An ancient body of water known as the Paratethys Sea once held more water than all of today’s lakes combined, and was inhabited by miniature versions of today’s whales, dolphins, and seals. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4oRFr7o

Bark spiders are some of nature’s best engineers. They spin webs that stretch across entire rivers in Madagascar; their silk is stronger than steel—and the toughest on Earth. But only females craft the mightiest webs, according to a new study. https://scim.ag/4pmXX8B

Scientists have combined lab-grown human brain tissue with an electronic circuit in an attempt to create a more powerful computer. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4qjjPSE

A newly designed extreme dielectric confinement laser manages the traditional trade-offs of laser design and could elevate light-matter interactions for more efficient optoelectronics. Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4alQrGD

The nearby star Fomalhaut is orbited by a dust belt. Kalas et al. use coronagraphic imaging to identify a transient source at the edge of the belt. They interpret it as a dust cloud, generated by a collision between two planetesimals. ☄️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ICYMI: My recent publication in @science.org, a book review of @vxchang.bsky.social's The Body Digital... Technology extends the body, then captures it. Our hands once shaped stone. Now they swipe glass. Our voice echoed in caves. Now they travels everywhere, instantly.

Private donors pledge $1 billion to CERN for future atom smasher | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🔭🧪

Breaking news: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R–KY) has asked Science to divulge a range of confidential information about its scholarly articles and external private communications on that family of viruses.

A “powerful” method for studying evolution could help researchers understand how species developed specialized eyes. https://scim.ag/3Yl0Rz7

For those of you who aren’t Pacifichem’d out, we’ve got a great paper in @science.org this week from Vic Pike, Wei Liu and collaborators on putting 11C or 18F into PET tracers using copper-activated fluoroform 🧪chemsky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Illuminating reporting and analysis in @science.org breakthrough of the year package. Don't miss the photo essay. www.science.org/content/arti...

@vrubinobs.bsky.social is a runner-up in @science.org Breakthrough of the Year. Plus an excellent main breakthrough in the irresistable rise of renewable energy. 🔭🧪

Public health scientists are raising concerns following news of a $1.6 million award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a trial of hepatitis B vaccines in newborn babies in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau.

From trees that love getting struck by lightning to one of the most insane acrobatic feats in nature, here are our favorite science news stories of the year! @science.org

A new Focus article describes the Sight Guide system—a mobile navigation and perception system that can use vibration and audio cues to steer a visually impaired pilot and help him avoid obstacles during tasks at Cybathlon 2024. Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/48zpE8d

"I worried no one would believe me." Our latest Working Life essay is a deeply personal story that explores how a scientist felt—and continues to feel, decades later—after a mentor made unwanted sexual advances. @science.org @sciencecareers.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

What does it take to achieve the highest level of human performance? Across athletics, science, chess, and music @science.org science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Very excited to highlight this week's issue of @science.org Firstly, the news team highlight some important breakthroughs (and breakdowns) of the year. Renewable energy takes the top spot: www.science.org/content/arti... (1/5)

100 years ago, Edwin Hubble published the first* measured distance to a 'spiral nebula' (NGC 6822) using Cepheid variables. It was well outside the Milky Way, therefore a separate galaxy. Wendy Freeman discusses this discovery and its implications for cosmology. 🔭🧪⚛️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This is a very hopeful way to close out the year—give it a read.

My favorite podcast of the year, and not just because I'm on it 😊. Listen to a rundown of our favorite science news stories of the year. @science.org

Evolving hummingbirds, lightning-loving trees, and more from this year's top online stories. Listen in on this week's @science.org podcast w/ @david-grimm.bsky.social www.science.org/content/podc...

