A researcher identified gamma ray emissions that appear to have originated from dark matter...but other physicists still aren’t convinced 🧪

“With the U.S. absent, the European Union had a chance to lead; instead, they stepped into the vacuum as the primary obstructionist." 👀

We've detected lightning on Mars for the first time! 🧪 And you can listen in on the audio, recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover:

I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...

🚨The CDC quietly revised its vaccine website to echoe vaccine–autism claims promoted by RFK Jr. “It’s a tragedy,” a source told me. “The change signals that truth carries no weight in current or future discussions about vaccines.” My latest with comment from @ameracadpeds.bsky.social 🧪

A very good article about one fake freelancer and the grim state of journalism/the world: thelocal.to/investigatin...

RNA sequencing revealed which of the woolly mammoth Yuka's genes were active when it died: "In the creature’s final panicked moments, its muscles were tensing and its cells were signaling distress—perhaps unsurprising since Yuka is thought to have died as a result of a cave lion attack." 🧪

An interesting thing many people don't know is that, for a couple years now, most high-profile #AI models have been vulnerable to a very specific type of attack that allows bad guys to essentially "steal" the model. Wild, right? There's some new research on this, so let's talk about it. 🧪🧵

CoreWeave is more than a data center company – it’s a tool to hedge other companies’ risks and juice their profits as the AI bubble grows ever larger. It gets worse from there. Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

I'm here to tell you that my primary profession of being a shit poster is no more. I recently started (temporarily) hosting the Science Quickly podcast for @feltman.bsky.social while she's out on leave. Here is Rachel and I discussing the most important scientific subject on earth: Mayo

To understand Adolf Hitler, we need to look at his personal life and the wider societal and historical context - analysing his DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing, says Michael Le Page

@theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

“We are witnessing nothing less than a clown show at #FDA right now.” People who worked at or rely on the US drug regulator see dysfunctional leadership & soap opera-ish behavior at a key federal agency, @matthewherper.bsky.social & @lizzylawrence.bsky.social report. www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...

Thanks to @bmcnoldy.bsky.social & @drkimwood.bsky.social for help with this story. We were all struggling to find sufficient words. “It’s this frustrating combination of, scientifically speaking, we know this is possible, but as humans we are flabbergasted at seeing manifest in this way.” -Kim 🧪

This Is What a Venomous Snake Bite Looks Like at 1,000 Frames per Second gizmodo.com/this-is-what...

Happy 15th anniversary to The Open Notebook! If this ridiculously generous project has helped you over the years, this is a great time to donate. Thread from @siricarpenter.bsky.social at @theopennotebook.bsky.social

New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

Can fuel made from aluminum scraps supply the clean heat industry needs? For @technologyreview.com, I got a sneak peak of Found Energy's largest aluminum-water reactor to date.

Kudos to Ari Daniel for the most puntastic kicker I've ever read: "So perhaps one day, humans will benefit from this notion of architectural immunity, inspired not by antibodies — but by ant bodies." 🧪

It looks like OpenAI is about to announce its AI web browser. OpenAI has a new product announcement livestream set for 1PM ET today 👀 www.theverge.com/news/803481/...

YouTuber Doctor Mike thinks medicine needs a better social media strategy www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/d... via @statnews.com

This is fascinating! The details someone includes in a story can affect the parts of your brain that will activate to memorize that information 🧪

An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal, which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.

Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

A decade ago I wanted to find a way to recognize the wonderful images that researchers created -- in the lab and in the field. With some likeminded folks, we got it off the ground. It's worked out beautifully, and I'm proud of it. #SciArt news.ncsu.edu/2025/10/a-de...

"Historically, funding issues have particularly hurt beats like science and health journalism and these new pressures only intensify the crisis..." 🧪

Archaeologists discovered a bunch of Neolithic period worked human bones in canals and moats in southern China. 🏺🧪

Violence, scientific DRAMA, and misunderstanding! Who first asked if woodpeckers get headaches, or if rams are immune to brain damage? New Paper! I trace the history of human thought on brain injury in head-hitting animals, and it's a wild ride. 🧪 🏺 A thread - 1/🧵 doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...

These "extreme closeup" images of the natural world are stunning!! 🧪 My favorite is the otherworldly photo of algae suspended in a droplet of water

Ancient chewing gum could reveal how early men and women split up their chores | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

🧪 Using nearly a decade of high-speed footage, an unsupervised machine learning approach distinguished 9 distinct precipitation types, including varieties of rain, snow, and mixed-phases. Results could improve weather forecasting and winter driving safety. news.engin.umich.edu/2025/10/betw...

Six years ago, radio telescopes detected ghostly ring-shaped structures in space, dubbed "odd radio circles" or ORCs. Now citizen scientists have found three new ORCs, including twin rings nearly a million light years across

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Last week, my time at New Scientist came to an end. It's been a pleasure working with such a talented and dedicated team and taking on brand-new challenges over the past couple years

🔥🧵 Resignation letters from top CDC experts: "Their desire to please a political base will result in death & disability of vulnerable children & adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc." - @drdemetre.bsky.social Thanks for your service.

In 2020, 5% of all the calories grown on farms 🚜 went into making biofuels rather than being used as food - and that figure is likely higher now 🧪 To me, this is a crazy bad idea being enabled by government subsidies www.newscientist.com/article/2493...

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death. Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

Asgard archaea frozen in Siberia appear to have remained alive for more than 100,000 years based on DNA analysis. Genetic overlap with other Asgards suggests astonishingly long lifespans could be common trait among the closest living relatives of all eukaryotes. Per @karenlloyd.bsky.social etal.🧪

Solar panel exports from China to Africa surged 60 per cent over the past year, says @ember-energy.org. Unlike previous jumps, this upward trend was spread across the continent – with 20 countries seeing import records and 25 countries importing more than 100 megawatts worth of panels.🔌💡

Black cars absorb much more heat from sunlight compared to reflective white cars - and can significantly increase nearby air temperature even more than dark asphalt. Notable urban heat island implications for cities with parked cars densely packed together.🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2493...

The more your exposure to heatwaves, the faster your body may age. See the growing evidence of this accelerated aging impact. Air conditioning protects but sustainable cooling needed to mitigate the climate change that makes heatwaves more frequent and severe.🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2493...

The huge volume of ore extracted from existing US mines is full of critical minerals, but nearly all of this goes to waste. New analysis finds out just out how much is getting tossed out.🧪🔌💡

Driverless taxis are on their way to London. As a cyclist, a Londoner and a journalist who's spent years covering AI’s pratfalls, I am a tad nervous. Yet, given how often I've been hit by inattentive human drivers in London, part of me is cautiously optimistic. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

In 1989, it seemed like room-temperature nuclear fusion might be possible, solving the world's energy problems. But cold fusion, as it was known, was soon dead in the water after failed replications. Now, a new experiment has resurrected its ghost ☢️ www.newscientist.com/article/2493...

NASA and IBM released an AI model that can forecast what the sun will look like and even predict solar flares two hours in advance. It's a new tool for studying the sun, and may even enhance early warnings about space weather that could impact Earth. 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2492...

These gorgeous origami shapes - an entirely new family called bloom patterns - could be used to design new, more effective space telescopes or solar panels. www.newscientist.com/article/2493...