Quick reminder to anyone unsure. Yes, the US can still have major cold blasts with record low temperatures in a warming climate. 🧪 Here's why: (image credit: NOAA)

A global analysis has found river deltas - some of the most densely populated areas on Earth - are sinking, often faster than sea level rise. 🧪 For those living in deltas, sea ⬆️ or land ⬇️ makes little difference, but it does change what you can do about it... www.sciencefocus.com/news/deltas-...

Scientists just put 7k sodium atoms into a superposition (quantum effect where something is at different locations at same time). This raises the possibility of doing the same to viruses or even proteins. Mind sufficiently blown? Please continue w/ ur day 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Very illuminating. 🧪 www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

The Environmental Protection Agency, whose core responsibility is to protect human health and the environment, will stop incorporating HUMAN HEALTH when regulating air pollution. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

57 ways of looking at a dying star. The Alma Observatory tuned in to 57 different molecules pouring out of the star W Hydrae as it spills its guts into space. That material will later get recycled into the next generation of stars and planets. www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-rel...

I've never broken a bone (*knocks on wood*), but I hear it's excruciating. Perhaps its some comfort that the neurons responsible for that pain also help the bone heal? That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 🦴

RIP Mars Sample Return 💔 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

While the rest of science suffers, AI and quantum research are at least treading water. 🧪 It's an expensive gamble by the administration that I struggle to see paying off www.nature.com/articles/d41...

EU's deforestation delayed again, with possibly more delays and legislative changes again this year. 🌳🌲 Is this a lesson for lobbyists to never give up, even after a law is passed? Seems to be working... 😐 trellis.net/article/euro...?

Always a highlight of my year scrolling through the best science images. 🧪 My personal fav? Has to be that volcano I think. 🌋 Enjoy... www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Important. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...

Humans (likely Neanderthals) were making fire 350,000 years earlier than we thought. 🔥 🧪 Remnants of an ancient campfire were found in a field in England of all places. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 “The implications are enormous,” said Dr Rob Davis of the British Museum. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

This wasn't on my bingo card for 2025. Bryan Johnson live-streamed a psilocybin trip this week, with special guests including a set from the DJ Grimes. 🍄 Can't tell whether this is brilliant or totally dystopian... techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/t...

A diverse range of mammals once roamed the planet. This changed dramatically with the arrival of humans, who have become the dominant species through our own population, as well as the animals we breed and raise for food. What is the distribution of the global mammal kingdom today?

A controversial study has claimed to have caught a glimpse of dark matter... Yes, actual dark matter! 🧪 ⚛️ “It would mark the first time humanity has ‘seen’ dark matter,” the study's author said. Yet, others say it’s far from the definitive answer... here's why: www.sciencefocus.com/news/dark-ma...

Sentinel-6B officially launched yesterday. 🛰️ 🧪 The remarkable satellite will be our eyes on the oceans in the coming years. Couldn't have launched at a more pertinent time, given COP is ongoing. 🌏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTmI...

Could liquid neural networks be the future? 🪱 🧪 www.sciencefocus.com/news/worm-br...

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

A 'superflare' 10 trillion X brighter than the Sun has been confirmed as the most luminous burst of light ever from a black hole. 🧪 ⚛️ What caused such an outburst? Astronomers think a star, >30X the Sun's mass, was being gobbled up by the BH. ⚫ A light snack? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My conversation with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. 🎙️ Fascinating time to talk trust, truth and the future of the internet's biggest bank of knowledge. www.sciencefocus.com/future-techn...

Feels like a really low-energy build-up to COP this year. Is anyone excited or hopeful about what can be achieved? 🌎

Wondering how Melissa became such a beast? This explains it perfectly. 🧪 🌀 (hint: it's climate change dummy) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

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"If that flame had pointed toward the hull, we’d have had rapid decompression, quick suffocation, and we’d all be dead." The tale of how Jerry Linenger survived a fire on Mir in 1997. The whole story is told in a new BBC series: Once Upon a Time in Space 🚀 www.sciencefocus.com/space/fire-i...

Nature's power is mind boggling: the sheer scale of the eye of this storm 🤯 💨 Thoughts are with those in Jamaica at this time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_LI...

Ooo, we’ve got a new ‘quasi-moon’ tagging along with Earth. 🌚🧪 It’s called 2025 PN7 — only about 30 m wide, which might explain why we’ve missed it until now. Intriguingly, it orbits at a similar distance to our Moon… could it actually be a lunar escapee? www.sciencefocus.com/news/quasi-m...

