engagements "Why do wombats poo cubes and turkeys spirals One woman is finding out Engineer Patricia Yang won an IgNobel prize for flushing out a universal law of animal urination. Next up Discovering why wombat stools come out as cubes" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032090-700-why-do-wombats-poo-cubes-and-turkeys-spirals-one-woman-is-finding-out/) 2018-12-19T13:21Z 4.3M followers, 70.8K engagements "First land plants plunged Earth into ice age New Scientist Moss age Never underestimate moss. When the simple plants first arrived on land almost half a billion years ago they triggered both an ice age and a mass extinction of ocean life. The first land plants appeared around 470million years ago during the Ordovician period when life was diversifying rapidly . They were non-vascular plants …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21417-first-land-plants-plunged-earth-into-ice-age/) 2018-02-20T23:04Z 4.3M followers, 3.7M engagements "Mammals grew big after dinosaurs died but their brains stayed small After the extinction of the dinosaurs mammals took over and had room to evolve larger bodies but their brains remained small to begin with" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314363-mammals-grew-big-after-dinosaurs-died-but-their-brains-stayed-small/) 2022-04-06T14:06Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements "Quantum magic trick shows reality is what you make it New Scientist It's easy with a quantum ball Conjurers frequently appear to make balls jump between upturned cups. In quantum systems where the properties of an object including its location can vary depending on how you observe them such feats should be possible without sleight of hand. Now this startling characteristic has been demonstrated experimentally using a …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20600-quantum-magic-trick-shows-reality-is-what-you-make-it.html) 2013-11-01T23:06Z 4.3M followers, 1.2M engagements "Entire nervous system of an animal recorded for the first time New Scientist The firing of every neuron in an animal's body has been recorded live. The breakthrough in imaging the nervous system of a hydra - a tiny transparent creature related to jellyfish as it twitches and moves has provided insights into how such simple animals control their behaviour. Similar techniques might one day help us …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127625-entire-nervous-system-of-an-animal-recorded-for-the-first-time/) 2025-06-28T16:58Z 4.3M followers, 397.9K engagements "Oldest footprints of a four-legged vertebrate discovered New Scientist Video: Oldest tetrapod footprint Footprints in 397-million-year-old mud Evidence that four-legged vertebrates walked on Earth some [--] million years earlier than previously believed could force a radical rethink of where they evolved as well as when. Tetrapod footprints dating back [---] million years have been discovered in the witokrzyskie mountains in southern Poland in what …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18346-oldest-footprints-of-a-four-legged-vertebrate-discovered/) 2018-02-20T23:04Z 4.3M followers, 3.7M engagements "No the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction New Scientist Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/) 2025-04-07T20:46Z 4.3M followers, 671.7K engagements "A brief history of the brain New Scientist New Scientist tracks the evolution of our brain from its origin in ancient seas to its dramatic expansion in one ape and asks why it is now shrinking" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128311-800-a-brief-history-of-the-brain/) 2025-06-28T16:58Z 4.3M followers, 397.9K engagements "Empathetic mirror neurons found in humans at last New Scientist Eliciting a reaction BRAIN cells that may underlie our ability to empathise with others have been detected directly in people for the first time. Monkey brains have been shown to contain so-called "mirror" neurons which fire both when the animal performs an action and when it observes others performing that action. Until now the …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627565.600-empathetic-mirror-neurons-found-in-humans-at-last.html) 2011-01-23T23:09Z 4.3M followers, 6.3M engagements "Chimps outperform humans at memory task New Scientist Video: Watch young chimps outperform their human counterparts at the memory game Young chimps can beat adult humans in a task involving remembering numbers reveals a new study. It is the first time chimps and young ones at that have outperformed humans at a cognitive task. And the finding may add weight to …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12993-chimps-outperform-humans-at-memory-task.html) 2007-12-03T16:57Z 4.3M followers, 375K engagements "How long before all human traces are wiped out New Scientist If the human race disappeared overnight how long would it be before all traces of our existence were erased Readers weigh up our impact on Earth" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/2215950-how-long-before-all-human-traces-are-wiped-out/) 2022-02-24T15:00Z 4.3M followers, 6.9M engagements "Gimme shelter New Scientist WE KNOW that Homo erectus used stone tools. And now it seems likely that our ancient ancestor built shelters too. Japanese archaeologists have discovered the remains of what is believed to be the world's oldest artificial structure on a hillside at Chichibu north of Tokyo. The site has been dated to half a million years …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16522280-300-gimme-shelter/) 2025-11-27T19:45Z 4.3M followers, 314.6K engagements "What is alchemy New Scientist The cheesemakers were probably none too impressed but the rest of the world should be eternally grateful. It was [--] February [----] and Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev was due to do some consultancy work at a cheese factory in St Petersburg. But he cancelled and spent the day scribbling feverishly at home. By the evening …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/question/what-is-alchemy) 2025-06-20T15:01Z 4.3M followers, 41.6K engagements "CRISPR gene editing is not quite as precise and as safe as thought A study has found that CRISPR can delete large chunks of DNA suggesting it could cause cancer if used to treat diseases by editing many cells in the body" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2174149-crispr-gene-editing-is-not-quite-as-precise-and-as-safe-as-thought/) 2018-09-25T11:00Z 4.3M followers, 215.6K engagements "10 of the best time travel movies ever made according to a director at the Centre for Time New Scientist From Back to the Future to Tenet and Interstellar the joint director of the Centre for Time reveals her favourite time travel movies both consistent and inconsistent (hello Marty McFly)" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2393625-the-10-best-time-travel-movies-ever-made-according-to-a-metaphysicist/) 2025-06-14T13:30Z 4.3M followers, 329.8K engagements "The worst-case climate scenarios are no longer plausible today New Scientist Ten years ago we feared that catastrophic global warming of between 4C and 5C by by [----] was a real risk. Today that is no longer credible says Graham Lawton" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734211-000-the-worst-case-climate-scenarios-are-no-longer-plausible-today/) 2025-12-18T09:57Z 4.3M followers, 184.7K engagements "Frog defies gravity USING a giant magnetic field scientists at the University of Nottingham and the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands have made a frog float in mid-air. The levitation trick works because giant magnetic fields slightly distort the orbits of electrons in the frogs atoms. The resulting electric" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15420771-600-frog-defies-gravity/) 1997-04-11T23:00Z 4.3M followers, 39.9K engagements "Giant red crabs invade the Antarctic abyss New Scientist Eating all in sight brightcove.createExperiences(); Video: Giant crabs invade Antarctic seafloor Huge crabs more than a metre across have invaded the Antarctic abyss wiped out the local wildlife and now threaten to ruin ecosystems that have evolved over [--] million years. Three years ago researchers predicted that as the deep waters of the Southern Ocean …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20876-giant-red-crabs-invade-the-antarctic-abyss/) 2025-08-01T19:30Z 4.3M followers, 327.6K engagements "Human ovulation captured on video New Scientist Video: Watch the first footage of the ovulation of a human egg Following the publication last week of the best ever photos of the ovulation of a human egg we now go Fantastic Voyage -like to the first video footage of the moment itself. To record the sequence Stephan Gordts and Ivo Brosens of …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14155-human-ovulation-captured-on-video/) 2008-06-17T17:01Z 4.3M followers, 4.1M engagements "Natural ball lightning probed for the first time New Scientist Twilightning zone Goodness gracious a great ball of lightning seen in China offers the first evidence in nature that the elusive glowing orbs form thanks to vaporised dirt. Anecdotes about ball lightning stretch back for centuries but the phenomenon has been hard to study as the balls are unpredictable and when they do materialise …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24886-natural-ball-lightning-probed-for-the-first-time/) 2020-04-20T13:12Z 4.3M followers, 1.8M engagements "Saunas could heal your mood and your heart New Scientist Body and brain benifits That warm fuzzy feeling you get from sitting in a sauna isn't in your imagination and it may also help your heart. People with chronic heart failure who took saunas five times a week for three weeks improved their heart function and the amount of exercise they could do. Meanwhile …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21206-saunas-could-heal-your-mood-and-your-heart/) 2016-04-11T13:00Z 4.3M followers, 1M engagements "Maxed out: How long could you survive without food or drink The devils in the detail of water and vitamins" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627562-000-maxed-out-how-long-could-you-survive-without-food-or-drink/) 2010-04-14T17:00Z 4.3M followers, 6.5M engagements "Why mathematicians want to destroy infinity and may succeed New Scientist Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science from logic to cosmology and they have a radical plan to do something about it" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2489813-why-mathematicians-want-to-destroy-infinity-and-may-succeed/) 2025-12-03T17:59Z 4.3M followers, 267.5K engagements "Deer-like fossil is a missing link in whale evolution New Scientist Evidence shows that Indohyus was at least in part an eater of vegetation and did not return to a watery life to hunt The racoon-sized mammal is distantly related to pigs sheep and hippos but has distinctive features in common with cetaceans A racoon-sized mammal which lived in India about [--] million years ago may …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13110-deer-like-fossil-is-a-missing-link-in-whale-evolution/) 2025-08-10T16:59Z 4.3M followers, 166.6K engagements "A photon caught in two places at once could destroy the multiverse New Scientist The idea of a multiverse of universes is derived from a particular interpretation of quantum mechanics but now a new twist on a classic experiment says it is time to put the idea to bed" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481629-a-photon-caught-in-two-places-at-once-could-destroy-the-multiverse/) 2025-07-27T18:54Z 4.3M followers, 730.5K engagements "Columnist Helen Thomson investigates the neurological benefits of saunas and how heat therapy can have anti-inflammatory effects throughout the body https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512893-embracing-sauna-culture-can-lower-dementia-risk-and-boost-brain-health/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769653059 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512893-embracing-sauna-culture-can-lower-dementia-risk-and-boost-brain-health/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769653059" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2016751182379704769) 2026-01-29T05:52Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770024482 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770024482" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2018256406332211323) 2026-02-02T09:33Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770112191 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770112191" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2018654556599521313) 2026-02-03T11:55Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770302721 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770302721" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2019436560131780621) 2026-02-05T15:42Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Nearly [--] years after Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time Sarah Alam Malik's epic exploration of the cosmos reflects a changed landscape around science in the 21st century finds Alison Flood https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935811-100-a-new-brief-history-of-the-universe-paints-a-wide-picture/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770370738" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2019710746465022156) 2026-02-06T09:52Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770394156 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770394156" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2019815575413735923) 2026-02-06T16:48Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The most powerful artificial intelligence tools all have one thing in common. Whether they are writing poetry or predicting protein structures they rely on the "transformer" architecture https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510604-the-one-innovation-that-supercharged-ai-best-ideas-of-the-century/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770459689 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510604-the-one-innovation-that-supercharged-ai-best-ideas-of-the-century/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770459689" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020087854911607224) 2026-02-07T10:50Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770484727 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770484727" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020193786647728489) 2026-02-07T17:51Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770577144 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770577144" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020574537134350635) 2026-02-08T19:04Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "An experiment with superconducting qubits opens the door to determining whether quantum devices could be less energetically costly if they are powered by quantum batteries https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514061-fast-charging-quantum-battery-built-inside-a-quantum-computer/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770599944 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514061-fast-charging-quantum-battery-built-inside-a-quantum-computer/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770599944" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020705109198455177) 2026-02-09T03:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "It's a truism that weeds love poor soil but is there anything to it And what is a weed anyway James Wong investigates https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935814-000-do-weeds-really-love-poor-soil-not-if-you-look-at-the-science/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770645861 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935814-000-do-weeds-really-love-poor-soil-not-if-you-look-at-the-science/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770645861" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020871113241202787) 2026-02-09T14:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other but researchers are getting a handle on how to attenuate or stop it completely https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514425-physicists-can-now-take-control-of-hidden-friction-in-devices/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770652810 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514425-physicists-can-now-take-control-of-hidden-friction-in-devices/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770652810" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020893322286366901) 2026-02-09T16:11Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "We are getting a clearer sense of where and how often Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred and it turns out the behaviour was much more common than we first thought https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513892-neanderthals-and-early-humans-may-have-interbred-over-a-vast-area/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770653227 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513892-neanderthals-and-early-humans-may-have-interbred-over-a-vast-area/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770653227" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020902474622677367) 2026-02-09T16:47Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "An epigenetic adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change a threat that was feared to lead to population collapse https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512923-sea-turtles-may-be-more-resilient-to-global-warming-than-we-thought/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770682930 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512923-sea-turtles-may-be-more-resilient-to-global-warming-than-we-thought/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770682930" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021041204662514132) 2026-02-10T01:59Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The Social Dilemma review: How big tech companies use us for profit New Scientist If youre not paying for the product then you are the product goes a saying that has been around in some form or another since the 1970s. When applied to internet companies the adage says that even though some services appear free they make money by selling their users data. It is an idea discussed …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2255588-the-social-dilemma-review-how-big-tech-companies-use-us-for-profit/) 2021-09-16T10:14Z 4.3M followers, 453K engagements "Bird retinas work without oxygen and now scientists know how New Scientist The light-sensitive tissue of birds eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels instead it powers itself with a flood of sugar and this may have evolutionary benefits" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512692-bird-retinas-work-without-oxygen-and-now-scientists-know-how/) 2026-01-21T18:03Z 4.3M followers, 14.3K engagements "Science of Mentos-Diet Coke explosions explained New Scientist https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VlA-zkZssLs Scanning electron microscope images show the roughness of mint Mentos (top and bottom left) and fruit Mentos (top and bottom right) the scale bars representing lengths from [--] to [---] micrometres The startling reaction between Diet Coke and Mentos sweets made famous in thousands of YouTube videos finally has a scientific explanation. A …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14114-science-of-mentosdiet-coke-explosions-explained.html) 2013-06-20T01:25Z 4.3M followers, 11.5M engagements "Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time New Scientist Five elephant calves have been found buried in drainage ditches on tea-growing estates in India in a rare example of burial behaviour in non-human animals" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420561-asian-elephants-seen-burying-their-dead-for-the-first-time/) 2026-02-06T19:00Z 4.3M followers, 14.8K engagements "Gene therapy cures diabetic dogs New Scientist Give me a lick Five diabetic beagles no longer needed insulin injections after being given two extra genes with two of them still alive more than four years later. Several attempts have been made to treat diabetes with gene therapy but this study is "the first to show a long-term cure for diabetes in a …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23163-gene-therapy-cures-diabetic-dogs.html) 2013-07-16T20:00Z 4.3M followers, 244.1K engagements "2024 RW1: A small asteroid hit Earth and burned up over the Philippines New Scientist A newly spotted asteroid named [----] RW1 burned up in the atmosphere over the South Pacific creating a spectacular bright flash in the sky over the Philippines just hours after first being detected" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2446397-a-small-asteroid-hit-earth-and-burned-up-over-the-philippines/) 2024-09-05T11:10Z 4.3M followers, 196.2K engagements "And on that farm the cows face north says Google New Scientist They could be the world's smelliest magnets. Grazing cows tend to face the North and South Poles claims a new study of [---] herds made using Google Earth satellite photos. The ungulate's orientation suggests that they like migratory birds sea turtles and monarch butterflies tune into Earth's magnetic fields says Hynek Burda a biologist …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14590-and-on-that-farm-the-cows-face-north-says-google/) 2026-02-06T19:00Z 4.3M followers, 14.8K engagements "Our elegant universe: rethinking natures deepest principle New Scientist For centuries the principle of symmetry has guided physicists towards more fundamental truths but now a slew of shocking findings suggest a far stranger idea from quantum theory could be a deeper driving force" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509985-our-elegant-universe-rethinking-natures-deepest-principle/) 2026-01-16T12:15Z 4.3M followers, 90.3K engagements "Alices adventures in algebra: Wonderland solved The absurdities of Lewis Carrolls classic disguise an attack on new-fangled mathematics says literary scholar Melanie Bayley" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427391-600-alices-adventures-in-algebra-wonderland-solved/) 2016-07-04T11:57Z 4.3M followers, 5.4M engagements "How to spot the lunar X and V New Scientist Time it right each month and you can spot two fleeting tricks of light on the lunar surface. Abigail Beall is planning ahead" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935791-600-how-to-spot-the-lunar-x-and-v/) 2026-02-10T08:39Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels New Scientist A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on their labels" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514471-statins-dont-cause-most-of-the-side-effects-listed-on-their-labels/) 2026-02-10T14:45Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Can we genetically improve humans using George Churchs famous list New Scientist Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/) 2026-01-30T19:20Z 4.3M followers, 54K engagements "Neanderthals and early humans may have interbred over a vast area New Scientist We are getting a clearer sense of where and how often Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred and it turns out the behaviour was much more common than we first thought" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513892-neanderthals-and-early-humans-may-have-interbred-over-a-vast-area/) 2026-02-06T13:40Z 4.3M followers, 15K engagements "Gene therapy cures leukaemia in eight days New Scientist In remission: David Aponte WITHIN just eight days of starting a novel gene therapy David Aponte's "incurable" leukaemia had vanished. For four other patients the same happened within eight weeks although one later died from a blood clot unrelated to the treatment and another after relapsing. The cured trio who were all previously diagnosed with …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729104.100-gene-therapy-cures-leukaemia-in-) 2013-07-16T20:00Z 4.3M followers, 244.1K engagements "Spiny monster from the depths of world's oldest lake New Scientist (Image: Olga Kamenskaya/Naturepl.com) OLGA KAMENSKAYA says she lost her heart to Lake Baikal. It's easy to see why . At [----] metres deep and [--] million years old the lake is the world's deepest and oldest. It's basically an inland sea. Baikal is also a paradise of biodiversity "the Galapagos of Russia". Thousands of species …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530020-100-spiny-monster-from-the-depths-of-worlds-oldest-lake/) 2018-09-24T23:39Z 4.3M followers, 2.4M engagements "Lost shark seen for first time in a decade - in a fish market New Scientist Hopefully there are others out there still The Ganges river shark is so rare that there has been no confirmed record of the species for a decade and very few ever. But a series of photographs taken at a fish market in Mumbai India show the species is still around and in a unexpected …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2166380-lost-shark-seen-for-first-time-in-a-decade-in-a-fish-market/) 2025-05-29T18:00Z 4.3M followers, 55.5K engagements "Bitcoin is one big disaster for the environment. Mining bitcoin requires an inordinate amount of energy is a terrible investment these days and fuels crime on the dark web. Is this a contender for the worst idea of the 21st century https://podfollow.com/the-world-the-universe-and-us https://podfollow.com/the-world-the-universe-and-us" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2015063035313066217) 2026-01-24T14:04Z 4.3M followers, 264.3K engagements "Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770208708 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770208708" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2019029829807407609) 