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"Nicotine was hypothesized to protect against COVID-19, but the evidence doesn’t quite make sense." via @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/t...
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Nicotine was hypothesized to protect against COVID-19, but the evidence doesn’t quite make sense." via @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/t...
The World's Longest Underwater Cave Is Even Longer Than We Realized. "As of the start of this year, cave divers have mapped 524 kilometers (325.6 miles) of a subterranean water 'web' near Tulum, Mexico, called Sistema Ox Bel Ha – and there's more to go." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/t...
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The World's Longest Underwater Cave Is Even Longer Than We Realized. "As of the start of this year, cave divers have mapped 524 kilometers (325.6 miles) of a subterranean water 'web' near Tulum, Mexico, called Sistema Ox Bel Ha – and there's more to go." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/t...
"When we see an image of a distant galaxy, and that light has traveled for billions of years to finally end in our telescopes, we don’t know how far away that galaxy is right now, at the moment that we get the light." via @universetoday.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/y...
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"When we see an image of a distant galaxy, and that light has traveled for billions of years to finally end in our telescopes, we don’t know how far away that galaxy is right now, at the moment that we get the light." via @universetoday.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/y...
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart. via @wsj.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/a...
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart. via @wsj.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/a...
Scientists found 44,000-year-old fossil evidence in Belgium that six neanderthals, all women and children, were hunted and eaten by another group of neanderthals. "Weaker members of one or multiple groups... were deliberately targeted." www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Scientists found 44,000-year-old fossil evidence in Belgium that six neanderthals, all women and children, were hunted and eaten by another group of neanderthals. "Weaker members of one or multiple groups... were deliberately targeted." www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
"During the pre-dawn hours in South Texas on Friday morning, SpaceX’s next-generation Starship first stage suffered some sort of major damage during pre-launch testing." via @arstechnica.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/n...
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"During the pre-dawn hours in South Texas on Friday morning, SpaceX’s next-generation Starship first stage suffered some sort of major damage during pre-launch testing." via @arstechnica.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/22/n...
Phosphorus: "This life-giving element, stored in rock and organic material, moves around Earth in an ancient cycle we have just broken." via @aeon.co www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/21/w...
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Phosphorus: "This life-giving element, stored in rock and organic material, moves around Earth in an ancient cycle we have just broken." via @aeon.co www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/21/w...
Dunkleosteus terrelli: "This marine apex predator lived some 360 million years ago, had razor-sharp bone blades instead of teeth and was one of the biggest and most ferocious of the “arthrodires,” an extinct group of shark-like armored fish." - @newsweek.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/21/c...
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Dunkleosteus terrelli: "This marine apex predator lived some 360 million years ago, had razor-sharp bone blades instead of teeth and was one of the biggest and most ferocious of the “arthrodires,” an extinct group of shark-like armored fish." - @newsweek.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/21/c...
You don't need to have a super-complicated morning routine to have a great and productive day. Here are eight simple science-based tips for your morning routine. via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/21/f...
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You don't need to have a super-complicated morning routine to have a great and productive day. Here are eight simple science-based tips for your morning routine. via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/21/f...
"Everyday habits such as heavy drinking and unhealthy eating can gradually damage the pancreas. Once injured, the consequences can be serious and include inflammation, diabetes and, in some cases, cancer." via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Everyday habits such as heavy drinking and unhealthy eating can gradually damage the pancreas. Once injured, the consequences can be serious and include inflammation, diabetes and, in some cases, cancer." via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
Physicists Just Showed the Faraday Effect Works in a Totally New Way After Nearly 200 Years. via @zmescience.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/21/p...
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Physicists Just Showed the Faraday Effect Works in a Totally New Way After Nearly 200 Years. via @zmescience.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/21/p...
Cosmic Paradox Reveals the Awful Consequence of an Observer-Free Universe. via @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/t...
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Cosmic Paradox Reveals the Awful Consequence of an Observer-Free Universe. via @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/t...
Memory is not stored in space, but in time, argues philosopher Victoria Trumbull. via @iai.tv www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/m...
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Memory is not stored in space, but in time, argues philosopher Victoria Trumbull. via @iai.tv www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/m...