One for the history/science fans (myself included) 🧪 Scientists have uncovered new DNA evidence that challenges assumptions about Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 Russian invasion. Analysis suggests that a grim mix of infectious diseases helped decimate the troops. 😷 www.sciencefocus.com/news/how-nap...

Okay, soooo, terrifying. 🪱 BUT the science of how the NW screwworm was forced south, and the ongoing scientific and logistical struggle to keep it at bay, is nothing short of FASCINATING. If you wrote this in a novel, it almost wouldn't be believable 🧪 www.sciencefocus.com/news/flesh-e...

Lost my Duolingo streak while I was away last week, and I don't think I've ever felt freer 🦉

Really interesting biotech talks on stage at GITEX Global today. Been speaking with lots of leaders about how AI, quantum and other new tech is rapidly accelerating progress in the health space. On stage here: Ashley Zehnder, discussing how she’s looking at evolution/nature for novel discoveries.

Congratulations to Prof Omar Yaghi and his colleagues on winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their pioneering work on world-changing materials. 🧪 I caught up with Prof Yaghi a few weeks ago to chat all about his work. You can listen to our conversation below: pod.link/1296673906/e...

This trend really makes the world seem weird... but not so bad. 🧁 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Co-first author Dr Rebecca Andrews: “This is the first time we've been able to look at oligomers directly in human brain tissue at this scale: It’s like being able to see stars in broad daylight” 🧪 www.sciencefocus.com/news/hidden-...

🆕 Our VLT finds a rogue planet growing at record rate: six billion tonnes a second! This is the strongest growth rate ever recorded for a planet of any kind, providing insights into how rogue planets form&grow: https://f.mtr.cool/pvyxnsjnfx  🔭 🧪 ☄️ #exoplanets Illustration ESO/L. Calçada

Useful explainer www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Long distance ultra runners may be at greater risk of colon cancer. 🧪 🏃 Emphasis on the 'may' here - findings are very preliminary and only based on a small group. Could be to do with blood flow away from digestive system... NB: running is still super healthy www.sciencefocus.com/news/ultra-r...

My pet tortoise, Pepe, approves this message. 🐢 🧪 ➼ 'Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotionally complex animals. A new study involving tortoises suggests that they also possess mood states.' www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/s...

6,000 and counting 🧪 The number is somewhat arbitrary, but it's impressive how far we've come in 3 decades since the first exoplanet discovery. We'll no doubt be at 10,000 in a couple of years, tops. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-t...

Congratulations, you've just lived through the three hottest summers on record 🫠 But with greenhouse gas emissions still piling up in the atmosphere, those records probably won't stand for terribly long. 🧪 (graphic by @unamandita.bsky.social)

Ch-ch-changes 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P04...

1/ A rising telescope under a rising Sun and Moon! 🔭☀️🌕 This montage is a kaleidoscope of moments from the construction of our Extremely Large Telescope. Creating this #ELT collage took Boris Häußler, an ESO astronomer in Chile, years of meticulous planning.

Artificial sweeteners linked with cognitive decline. 🧪 Curiously, the association was only found in people under 60, not those older. ~ 1 can of diet soda a day was equal to 1.6 years of brain ageing over the study period. 🧠 www.sciencefocus.com/news/artific...

For those more visually inclined, here's pretty much everything you need to know about US CO2 emissions, in charts. 📈 📊 theconversation.com/where-americ...

Meanwhile, back in reality, global ocean heat content just updated through June 2025 and set a new record high. Time to wake up! Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...

Say it louder for the people in the back 👏 arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Cats get dementia too, and it looks a lot like Alzheimer’s in humans 🧪 🐈 This could offer a naturally occurring model to study the disease, as opposed to artificial models induced in rodents. www.sciencefocus.com/news/cat-dem...

The Trump administration's gutting of science is having serious impacts on climate research in the US. 🧪 Scientists inside NOAA told me they're afraid to even use words like 'climate change' in research proposals now, for fear that they won't get funding. 🌎 www.sciencefocus.com/news/noaa-ch...

Financial institutions funnelled $8.9 trillion into companies driving deforestation last year. 🌳 Vanguard, BlackRock and JPMorgan together provided over $1.6 trillion to companies driving deforestation. More info on the Forest 500 report here 👇 trellis.net/article/fina...

A discovery on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed back the timeline of early human sea crossings and deepened the mystery of who made them. 🧪 “This is by far the earliest known evidence for the presence of early humans on Sulawesi,” Adam Brumm said. www.sciencefocus.com/news/stone-t...