2026-02-04T12:46Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Countries have spent beyond their sustainable water budgets for so long that critical assets are depleted and the world faces huge economic social and environmental costs https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511979-world-is-entering-an-era-of-water-bankruptcy/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770655548 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511979-world-is-entering-an-era-of-water-bankruptcy/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770655548" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2020936406319632561) 2026-02-09T19:02Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "The light-sensitive tissue of birds eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels instead it powers itself with a flood of sugar and this may have evolutionary benefits https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512692-bird-retinas-work-without-oxygen-and-now-scientists-know-how/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770684780 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512692-bird-retinas-work-without-oxygen-and-now-scientists-know-how/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770684780" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021052696074088550) 2026-02-10T02:44Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770682927 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770682927" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021184208572391697) 2026-02-10T11:27Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on their labels https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514471-statins-dont-cause-most-of-the-side-effects-listed-on-their-labels/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770725564 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514471-statins-dont-cause-most-of-the-side-effects-listed-on-their-labels/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770725564" [X Link](https://x.com/newscientist/status/2021233983514681395) 2026-02-10T14:45Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements "Electric vehicle batteries are typically retired once they reach about [--] per cent of their original capacity but they could be repurposed in electricity grids to balance out slumps in renewable generation 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engagements "Why people can have Alzheimer's-related brain damage but no symptoms New Scientist Some people dont develop dementia despite showing signs of Alzheimers disease in their brain and we're starting to understand why" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512903-why-people-can-have-alzheimers-related-brain-damage-but-no-symptoms/) 2026-01-30T21:45Z 4.3M followers, 58.4K engagements "Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek New Scientist As Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth talk about wanting to make Star Trek real long-time fan Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says they've misconstrued the heart of the story" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935810-100-why-elon-musk-has-misunderstood-the-point-of-star-trek/) 2026-02-08T09:12Z 4.3M followers, 14.3K engagements "Massive Spinosaurus dinosaur swam through water propelled by its tail New Scientist Spinosaurus was an aquatic hunter A predatory dinosaur that was bigger than Tyrannosaurus rex may have been 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It opens up an entire new world of ecological possibilities for dinosaurs says Nizar Ibrahim at the University of Detroit Mercy. Ibrahim and …" [X Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242210-massive-spinosaurus-dinosaur-swam-through-water-propelled-by-its-tail/) 2026-02-04T17:59Z 4.3M followers, 40K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social Influence
Social category influence countries 17.2% technology brands 1.89% celebrities 1.7% finance 1.51% stocks 1.32% travel destinations 0.95% automotive brands 0.95% cryptocurrencies 0.57% social networks 0.38% nfl 0.19%
Social topic influence in the 10.21%, australia #599, the world #2707, the new #2747, the first 4.16%, sea 3.97%, future 3.97%, science #2887, cosmos #170, ai 2.84%
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Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Nasal spray could prevent infections from any flu strain New Scientist An antibody that has the power to neutralise any influenza strain could be widely administered in the form of a nasal spray if a flu pandemic emerges"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:37Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Ancient invaders transformed Britain but not its DNA Romans Vikings and Normans loom large in British history but left hardly any genetic trace behind"
X Link 2015-03-18T18:00Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements
"New Scientist recommends [--] Years Later: The Bone Temple New Scientist The books TV games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:47Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher New Scientist Solar geoengineering could halve the economic cost of climate change but stopping it would cause temperatures to rebound sharply leading to greater damage than unabated global warming"
X Link 2026-01-26T14:51Z 4.3M followers, 19K engagements
"The universe may be hiding a fundamentally unknowable quantum secret New Scientist Even given a set of possible quantum states for our cosmos it's impossible for us to determine which one of them is correct"
X Link 2026-01-29T13:12Z 4.3M followers, 50.3K engagements
"How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just [--] years New Scientist In the early 1800s Denmarks government medical community church leaders and school teachers all united to promote the new smallpox vaccine which led to a remarkably quick elimination of the disease in the capital"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:46Z 4.3M followers, 34.6K engagements
"A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it) review: A new tour of the cosmos paints a wide picture New Scientist Nearly [--] years after Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time Sarah Alam Malik's epic exploration of the cosmos reflects a changed landscape around science in the 21st century finds Alison Flood"
X Link 2026-02-06T09:52Z 4.3M followers, 16.3K engagements
"Sebastio Salgado's stunning shots of the world's icy regions New Scientist The late photographer's work depicting some of the world's coldest places is collected in his new book Genesis"
X Link 2026-02-08T02:02Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The galactic anomalies hinting dark matter is weirder than we thought New Scientist Cosmological puzzles are tempting astronomers to rethink our simple picture of the universe and ask whether dark matter is even stranger than we thought"
X Link 2024-08-31T11:53Z 4.3M followers, 288.4K engagements
"Kanzi a bonobo with exceptional language skills took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities never seen before in non-human primates https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514366-bonobos-pretend-tea-party-shows-capacity-for-imagination/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770819515 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514366-bonobos-pretend-tea-party-shows-capacity-for-imagination/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770819515"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:29Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Suicide tree toxin is perfect murder weapon The plant is a common means of suicide across India but experts fear its popularity as a perfect murder weapon is increasing"
X Link 2004-11-26T15:56Z 4.3M followers, 3.4M engagements
"Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought New Scientist An epigenetic adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change a threat that was feared to lead to population collapse"
X Link 2026-01-23T22:36Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed New Scientist About [----] years ago the population of Britain was replaced by a people who brought Bell Beaker pottery with them. Now ancient DNA has uncovered the murky story of where these people came from"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Need for speed gave seahorse its snout New Scientist The smaller a fish's mouth the longer its snout and vice versa say researchers who carried out a mathematical analysis of feeding in seahorses and other fish. Like most ray-finned fish seahorses feed by suction and approach their prey by swimming and jaw protrusion. An elongated snout is an advantage because it allows …"
X Link 2022-09-24T13:00Z 4.3M followers, 1.8M engagements
"No NASA hasnt changed the zodiac signs or added a new one Astrology fans should realise that the star signs they love have long been out of date as NASA and astronomers occasionally point out says Phil Plait"
X Link 2016-12-09T10:03Z 4.3M followers, 481.1K engagements
"Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity New Scientist Ripples in space-time from a pair of merging black holes have been recorded in unprecedented detail enabling physicists to test predictions of general relativity"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:11Z 4.3M followers, 14.2K engagements
"Bonobo's pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination New Scientist Kanzi a bonobo with exceptional language skills took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities never seen before in non-human primates"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:53Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"How to live a meaningful life according to science New Scientist The meaning of life has puzzled philosophers for millennia but new research suggests it could be as simple as lending a helping hand"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:43Z 4.3M followers, 15.7K engagements
"Why 1.5C failed and setting a new limit would make things worse New Scientist Setting a limit for global warming didn't succeed in galvanising climate action quickly enough now we should focus on making the annual average temperature rise clear for all to see says Bill McGuire"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:03Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"How play builds creative minds New Scientist A growing body of evidence suggests play is a deep-seated biological mechanism that allows young brains to practice curiosity manage uncertainty and build critical thinking skills"
X Link 2026-02-11T10:54Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"How Dirac predicted antimatter New Scientist Paul Dirac (1902-1984)won the Nobel Prize in physics in [----] in part for his work predicting the existence of antimatter This commemorative plaque shows the Dirac equation Paul Dirac The father of antimatter was the remarkable English physicist Paul Dirac (1902-1984) considered by many to be the greatest British theorist since Sir Isaac Newton. His …"
X Link 2019-11-14T16:50Z 4.3M followers, 13.9M engagements
"This states power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables New Scientist South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap with electricity prices tumbling by [--] per cent in a year and sometimes going negative"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Unusual oral microbiome signature linked to obesity New Scientist A distinct set of microbes has been identified in people with obesity which might help spot and treat the condition early but whether it is a cause or effect of the condition isnt known"
X Link 2026-01-22T18:24Z 4.3M followers, 17.6K engagements
"Where is physics headed No one knows for sure but Beyond the Quantum by Antony Valentini is a striking new book that reminds us what a big idea really looks like finds Jon Cartwright https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935800-600-a-remarkable-book-on-quantum-mechanics-reveals-a-really-big-idea/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770768668"
X Link 2026-02-11T01:04Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap with electricity prices tumbling by [--] per cent in a year and sometimes going negative https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514985-this-states-power-prices-are-plummeting-as-it-nears-100-renewables/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770825757"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:30Z 4.3M followers, 17.8K engagements
"The universe is built a lot like a giant brain so is it conscious New Scientist Research has found the universe is remarkably similar in structure to the human brain. But does this mean the cosmos has a consciousness of its own"
X Link 2024-06-28T12:19Z 4.3M followers, 277K engagements