“In a pandemic, time is always our biggest constraint.” https://scim.ag/4q1uz8x

📣 We want to hear from you! Help us keep making #ScienceAdviser your go-to source for science news and research by taking our 5-minute survey. Let us know what you love and what you'd like to see more of: https://scim.ag/4p5ZIGz

This Antarctic penguin sleeps 11 hours a day—a few seconds at a time. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qctudt #ScienceMagArchives

A high-pressure diamond anvil experiment suggests that early Earth’s deep mantle may have locked away up to 100 times more water than previously thought, as the planet’s Hadean magma ocean solidified, researchers report in Science. https://scim.ag/48NUmcK

First results from #IODP #Exp405 #JTRACK freshly published on @science.org: Extreme plate boundary localization promotes shallow earthquake slip at the Japan Trench www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Here's @holdenthorp.bsky.social in @science.org "The environmental and societal benefits of the breakthrough accrue to all countries. But the economic benefits are enjoyed by China, which unambiguously leads the world in prospering from improvements in technology." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"China will have abundant amounts of renewable energy for data centers, with fossil fuels as a backup. Meanwhile, the US marches boldly backward toward the past," writes H. Holden Thorp on Science's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year highlighting the rise of renewable energy. https://scim.ag/459EZKv

Breakdown of the year @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

“This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide, and solar and wind energy grew fast enough to cover the entire increase in global electricity use from January to June according to energy think tank Ember“ @science.org’s Breakthrough of the Year is the growth of renewables

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

A new discovery may upend the long-standing assumption that Saturn’s biggest moon is a water world.

An inflammatory cytokine in the brain can drive the addictive properties of methamphetamine by triggering the release of dopamine, according to new preclinical work in #ScienceSignaling. https://scim.ag/4aerEUO

After a tumultuous year that saw his nomination withdrawn and resubmitted, Jared Isaacman, the billionaire businessman, pilot, and two-time private astronaut, was confirmed today by the U.S. Senate as NASA administrator. https://scim.ag/3MBotNj

It's the first video evidence of polar bears hunting and eating reindeer—something that had long been assumed, but never clearly seen. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4s0hU6P #ScienceMagArchives

“An abdication of U.S. leadership”—that's how the scientific and policy communities see the White House's push to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research. 🌪️🪓 Read my 3rd story from AGU for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti... #nasa #trump #science #ncar #climate #weather

The National Center for Atmospheric Research is facing threats from the White House. https://scim.ag/4pIZfei

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s multimillion-dollar settlement has been applauded by science integrity sleuths. https://scim.ag/4j3S65W

This week’s new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine has arrived! https://scim.ag/3YvxNVm

Seismologists use 5000+ earthquakes to detect sunken slabs of ancient tectonic plates flowing along the edge of Earth's core. My latest from #AGU2025 for @science.org🧪:

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has been a member of the deep-sea club for almost 2 decades. New research might revoke its water world card. 🪐 🌊 My 2nd #AGU2025 story of the week for @science.org : www.science.org/content/arti... #space #titan #nasa

High-resolution data from the GHGSat satellite constellation reveal facility-level methane emissions at thousands of individual sites worldwide, according to a new study in Science. The findings provide a far more detailed picture of methane emissions from the energy sector. https://scim.ag/48Q70rw

Early career science journalists: Need something to do next summer? Apply to work with me as @science.org's newsletter intern! bit.ly/44yCu4o

A new field experiment conducted on Reddit explains why some people lurk quietly and why others become extremely active in online political discussions. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4oOdywQ

Williford et al. have used the Perseverance rover on Mars to investigate rocks around the rim of Jezero crater. They find igneous intrusions that were later modified by liquid water with dissolved CO2, producing carbonates. ☄️ #planetsci #AGU2025 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Astronauts could theoretically harness frozen water on the Red Planet to construct habitats and research stations, a new analysis suggests. https://scim.ag/4p3p3Rt

An inflammatory cytokine in the brain can drive the addictive properties of methamphetamine by triggering the release of dopamine, according to new preclinical work in #ScienceSignaling. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3YzBolf

From allergic inflammation to tissue regeneration, #Type2Immunity26 shapes health in surprising ways. Submit your abstract by January 8 for a chance to win the Poster Prize from @science.org: vibbio.tech/4q8oiax, and join us in pushing scientific boundaries. #VIBConf

Do you wanna build an ice dome? 🧊🔨 Taking a trip from New Orleans to Mars for my first @science.org story from #AGU2025: www.science.org/content/arti... #mars #space #humanspaceflight