As the Earth continues to warm, three major climate breaking points are looming. via @npr.org www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/t...
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
As the Earth continues to warm, three major climate breaking points are looming. via @npr.org www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/t...
"Compulsive online pornography habits may be more about digital addiction than sexual appetite, new research suggests, with psychologists identifying binge sessions, tab-jumping and edging as key markers of problematic pornography use." via @newsweek.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/t...
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Compulsive online pornography habits may be more about digital addiction than sexual appetite, new research suggests, with psychologists identifying binge sessions, tab-jumping and edging as key markers of problematic pornography use." via @newsweek.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/t...
Does creatine boost brain function? "The claims for creatine are semi-plausible, and low-dose supplementation is likely safe (with the caveats above). But the clinical evidence is mixed and preliminary." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/w...
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Does creatine boost brain function? "The claims for creatine are semi-plausible, and low-dose supplementation is likely safe (with the caveats above). But the clinical evidence is mixed and preliminary." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/w...
A CDC webpage now says that vaccines may cause autism. The page says: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism...” via @wsj.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/c...
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A CDC webpage now says that vaccines may cause autism. The page says: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism...” via @wsj.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/20/c...
"Due to their different genetic makeup, redheads require more anesthesia, are more prone to certain diseases, and experience pain differently." via @zmescience.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/19/w...
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Due to their different genetic makeup, redheads require more anesthesia, are more prone to certain diseases, and experience pain differently." via @zmescience.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/19/w...
Why eating an earlier dinner is better for you. "Earlier dinners may better align with the body’s natural metabolic rhythms, particularly when the last meal occurs well before the body enters its “rest” phase." via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Why eating an earlier dinner is better for you. "Earlier dinners may better align with the body’s natural metabolic rhythms, particularly when the last meal occurs well before the body enters its “rest” phase." via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
"Researchers at the ALPHA experiment at CERN’s Antimatter Factory report a new technique that allows them to produce over 15 000 antihydrogen atoms – the simplest form of atomic antimatter – in a matter of hours." via @cern.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/19/a...
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Researchers at the ALPHA experiment at CERN’s Antimatter Factory report a new technique that allows them to produce over 15 000 antihydrogen atoms – the simplest form of atomic antimatter – in a matter of hours." via @cern.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/19/a...
"Researchers set up remote cameras to catch a mysterious crab thief, but they weren’t prepared for the scene that unfolded almost immediately after installing the cameras. They watched, stunned, as a wolf swam out of the water with a crab trap in her mouth." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/19/g...
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Researchers set up remote cameras to catch a mysterious crab thief, but they weren’t prepared for the scene that unfolded almost immediately after installing the cameras. They watched, stunned, as a wolf swam out of the water with a crab trap in her mouth." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/19/g...
To tackle climate change, there are other pollutants we can limit besides CO2. Restricting short-lived climate pollutants could slow global warming more quickly. via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
To tackle climate change, there are other pollutants we can limit besides CO2. Restricting short-lived climate pollutants could slow global warming more quickly. via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
"A new discovery in Israel... has revealed an artifact representing human-animal canoodling that dates back to thousands of years before the Odyssey." via @gizmodo.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/19/a...
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"A new discovery in Israel... has revealed an artifact representing human-animal canoodling that dates back to thousands of years before the Odyssey." via @gizmodo.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/19/a...
"A growing band of physicists has been using... quantum field theory for gravity. Although this use of the theory was long considered fatally flawed, these physicists are now finding that it works far better than... expected." via @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/18/o...
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"A growing band of physicists has been using... quantum field theory for gravity. Although this use of the theory was long considered fatally flawed, these physicists are now finding that it works far better than... expected." via @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/18/o...
"Unlike other vertebrates where competition generally suppresses speciation after ecological niches are filled, the Homo lineage shows an unusual trend where increased competition coincides with an increase in the formation of new species." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/18/o...
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Unlike other vertebrates where competition generally suppresses speciation after ecological niches are filled, the Homo lineage shows an unusual trend where increased competition coincides with an increase in the formation of new species." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/18/o...