"Velociraptor's 'killing' claws were for climbing New Scientist The whopping claws on its feet may look terrifying but it looks like they were used for climbing rather than disembowelling ACCORDING to Jurassic Park everyone's favourite fleet-footed predators dispatched their prey by disembowelling them with deadly "killing claws" . Not so say palaeontologists who have studied the biomechanics of Velociraptor claws. Instead the …"
X Link 2017-11-27T22:53Z 4.3M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize New Scientist Duelling prairie chickens a snake-mimicking moth and a once-a-year sunrise at the South Pole feature in the best images from the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025"
X Link 2025-12-21T16:00Z 4.3M followers, 747.2K engagements
"Three people with inherited diseases successfully treated with CRISPR New Scientist Sickle cell disease can distort red blood cells Two people with beta thalassaemia and one with sickle cell disease no longer require blood transfusions which are normally used to treat severe forms of these inherited diseases after their bone marrow stem cells were gene-edited with CRISPR . Result of this ongoing trial which is the …"
X Link 2020-09-28T12:38Z 4.3M followers, 495.3K engagements
"AI hallucinations are getting worse and they're here to stay New Scientist An AI leaderboard suggests the newest reasoning models used in chatbots are producing less accurate results because of higher hallucination rates. Experts say the problem is bigger than that"
X Link 2025-05-11T03:34Z 4.3M followers, 119.2K engagements
""Magic number" for space pioneers calculated New Scientist The "magic number" of people needed to create a viable population for multi-generational space travel has been calculated by researchers. It is about the size of a small village [---]. But with some social engineering it might even be possible to halve this to [--]. Anthropologist John Moore from University of Florida tackled the …"
X Link 2017-11-12T22:00Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements
"Universes that spawn 'cosmic brains' should go on the scrapheap New Scientist Minds don't just flare up TRUST your senses. Any theory that lets bizarre brains randomly pop into existence can't be a valid description of the universe. That might seem obvious but such conscious observers called Boltzmann brains are inevitable in certain versions of cosmology. New work that claims to banish such theories not only …"
X Link 2021-05-14T17:40Z 4.3M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Birth of the planets: The Earth and its fellow planets may be survivors from a time when planets ricocheted around the Sun like ball bearings on a pinball table New Scientist Almost [--] billion years ago an insignificant cloud of gas on the fringe of an ordinary spiral galaxy began to collapse. Its centre started to glow as a star formed; the disc of gas and dust around it coagulated into smaller bodies in orbit. Such a scene had been played out billions of times before …"
X Link 2021-05-29T20:03Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements
"The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it New Scientist The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black holes promises to reveal times true nature"
X Link 2026-01-26T18:27Z 4.3M followers, 48.8K engagements
"Exotic fifth state of matter made on the International Space Station An instrument on board the International Space Station contains one of the coldest places in the universe and researchers have used it to create a cloud of frozen atoms"
X Link 2020-06-11T09:33Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Amazon river dolphins may send messages with aerial streams of urine New Scientist Male dolphins have been observed shooting jets of urine into the air and other dolphins seem to follow the stream perhaps to pick up social cues"
X Link 2025-01-31T13:30Z 4.3M followers, 6.7M engagements
"Stunning fossils: Big Mama brooding New Scientist Big Mama was brooding her eggs (Image: Mick Ellison/American Museum of Natural History) She was sitting on her nest keeping her eggs warm just like modern birds do when disaster struck Discovered: Gobi Desert Mongolia [----] Age: [--] to [--] million years Location: Mongolian Dinosaur Museum The first oviraptor was discovered in Mongolia in [----]. …"
X Link 2017-11-27T22:53Z 4.3M followers, 1.5M engagements
"How to avoid being fooled by AI-generated misinformation New Scientist Advances in generative AI mean fake images videos audio and bots are now everywhere. But studies have revealed the best ways to tell if something is real"
X Link 2024-09-02T08:59Z 4.3M followers, 152.9K engagements
"The vast Asian realm of the lost humans New Scientist Siberia harboured Denisovan DNA THE Denisovans mysterious cousins of the Neanderthals occupied a vast realm stretching from the chill expanse of Siberia to the steamy tropical forests of Indonesia suggesting the third human of the Pleistocene displayed a level of adaptability previously thought to be unique to modern humans. Our first tantalising glimpse of …"
X Link 2026-02-01T04:00Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements
"New human species has been named Homo bodoensis - but it may not stick Researchers who reanalysed ancient fossils say they come from a new group of hominins living in Africa around [------] years ago and so deserve a new species name"
X Link 2021-10-28T19:22Z 4.3M followers, 3.2M engagements
"String theory may limit space brain threat New Scientist No brainer if the multiverse rules LEGIONS of disembodied brains floating in deep space threaten to undermine our understanding of the universe. New mathematical modelling suggests string theory and its multiple universes may just provide our salvation and that could win the controversial theory a few more backers. Physicists have dreamed up some bizarre …"
X Link 2021-05-14T17:40Z 4.3M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Homo naledi infant skull discovery suggests they buried their dead The partial skull of a Homo naledi child from around [------] years ago has been found in a deep inaccessible cave suggesting it was placed there by other H. naledi"
X Link 2021-11-11T10:56Z 4.3M followers, 3.2M engagements
"Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing urine into the air - and other dolphins seem to follow the stream. Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2466289-amazon-river-dolphins-may-send-messages-with-aerial-streams-of-urine/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2466289-amazon-river-dolphins-may-send-messages-with-aerial-streams-of-urine/"
X Link 2025-01-31T15:24Z 4.3M followers, 6.7M engagements
"The largest ever analysis of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils suggests the giant and fierce Cretaceous predator was a late bloomer taking [--] to [--] years to reach maturity https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511500-t-rex-took-40-years-to-become-fully-grown/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769417244 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511500-t-rex-took-40-years-to-become-fully-grown/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769417244"
X Link 2026-01-26T09:40Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"In the early 1800s Denmarks government medical community church leaders and school teachers all united to promote the new smallpox vaccine which led to a remarkably quick elimination of the disease in the capital https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513279-how-an-1800s-vaccine-drive-beat-smallpox-in-denmark-in-just-7-years/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770740177"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Electric vehicle batteries are typically retired once they reach about [--] per cent of their original capacity but they could be repurposed in electricity grids to balance out slumps in renewable generation https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515069-old-ev-batteries-could-meet-most-of-chinas-energy-storage-needs/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770828770"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:04Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Bog butter test New Scientist MYSTERIOUS parcels of fat up to [----] years old found in Scottish and Irish peat bogs have at last been identified. It turns out that the "bog butters" as they are known are ancient forms of butter or lard buried in peat to stop them from going rancid. More than [---] packages of butter or …"
X Link 2014-05-13T22:13Z 4.3M followers, 348.3K engagements
"Were finally abandoning BMI for better ways to assess body fat New Scientist People classed as overweight according to BMI can be perfectly healthy. But there are better measures of fat and physicians are finally using them"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements
"A brief history of Stephen Hawking: A legacy of paradox New Scientist Stephen Hawking the world-famous theoretical physicist has died at the age of [--]. Hawkings children Lucy Robert and Tim said in a statement: We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. His courage …"
X Link 2020-11-29T09:32Z 4.3M followers, 2.3M engagements
"NFL Week [--] bold predictions: Ravens smash their Steelers slump Seahawks surprise Vikings Five bold predictions for Week 16s NFL lineup including the NFLs first tie game since 2022"
X Link 2020-05-30T14:30Z 4.3M followers, 6.5M engagements
"Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity New Scientist Ripples in space-time from a pair of merging black holes have been recorded in unprecedented detail enabling physicists to test predictions of general relativity"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements
"Nobel laureate says he'll build worlds most powerful quantum computer New Scientist John Martinis has already revolutionised quantum computing twice. Now he is working on another radical rethink of the technology that could deliver machines with unrivalled capabilities"
X Link 2026-02-03T18:36Z 4.3M followers, 21.7K engagements
"Why exercise isn't much help if you are trying to lose weight New Scientist When we exercise more our bodies may compensate by using less energy for other things especially if we eat less too"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:56Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Our lifespans may be half down to genes and half to the environment New Scientist A reanalysis of twin data from Denmark and Sweden suggests that how long we live now depends roughly equally on the genes we inherit and on where we live and what we do"
X Link 2026-01-29T22:13Z 4.3M followers, 42.5K engagements
"A reanalysis of twin data from Denmark and Sweden suggests that how long we live now depends roughly equally on the genes we inherit and on where we live and what we do https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513610-our-lifespans-may-be-half-down-to-genes-and-half-to-the-environment/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770004736 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513610-our-lifespans-may-be-half-down-to-genes-and-half-to-the-environment/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770004736"
X Link 2026-02-02T04:25Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"An experiment with superconducting qubits opens the door to determining whether quantum devices could be less energetically costly if they are powered by quantum batteries https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514061-fast-charging-quantum-battery-built-inside-a-quantum-computer/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770510645 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514061-fast-charging-quantum-battery-built-inside-a-quantum-computer/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770510645"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:36Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"In the early 1800s Denmarks government medical community church leaders and school teachers all united to promote the new smallpox vaccine which led to a remarkably quick elimination of the disease in the capital https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513279-how-an-1800s-vaccine-drive-beat-smallpox-in-denmark-in-just-7-years/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770597038"
X Link 2026-02-09T12:41Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"When we exercise more our bodies may compensate by using less energy for other things especially if we eat less too https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514600-why-exercise-isnt-much-help-if-you-are-trying-to-lose-weight/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770666565 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514600-why-exercise-isnt-much-help-if-you-are-trying-to-lose-weight/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770666565"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:22Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Why 1.5C failed and setting a new limit would make things worse New Scientist Setting a limit for global warming didn't succeed in galvanising climate action quickly enough now we should focus on making the annual average temperature rise clear for all to see says Bill McGuire"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano New Scientist The Chincha Kingdom was transporting seabird excrement from islands to valleys as early as the 13th century and this powerful fertiliser may have been key to its economic success"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:20Z 4.3M followers, [---] engagements
"Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked New Scientist The skull of Shanidar Z was found in the Shanidar cave in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and has been painstakingly put back together"
X Link 2024-05-02T09:59Z 4.3M followers, 982.3K engagements
"The Starliner stranding shows why NASA was wise to have a backup plan Space missions are extremely hard. Things going wrong should be expected so having a sensible plan B is crucial"
X Link 2024-09-04T18:51Z 4.3M followers, 64.2K engagements
"Vegan toddlers can grow at the same rate as omnivores New Scientist Two-year-olds raised in vegan or vegetarian households don't necessarily have restricted growth according to a study of [---] million children"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:43Z 4.3M followers, 10.9K engagements
"Wild bison released in UK for first time as part of rewilding efforts New Scientist Four European bison have been released into ancient woodland in Kent where they should transform the ecosystem"
X Link 2022-07-18T06:47Z 4.3M followers, 110.1K engagements
"Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI New Scientist Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the assistance of AI tools and say it could lead to a new way of doing mathematics"
X Link 2026-01-16T19:53Z 4.3M followers, 38.3K engagements
"UK's JET nuclear fusion reactor sets new world record for energy output New Scientist In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year the UK's JET reactor set a world record for the energy output of a fusion reaction"
X Link 2024-02-08T14:55Z 4.3M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Tim Winton: 'Sometimes I think we use the word dystopia as an opiate' New Scientist The New Scientist Book Club's February read is Tim Winton's novel Juice set in a future Australia that is so hot it is almost unliveable. Here the author lays out his reasons for writing it and why he doesn't see it as dystopian"
X Link 2026-01-30T17:24Z 4.3M followers, 29.9K engagements
"Wild gorillas reveal their use of tools New Scientist The gorilla repeatedly prodded the stick ahead of her as if to test for depth Conservation workers have seen the first evidence for tool use in wild gorillas. One instance caught on film in the Republic of Congo's Nouabal-Ndoki National Park involved a lowland gorilla using a metre-long stick to test the depth of water …"
X Link 2024-05-21T05:00Z 4.3M followers, 160K engagements
"Do black holes exist and if not what have we really been looking at New Scientist Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if they are instead gravastars fuzzballs or something else entirely"
X Link 2025-09-29T20:12Z 4.3M followers, 416.8K engagements
"How teaching molecules to think is revealing what a 'mind' really is New Scientist Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the origins of life and mind in one fell swoop"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:18Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Real spray-on clothes to hit the catwalk New Scientist Video: Spray-on clothing Forget weaving and stitching clothes. A new material could be sprayed directly onto your body and have you ready to go out in minutes. Particle engineer Paul Luckham and fashion designer Manel Torres from Imperial College London combined cotton fibres polymers and a solvent to form a liquid that becomes a fabric …"
X Link 2010-09-17T09:56Z 4.3M followers, 4.6M engagements
"Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate New Scientist The flow of ice at Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically due to the disintegration of the ice shelf in front of it and this could lead to faster sea level rise"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:20Z 4.3M followers, 28.9K engagements
"Old EV batteries could meet most of China's energy storage needs New Scientist Electric vehicle batteries are typically retired once they reach about [--] per cent of their original capacity but they could be repurposed in electricity grids to balance out slumps in renewable generation"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:21Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"We're about to simulate a human brain on a supercomputer New Scientist The worlds most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons and researchers hope such models will offer unprecedented insights into how our brains work"
X Link 2026-01-13T18:46Z 4.3M followers, 164.4K engagements
"Why dont animals other than humans get sick from uncooked food Carnivores can suffer from food poisoning say our readers but they are generally eating fresher meat and their digestive systems are adapted to raw food"
X Link 2021-06-01T15:00Z 4.3M followers, 24.9M engagements
"Two-year-olds raised in vegan or vegetarian households don't necessarily have restricted growth according to a study of [---] million children https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514496-vegan-toddlers-can-grow-at-the-same-rate-as-omnivores/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770456199 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514496-vegan-toddlers-can-grow-at-the-same-rate-as-omnivores/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770456199"
X Link 2026-02-07T12:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Time it right each month and you can spot two fleeting tricks of light on the lunar surface. Abigail Beall is planning ahead https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935791-600-how-to-spot-the-lunar-x-and-v/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770686536 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935791-600-how-to-spot-the-lunar-x-and-v/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770686536"
X Link 2026-02-10T08:39Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The books TV games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935811-200-new-scientist-recommends-28-years-later-the-bone-temple/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770754794 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935811-200-new-scientist-recommends-28-years-later-the-bone-temple/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770754794"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:47Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky particularly for wooden tools that dont preserve well or cave art that we dont have the technology to date. Columnist Michael Marshall explores how we determine what came first in the . https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514617-which-humans-first-made-tools-or-art-and-how-do-we-know/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770753492"
X Link 2026-02-10T21:06Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The late photographer's work depicting some of the world's coldest places is collected in his new book Genesis https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513540-sebastiao-salgados-stunning-shots-of-the-worlds-icy-regions/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770787847 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513540-sebastiao-salgados-stunning-shots-of-the-worlds-icy-regions/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770787847"
X Link 2026-02-11T06:13Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The New Scientist Book Club's February read is Tim Winton's novel Juice set in a future Australia that is so hot it is almost unliveable. Here the author lays out his reasons for writing it and why he doesn't see it as dystopian https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513626-tim-winton-sometimes-i-think-we-use-the-word-dystopia-as-an-opiate/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770840882"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:34Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The world is on track for between [---] and 3.7C of warming by [----] New Scientist While some progress has been made in limiting greenhouse gas emissions we are still on the path for high levels of global warming"
X Link 2025-12-11T11:30Z 4.3M followers, 209.4K engagements
"Do weeds really love poor soil Not if you look at the science New Scientist It's a truism that weeds love poor soil but is there anything to it And what is a weed anyway James Wong investigates"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Iceland drills hottest hole to tap into energy of molten magma New Scientist Seeking energy from Earth's depths Drilling into hot rocks to tap geothermal energy is one thing. Drilling deep enough to tap the energy from magma oozing into volcanoes is quite another offering a massive increase in the potential to exploit Earths inner heat. That is the task of a rig now drilling [--] kilometres into …"
X Link 2024-06-08T15:00Z 4.3M followers, 729.9K engagements
"Norse UFOs: What are the glowing orbs of Hessdalen Uncanny balls of light are flying around a Norwegian valley. After three decades of detective work we could be close to solving the mystery"
X Link 2014-05-07T17:00Z 4.3M followers, 699.5K engagements
"Fossil fuels are far deadlier than nuclear power New Scientist Read more: " Special report: Rescuing nuclear power " IN THE wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan Germany has temporarily shut down seven of its reactors and China which is building more nuclear power plants than the rest of the world combined has suspended approval for all new facilities . But this reaction may …"
X Link 2014-07-31T11:52Z 4.3M followers, 583K engagements
"Physicists create great balls of fire New Scientist Despite the bright glow the balls also appear to be rather cold much like neon lights Ball lightning the mysterious slow-moving spheres of light occasionally seen during thunderstorms has been created in the lab. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics and the Humboldt University both in Berlin have used underwater …"
X Link 2016-06-23T21:00Z 4.3M followers, 595.7K engagements
"Alpha beta gamma: The language of brainwaves New Scientist She can feel the beat I'VE just had a brainwave. Oh and there's another. And another In fact you will have had thousands of them since you started reading this sentence. These waves of electricity flow around our brains every second of the day allowing neurons to communicate while we walk talk think and feel. …"
X Link 2011-01-23T23:09Z 4.3M followers, 6.4M engagements
"The feeling you get when nails scratch a blackboard has a name New Scientist It's enough to make you shiver You might not have heard of grima but you have almost certainly felt it. Spanish speakers say they feel grima when they hear the sound of fingernails on a blackboard or a knife scratching a plate. Now psychologists are suggesting it should be considered as distinct from …"
X Link 2020-10-28T01:10Z 4.3M followers, 1.6M engagements
"First video footage of seal drowning and eating a pup New Scientist Its fate is sealed The video captures the moment when a male grey seal went rogue. It appears to be sunbathing near a group of pups then it looks up and sidles over to one of the hapless pups. It then catches drowns and eats it. Over the following week in [----] Amy Bishop from …"
X Link 2025-12-19T19:01Z 4.3M followers, 36K engagements
"Australian crocs hit by cane toad wave of death Freshwater crocodile populations in the Northern Territory are plummeting as a wave of invasive toxic toads marches inland"
X Link 2015-10-27T15:26Z 4.3M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Embracing sauna culture can lower dementia risk and boost brain health New Scientist Columnist Helen Thomson investigates the neurological benefits of saunas and how heat therapy can have anti-inflammatory effects throughout the body"
X Link 2026-01-29T02:00Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Flint Dibble: The archaeologist fighting claims about an advanced lost civilisation New Scientist NetflixsAncient Apocalypsepeddles the idea that we have overlooked an extraordinary ancient civilisation. Flint Dibble explains why that is wrong and why real archaeology is more exciting"
X Link 2025-12-10T17:59Z 4.3M followers, 89.6K engagements
"Woolly mammoth DNA exceptionally preserved in freeze-dried 'jerky' New Scientist A complete genome has been extracted from a 52000-year-old woolly mammoth which might bring us closer to resurrecting the species"
X Link 2024-07-11T15:19Z 4.3M followers, 126.5K engagements
"US says CO2 emissions arent harmful climate science shows otherwise New Scientist The Trump administration is attempting to argue that greenhouses gases dont endanger people to reverse regulations limiting these harmful emissions climate scientists are pushing back"
X Link 2025-07-31T21:20Z 4.3M followers, 392.8K engagements
"Leopards that live in cities are protecting people from rabies New Scientist A leopard in Mumbai India When leopards stray into a city people often fear them because of the danger they pose. But it turns out these big cats could be valuable neighbours: by preying on feral dogs in Mumbai they are reducing the risk of people catching rabies. About [-----] people die of rabies in …"
X Link 2025-11-21T19:01Z 4.3M followers, 50K engagements
"Cannibalism may have spread anthrax in hippos New Scientist Large scale die-offs of hippopotamuses infected with anthrax in Uganda are causing a stir among zoologists one suggestion is that cannibalism may have fuelled the outbreak. The anthrax outbreak first hit Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda in late summer and has killed at least [---] hippos so far. "The widespread mortality may be …"
X Link 2025-12-19T19:01Z 4.3M followers, 36K engagements
"Dad wants her to win LeoNata family#shorts Tik Tok"
X Link 2023-11-13T13:00Z 4.3M followers, 16.4M engagements
"What Earths mysterious infancy tells us about the origins of life New Scientist Redrawing the geological timeline of Earths first billion years is casting new light on whether life emerged on land or in the oceans"
X Link 2024-07-20T14:00Z 4.3M followers, 44.8K engagements
"Adderall might improve your test scores but so could a placebo New Scientist Some confidence would help Students who take Adderall to improve their test scores may get a slight benefit but its mainly a placebo effect . The drug Adderall is a combination of the stimulants amphetamine and dextroamphetamine and is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) . But its growing in popularity as a …"
X Link 2018-10-04T16:45Z 4.3M followers, 3.7M engagements
"The sea monster that never was New Scientist THE giant octopus always seemed to be one of the more credible sea monsters. Gigantic squid are well documented and the octopus is related to the squid. But the only evidence for "Octopus giganteus" a beast that supposedly spanned [--] metres from tentacle to tentacle was a 20-tonne mass of tissue that washed up on …"
X Link 2026-01-23T00:14Z 4.3M followers, 65.8K engagements
"Intuitive people worse at detecting lies People who trust in a gut instinct are actually worse at spotting liars than those who dont"
X Link 2002-03-18T13:08Z 4.3M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Weve built a fourth dimension of space and were about to look inside New Scientist We only ever experience three spatial dimensions but quantum lab experiments suggest a whole new side to reality weird particle apparitions included"
X Link 2025-12-17T17:59Z 4.3M followers, 710.6K engagements
"Scientists investigate dark oxygen in deep-sea mining zone New Scientist Startling findings in [----] suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now researchers are planning an expedition to learn more and refute criticism from mining companies"
X Link 2024-07-28T16:55Z 4.3M followers, 301.9K engagements
"Tantalising evidence hints Universe is finite New Scientist Perplexing observations beamed back by a NASA spacecraft are fuelling debates about a mystery of biblical proportions is our Universe infinite Scientists have announced tantalising hints that the Universe is actually relatively small with a hall-of-mirrors illusion tricking us into thinking that space stretches on forever. However work by a second team seems to …"
X Link 2022-09-30T14:05Z 4.3M followers, 7.1M engagements
"Deep pit on moon may be entrance to cave that could act as lunar base New Scientist We may have finally found an entry point to the caves hidden beneath the moons surface which could shield future astronauts from dangerous radiation"
X Link 2024-11-01T05:01Z 4.3M followers, 3.6M engagements
"Sniffer mice have a nose for explosives New Scientist Is that a bomb I smell before me ONE day there may be more than X-ray machines and full-body scanners awaiting you at the airport. Listen out for the snuffling of sniffer mice as you pass through security. The critters will not be angling for a snack though. They are part of a bomb-detecting unit …"
X Link 2019-01-24T17:41Z 4.3M followers, 212.2K engagements
"Physicists have a massive problem as Higgs boson refuses to misbehave New Scientist The CMS experiment at CERN is studying the Higgs boson Physicists have spotted the Higgs boson performing a new trick but one that brings us no closer to understanding the workings of fundamental particles. The Higgs boson discovered at the CERN particle physics laboratory near Geneva Switzerland in [----] is the particle that gives …"
X Link 2021-09-17T18:35Z 4.3M followers, 4.3M engagements
"Shockwave traffic jam recreated for first time Using a special track researchers have recreated the phenomenon of traffic that grinds to a halt and then restarts for no apparent reason"
X Link 2008-03-03T17:43Z 4.3M followers, 4.3M engagements
"Humans may have domesticated dogs by accident by sharing excess meat New Scientist Today's dog breeds are descended from wolves Dogs may have become domesticated because our ancestors had more meat than they could eat. During the ice age hunter-gatherers may have shared any surplus with wolves which became their pets. The timing and causes of the domestication of dogs are both uncertain. Genetic evidence suggests that dogs …"
X Link 2023-11-07T11:59Z 4.3M followers, 276.7K engagements
"GCV Assembly [--] Governor Setting #how2wrench This video was filmed in the lab at Western Iowa Tech Community College Motorcycle and Powersports Technology Program. #how2wrench Join our main channel to get access to perks: -Daily MEMBER FIRST COMMENTS ANSWERED FIRST -Live Q/A video chats -Wonder if we have a video on your need Members can request content links -Full Access to the ENTIRE [---] video library -Member-Only FREE tool giveaways Click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhM8DCKnT3qXwTW0eToyCg/join Below are some links that help support me and my work. Keep Wrenching Shane Conley"
X Link 2014-11-05T02:17Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Why cant humans regrow limbs like an axolotl or a lizard New Scientist Why can't humans regrow limbs like an axolotl or a lizard"
X Link 2024-06-26T13:32Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Why did humans evolve big brains A new idea bodes ill for our future Recent fossil finds suggest that big brains werent an evolutionary asset to our ancestors but evolved by accident and are likely to shrink again in the near future"
X Link 2024-07-11T19:18Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Physicists can now take control of 'hidden' friction in devices New Scientist One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other but researchers are getting a handle on how to attenuate or stop it completely"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:11Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation New Scientist Proto-cities built from [----] years ago in eastern Europe upend our ideas about when civilisation began and why people made the move from rural to urban living"
X Link 2025-08-04T15:00Z 4.3M followers, 852.8K engagements
"Quantum eavesdropping could work even from inside a black hole New Scientist An eavesdropper hiding inside a black hole could still obtain information about quantum objects on its outside a finding that reveals how effectively black holes destroy the quantum states near their event horizons"
X Link 2025-04-07T19:30Z 4.3M followers, 661K engagements
"Wheres the best place to be buried to preserve your body as a fossil New Scientist Want to preserve your body as a fossil for future generations Readers give their suggestions on the best ways to do it"
X Link 2025-07-16T01:00Z 4.3M followers, 8.8M engagements
"What a trip to the far-flung Pitcairn islands taught me about protecting our oceans New Scientist I travelled for days to remote Pitcairn in the Pacific a shining example of ocean conservation. But so much more needs to be done to safeguard our seas says Graham Lawton"
X Link 2024-05-10T09:00Z 4.3M followers, 25.5K engagements
"Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the worlds rarest seals New Scientist Populations of Mediterranean monk seals began shrinking when seafaring civilisations expanded around the Mediterranean basin"
X Link 2025-09-19T18:00Z 4.3M followers, 134.5K engagements
"Human brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong faster than an AI Hundreds of thousands of brain cells in a dish are being taught to play Pong by responding to pulses of electricity and can improve their performance more quickly than an AI can"
X Link 2021-12-17T08:00Z 4.3M followers, 502.8K engagements
"Earths tectonic plates have doubled their speed The latest study suggests Earths plates today move twice as fast as they did [--] billion years ago maybe because the mantle has got more runny"
X Link 2014-08-27T17:00Z 4.3M followers, 3.1M engagements
"The time illusion: How your brain creates now Time is not out there now is a strange trick of the mind. The good news is that with training you can live in the moment for longer"
X Link 2018-06-20T11:52Z 4.3M followers, 238.7K engagements
"Zoologger: The only virus with an immune system The ICP1 virus has stolen the immune system from the bacterium it targets and is now using the weapon against its host"
X Link 2013-02-28T18:45Z 4.3M followers, 437.3K engagements
"That moment you realize a new Black and yellow trend is actually from your childhood. #shorts #blackandyellow #newtrend"
X Link 2021-09-17T18:35Z 4.3M followers, 4.3M engagements
"Tired all the time Why fatigue isn't just about sleep New Scientist Some of us feel constantly drained without knowing why. Some answers are emerging at last and its not down to lack of sleep"
X Link 2017-04-20T17:05Z 4.3M followers, 7M engagements
"Rewriting the textbooks: No such thing as reptiles New Scientist More informed divisions Read more: " Rewriting the textbooks: When science gets it wrong " Vertebrates used to be so simple. They came in five common-sense categories: amphibians birds fish mammals and reptiles. Birds were the winged and feathered ones reptiles the scaly cold-blooded ones. And so on. A place for everything and everything in …"
X Link 2022-12-05T20:55Z 4.3M followers, 563.8K engagements
"Found: closest link to Eve our universal ancestor New Scientist A man who died in 315BC in southern Africa is the closest relative yet known to humanitys common female ancestor mitochondrial Eve"
X Link 2018-10-23T21:02Z 4.3M followers, 4.5M engagements
"Largest ever yellow star is [----] times bigger than sun New Scientist A monster version of our sun has been found the largest known member of the family of yellow stars to which our sun belongs. The whopper sun emits light in similar wavelengths as our sun but its diameter is over [----] times larger. That means it would engulf all the planets between Mercury and Jupiter …"
X Link 2014-12-19T02:50Z 4.3M followers, 18.1M engagements
"Gas skin makes torpedo go like a bomb New Scientist THE Russian navy has developed a rocket-powered torpedo capable of travelling underwater at up to [---] metres per second more than twice as fast as conventional torpedoes driven by propellers. The new weapon creates a thin layer of gas on its outer skin to reduce drag as it moves through the water. A torpedo …"
X Link 2024-01-31T14:00Z 4.3M followers, 888.8K engagements
"Randy Gardner the 17-year-old schoolboy who didnt sleep for [--] days Rats that are kept awake die after two weeks. You probably wouldnt make it that long"
X Link 2020-05-30T14:30Z 4.3M followers, 6.5M engagements
"rate 0/10 #football #ronaldoskills #neymarpsg #mtg #flyxo #neymarjramin #neymardribles #fyp#viral #shorts #shortvideo #animeedit #edit #capcut #capcutedit #anime #trending #viral #viralvideo #viralshorts #viralsound #video #youtubeshorts #youtube #ytshorts #butifyoucloseyoureyes #yt #ytshort #reels #shortsfeed #cars #caredit #carlovers #carslover #animeworld #pinterest#animeedit #squidgame #squidgame2 #squidgame3 #edit #squidgameedit #shorts #capcut #capcutedit #anime #salesman #bluelock #viral #trending #gta #wasted #viralvideo #viralsound #viralshorts #viralshort #youtubeshorts #youtube"
X Link 2021-09-17T18:35Z 4.3M followers, 4.3M engagements
"Head transplant carried out on monkey claims maverick surgeon New Scientist The plan to perform a human head transplant is on track says Sergio Canavero after successful experiments on monkeys and mice"
X Link 2024-05-13T20:04Z 4.3M followers, 4.5M engagements
"Cult's bizarre vision rekindles cloning debate New Scientist San Francisco AN INTERNATIONAL religious cult is setting up a company to sponsor research in human cloning. While many biologists dismiss the cult's plans as fantasy leading bioethicists hope the bizarre episode will awaken legislators in the US and elsewhere to the dangers of failing to regulate cloning technology in the private sector. Human cloning …"
X Link 2020-07-28T15:13Z 4.3M followers, 52.1K engagements
"Criminal investigation into Korean human cloning New Scientist South Korea is launching a criminal investigation into a claim that a Korean woman is pregnant with a cloned embryo it was announced on Friday. The claim was made by the Korean office of a human cloning company called Clonaid. The company was set up by a US-based religious cult the Raelian Movement which believes …"
X Link 2020-07-28T15:13Z 4.3M followers, 52.1K engagements
"Why do wombats poo cubes and turkeys spirals One woman is finding out Engineer Patricia Yang won an IgNobel prize for flushing out a universal law of animal urination. Next up Discovering why wombat stools come out as cubes"
X Link 2018-12-19T13:21Z 4.3M followers, 70.8K engagements
"First land plants plunged Earth into ice age New Scientist Moss age Never underestimate moss. When the simple plants first arrived on land almost half a billion years ago they triggered both an ice age and a mass extinction of ocean life. The first land plants appeared around 470million years ago during the Ordovician period when life was diversifying rapidly . They were non-vascular plants …"
X Link 2018-02-20T23:04Z 4.3M followers, 3.7M engagements
"Mammals grew big after dinosaurs died but their brains stayed small After the extinction of the dinosaurs mammals took over and had room to evolve larger bodies but their brains remained small to begin with"
X Link 2022-04-06T14:06Z 4.3M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Quantum magic trick shows reality is what you make it New Scientist It's easy with a quantum ball Conjurers frequently appear to make balls jump between upturned cups. In quantum systems where the properties of an object including its location can vary depending on how you observe them such feats should be possible without sleight of hand. Now this startling characteristic has been demonstrated experimentally using a …"
X Link 2013-11-01T23:06Z 4.3M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Entire nervous system of an animal recorded for the first time New Scientist The firing of every neuron in an animal's body has been recorded live. The breakthrough in imaging the nervous system of a hydra - a tiny transparent creature related to jellyfish as it twitches and moves has provided insights into how such simple animals control their behaviour. Similar techniques might one day help us …"
X Link 2025-06-28T16:58Z 4.3M followers, 397.9K engagements
"Oldest footprints of a four-legged vertebrate discovered New Scientist Video: Oldest tetrapod footprint Footprints in 397-million-year-old mud Evidence that four-legged vertebrates walked on Earth some [--] million years earlier than previously believed could force a radical rethink of where they evolved as well as when. Tetrapod footprints dating back [---] million years have been discovered in the witokrzyskie mountains in southern Poland in what …"
X Link 2018-02-20T23:04Z 4.3M followers, 3.7M engagements
"No the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction New Scientist Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species"
X Link 2025-04-07T20:46Z 4.3M followers, 671.7K engagements
"A brief history of the brain New Scientist New Scientist tracks the evolution of our brain from its origin in ancient seas to its dramatic expansion in one ape and asks why it is now shrinking"
X Link 2025-06-28T16:58Z 4.3M followers, 397.9K engagements
"Empathetic mirror neurons found in humans at last New Scientist Eliciting a reaction BRAIN cells that may underlie our ability to empathise with others have been detected directly in people for the first time. Monkey brains have been shown to contain so-called "mirror" neurons which fire both when the animal performs an action and when it observes others performing that action. Until now the …"
X Link 2011-01-23T23:09Z 4.3M followers, 6.3M engagements
"Chimps outperform humans at memory task New Scientist Video: Watch young chimps outperform their human counterparts at the memory game Young chimps can beat adult humans in a task involving remembering numbers reveals a new study. It is the first time chimps and young ones at that have outperformed humans at a cognitive task. And the finding may add weight to …"
X Link 2007-12-03T16:57Z 4.3M followers, 375K engagements
"How long before all human traces are wiped out New Scientist If the human race disappeared overnight how long would it be before all traces of our existence were erased Readers weigh up our impact on Earth"
X Link 2022-02-24T15:00Z 4.3M followers, 6.9M engagements
"Gimme shelter New Scientist WE KNOW that Homo erectus used stone tools. And now it seems likely that our ancient ancestor built shelters too. Japanese archaeologists have discovered the remains of what is believed to be the world's oldest artificial structure on a hillside at Chichibu north of Tokyo. The site has been dated to half a million years …"
X Link 2025-11-27T19:45Z 4.3M followers, 314.6K engagements
"What is alchemy New Scientist The cheesemakers were probably none too impressed but the rest of the world should be eternally grateful. It was [--] February [----] and Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev was due to do some consultancy work at a cheese factory in St Petersburg. But he cancelled and spent the day scribbling feverishly at home. By the evening …"
X Link 2025-06-20T15:01Z 4.3M followers, 41.6K engagements
"CRISPR gene editing is not quite as precise and as safe as thought A study has found that CRISPR can delete large chunks of DNA suggesting it could cause cancer if used to treat diseases by editing many cells in the body"
X Link 2018-09-25T11:00Z 4.3M followers, 215.6K engagements
"10 of the best time travel movies ever made according to a director at the Centre for Time New Scientist From Back to the Future to Tenet and Interstellar the joint director of the Centre for Time reveals her favourite time travel movies both consistent and inconsistent (hello Marty McFly)"
X Link 2025-06-14T13:30Z 4.3M followers, 329.8K engagements
"The worst-case climate scenarios are no longer plausible today New Scientist Ten years ago we feared that catastrophic global warming of between 4C and 5C by by [----] was a real risk. Today that is no longer credible says Graham Lawton"
X Link 2025-12-18T09:57Z 4.3M followers, 184.7K engagements
"Frog defies gravity USING a giant magnetic field scientists at the University of Nottingham and the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands have made a frog float in mid-air. The levitation trick works because giant magnetic fields slightly distort the orbits of electrons in the frogs atoms. The resulting electric"
X Link 1997-04-11T23:00Z 4.3M followers, 39.9K engagements
"Giant red crabs invade the Antarctic abyss New Scientist Eating all in sight brightcove.createExperiences(); Video: Giant crabs invade Antarctic seafloor Huge crabs more than a metre across have invaded the Antarctic abyss wiped out the local wildlife and now threaten to ruin ecosystems that have evolved over [--] million years. Three years ago researchers predicted that as the deep waters of the Southern Ocean …"
X Link 2025-08-01T19:30Z 4.3M followers, 327.6K engagements
"Human ovulation captured on video New Scientist Video: Watch the first footage of the ovulation of a human egg Following the publication last week of the best ever photos of the ovulation of a human egg we now go Fantastic Voyage -like to the first video footage of the moment itself. To record the sequence Stephan Gordts and Ivo Brosens of …"
X Link 2008-06-17T17:01Z 4.3M followers, 4.1M engagements
"Natural ball lightning probed for the first time New Scientist Twilightning zone Goodness gracious a great ball of lightning seen in China offers the first evidence in nature that the elusive glowing orbs form thanks to vaporised dirt. Anecdotes about ball lightning stretch back for centuries but the phenomenon has been hard to study as the balls are unpredictable and when they do materialise …"
X Link 2020-04-20T13:12Z 4.3M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Saunas could heal your mood and your heart New Scientist Body and brain benifits That warm fuzzy feeling you get from sitting in a sauna isn't in your imagination and it may also help your heart. People with chronic heart failure who took saunas five times a week for three weeks improved their heart function and the amount of exercise they could do. Meanwhile …"
X Link 2016-04-11T13:00Z 4.3M followers, 1M engagements
"Maxed out: How long could you survive without food or drink The devils in the detail of water and vitamins"
X Link 2010-04-14T17:00Z 4.3M followers, 6.5M engagements
"Why mathematicians want to destroy infinity and may succeed New Scientist Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science from logic to cosmology and they have a radical plan to do something about it"
X Link 2025-12-03T17:59Z 4.3M followers, 267.5K engagements
"Deer-like fossil is a missing link in whale evolution New Scientist Evidence shows that Indohyus was at least in part an eater of vegetation and did not return to a watery life to hunt The racoon-sized mammal is distantly related to pigs sheep and hippos but has distinctive features in common with cetaceans A racoon-sized mammal which lived in India about [--] million years ago may …"
X Link 2025-08-10T16:59Z 4.3M followers, 166.6K engagements
"A photon caught in two places at once could destroy the multiverse New Scientist The idea of a multiverse of universes is derived from a particular interpretation of quantum mechanics but now a new twist on a classic experiment says it is time to put the idea to bed"
X Link 2025-07-27T18:54Z 4.3M followers, 730.5K engagements
"Columnist Helen Thomson investigates the neurological benefits of saunas and how heat therapy can have anti-inflammatory effects throughout the body https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512893-embracing-sauna-culture-can-lower-dementia-risk-and-boost-brain-health/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769653059 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512893-embracing-sauna-culture-can-lower-dementia-risk-and-boost-brain-health/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769653059"
X Link 2026-01-29T05:52Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770024482 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770024482"
X Link 2026-02-02T09:33Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770112191 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770112191"
X Link 2026-02-03T11:55Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770302721 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770302721"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:42Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Nearly [--] years after Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time Sarah Alam Malik's epic exploration of the cosmos reflects a changed landscape around science in the 21st century finds Alison Flood https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935811-100-a-new-brief-history-of-the-universe-paints-a-wide-picture/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770370738"
X Link 2026-02-06T09:52Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770394156 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770394156"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:48Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The most powerful artificial intelligence tools all have one thing in common. Whether they are writing poetry or predicting protein structures they rely on the "transformer" architecture https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510604-the-one-innovation-that-supercharged-ai-best-ideas-of-the-century/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770459689 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510604-the-one-innovation-that-supercharged-ai-best-ideas-of-the-century/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770459689"
X Link 2026-02-07T10:50Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770484727 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770484727"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:51Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770577144 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770577144"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:04Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"An experiment with superconducting qubits opens the door to determining whether quantum devices could be less energetically costly if they are powered by quantum batteries https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514061-fast-charging-quantum-battery-built-inside-a-quantum-computer/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770599944 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514061-fast-charging-quantum-battery-built-inside-a-quantum-computer/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770599944"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"It's a truism that weeds love poor soil but is there anything to it And what is a weed anyway James Wong investigates https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935814-000-do-weeds-really-love-poor-soil-not-if-you-look-at-the-science/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770645861 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935814-000-do-weeds-really-love-poor-soil-not-if-you-look-at-the-science/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770645861"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:43Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other but researchers are getting a handle on how to attenuate or stop it completely https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514425-physicists-can-now-take-control-of-hidden-friction-in-devices/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770652810 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514425-physicists-can-now-take-control-of-hidden-friction-in-devices/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770652810"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:11Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"We are getting a clearer sense of where and how often Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred and it turns out the behaviour was much more common than we first thought https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513892-neanderthals-and-early-humans-may-have-interbred-over-a-vast-area/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770653227 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513892-neanderthals-and-early-humans-may-have-interbred-over-a-vast-area/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770653227"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:47Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"An epigenetic adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change a threat that was feared to lead to population collapse https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512923-sea-turtles-may-be-more-resilient-to-global-warming-than-we-thought/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770682930 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512923-sea-turtles-may-be-more-resilient-to-global-warming-than-we-thought/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770682930"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:59Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The Social Dilemma review: How big tech companies use us for profit New Scientist If youre not paying for the product then you are the product goes a saying that has been around in some form or another since the 1970s. When applied to internet companies the adage says that even though some services appear free they make money by selling their users data. It is an idea discussed …"
X Link 2021-09-16T10:14Z 4.3M followers, 453K engagements
"Bird retinas work without oxygen and now scientists know how New Scientist The light-sensitive tissue of birds eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels instead it powers itself with a flood of sugar and this may have evolutionary benefits"
X Link 2026-01-21T18:03Z 4.3M followers, 14.3K engagements
"Science of Mentos-Diet Coke explosions explained New Scientist https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VlA-zkZssLs Scanning electron microscope images show the roughness of mint Mentos (top and bottom left) and fruit Mentos (top and bottom right) the scale bars representing lengths from [--] to [---] micrometres The startling reaction between Diet Coke and Mentos sweets made famous in thousands of YouTube videos finally has a scientific explanation. A …"
X Link 2013-06-20T01:25Z 4.3M followers, 11.5M engagements
"Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time New Scientist Five elephant calves have been found buried in drainage ditches on tea-growing estates in India in a rare example of burial behaviour in non-human animals"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:00Z 4.3M followers, 14.8K engagements
"Gene therapy cures diabetic dogs New Scientist Give me a lick Five diabetic beagles no longer needed insulin injections after being given two extra genes with two of them still alive more than four years later. Several attempts have been made to treat diabetes with gene therapy but this study is "the first to show a long-term cure for diabetes in a …"
X Link 2013-07-16T20:00Z 4.3M followers, 244.1K engagements
"2024 RW1: A small asteroid hit Earth and burned up over the Philippines New Scientist A newly spotted asteroid named [----] RW1 burned up in the atmosphere over the South Pacific creating a spectacular bright flash in the sky over the Philippines just hours after first being detected"
X Link 2024-09-05T11:10Z 4.3M followers, 196.2K engagements
"And on that farm the cows face north says Google New Scientist They could be the world's smelliest magnets. Grazing cows tend to face the North and South Poles claims a new study of [---] herds made using Google Earth satellite photos. The ungulate's orientation suggests that they like migratory birds sea turtles and monarch butterflies tune into Earth's magnetic fields says Hynek Burda a biologist …"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:00Z 4.3M followers, 14.8K engagements
"Our elegant universe: rethinking natures deepest principle New Scientist For centuries the principle of symmetry has guided physicists towards more fundamental truths but now a slew of shocking findings suggest a far stranger idea from quantum theory could be a deeper driving force"
X Link 2026-01-16T12:15Z 4.3M followers, 90.3K engagements
"Alices adventures in algebra: Wonderland solved The absurdities of Lewis Carrolls classic disguise an attack on new-fangled mathematics says literary scholar Melanie Bayley"
X Link 2016-07-04T11:57Z 4.3M followers, 5.4M engagements
"How to spot the lunar X and V New Scientist Time it right each month and you can spot two fleeting tricks of light on the lunar surface. Abigail Beall is planning ahead"
X Link 2026-02-10T08:39Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels New Scientist A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on their labels"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:45Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Can we genetically improve humans using George Churchs famous list New Scientist Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists"
X Link 2026-01-30T19:20Z 4.3M followers, 54K engagements
"Neanderthals and early humans may have interbred over a vast area New Scientist We are getting a clearer sense of where and how often Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred and it turns out the behaviour was much more common than we first thought"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:40Z 4.3M followers, 15K engagements
"Gene therapy cures leukaemia in eight days New Scientist In remission: David Aponte WITHIN just eight days of starting a novel gene therapy David Aponte's "incurable" leukaemia had vanished. For four other patients the same happened within eight weeks although one later died from a blood clot unrelated to the treatment and another after relapsing. The cured trio who were all previously diagnosed with …"
X Link 2013-07-16T20:00Z 4.3M followers, 244.1K engagements
"Spiny monster from the depths of world's oldest lake New Scientist (Image: Olga Kamenskaya/Naturepl.com) OLGA KAMENSKAYA says she lost her heart to Lake Baikal. It's easy to see why . At [----] metres deep and [--] million years old the lake is the world's deepest and oldest. It's basically an inland sea. Baikal is also a paradise of biodiversity "the Galapagos of Russia". Thousands of species …"
X Link 2018-09-24T23:39Z 4.3M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Lost shark seen for first time in a decade - in a fish market New Scientist Hopefully there are others out there still The Ganges river shark is so rare that there has been no confirmed record of the species for a decade and very few ever. But a series of photographs taken at a fish market in Mumbai India show the species is still around and in a unexpected …"
X Link 2025-05-29T18:00Z 4.3M followers, 55.5K engagements
"Bitcoin is one big disaster for the environment. Mining bitcoin requires an inordinate amount of energy is a terrible investment these days and fuels crime on the dark web. Is this a contender for the worst idea of the 21st century https://podfollow.com/the-world-the-universe-and-us https://podfollow.com/the-world-the-universe-and-us"
X Link 2026-01-24T14:04Z 4.3M followers, 264.3K engagements
"Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770208708 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770208708"
X Link 2026-02-04T12:46Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Countries have spent beyond their sustainable water budgets for so long that critical assets are depleted and the world faces huge economic social and environmental costs https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511979-world-is-entering-an-era-of-water-bankruptcy/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770655548 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511979-world-is-entering-an-era-of-water-bankruptcy/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770655548"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:02Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"The light-sensitive tissue of birds eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels instead it powers itself with a flood of sugar and this may have evolutionary benefits https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512692-bird-retinas-work-without-oxygen-and-now-scientists-know-how/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770684780 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512692-bird-retinas-work-without-oxygen-and-now-scientists-know-how/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770684780"
X Link 2026-02-10T02:44Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770682927 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770682927"
X Link 2026-02-10T11:27Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on their labels https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514471-statins-dont-cause-most-of-the-side-effects-listed-on-their-labels/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770725564 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514471-statins-dont-cause-most-of-the-side-effects-listed-on-their-labels/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770725564"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:45Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Electric vehicle batteries are typically retired once they reach about [--] per cent of their original capacity but they could be repurposed in electricity grids to balance out slumps in renewable generation https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515069-old-ev-batteries-could-meet-most-of-chinas-energy-storage-needs/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770738461"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:21Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770810947 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513878-can-we-genetically-improve-humans-using-george-churchs-famous-list/utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770810947"
X Link 2026-02-11T12:20Z 4.3M followers, [----] engagements
"Why people can have Alzheimer's-related brain damage but no symptoms New Scientist Some people dont develop dementia despite showing signs of Alzheimers disease in their brain and we're starting to understand why"
X Link 2026-01-30T21:45Z 4.3M followers, 58.4K engagements
"Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek New Scientist As Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth talk about wanting to make Star Trek real long-time fan Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says they've misconstrued the heart of the story"
X Link 2026-02-08T09:12Z 4.3M followers, 14.3K engagements
"Massive Spinosaurus dinosaur swam through water propelled by its tail New Scientist Spinosaurus was an aquatic hunter A predatory dinosaur that was bigger than Tyrannosaurus rex may have been able to use its tail to swim through water allowing it to hunt aquatic prey. It opens up an entire new world of ecological possibilities for dinosaurs says Nizar Ibrahim at the University of Detroit Mercy. Ibrahim and …"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:59Z 4.3M followers, 40K engagements
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