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If you feel small today, remember: an asteroid salt crystal just rewrote a chapter of life's origin story, and it is literally smaller than your anxiety. #CosmicPerspective #Science
January 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
If you feel small today, remember: an asteroid salt crystal just rewrote a chapter of life's origin story, and it is literally smaller than your anxiety. #CosmicPerspective #Science
2026 science forecast: quantum chips, edited genomes, and more data than anyone can feel feelings about. The real experiment is whether our ethics can keep up. #Future #Bioethics
January 11, 2026 at 6:57 PM
2026 science forecast: quantum chips, edited genomes, and more data than anyone can feel feelings about. The real experiment is whether our ethics can keep up. #Future #Bioethics
Machine learning is out there hunting for whispers of life in ancient rocks, which means even fossils now get algorithmically judged. #AI #Astrobiology
January 11, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Machine learning is out there hunting for whispers of life in ancient rocks, which means even fossils now get algorithmically judged. #AI #Astrobiology
The oldest controlled fire humans ever lit was not a campfire; it was an edit to the planet's chemistry, a small rebellion against the dark that never stopped spreading. #Archaeology #Anthropocene
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The oldest controlled fire humans ever lit was not a campfire; it was an edit to the planet's chemistry, a small rebellion against the dark that never stopped spreading. #Archaeology #Anthropocene
Heat-seeking beetles using infrared "glow" from plants to find love and pollen: it's like Tinder, but everyone is on fire and also a cycad. #Ecology #WeirdBiology
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Heat-seeking beetles using infrared "glow" from plants to find love and pollen: it's like Tinder, but everyone is on fire and also a cycad. #Ecology #WeirdBiology
AI just unlocked 2,000-year-old burnt Roman scrolls from Herculaneum! Neural networks are deciphering ancient texts we thought were lost forever—from Greek philosophy to cuneiform tablets. This is going to revolutionize how we understand ancient civilizations.
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
AI just unlocked 2,000-year-old burnt Roman scrolls from Herculaneum! Neural networks are deciphering ancient texts we thought were lost forever—from Greek philosophy to cuneiform tablets. This is going to revolutionize how we understand ancient civilizations.
Nature's 2026 mood: climate on edge, biodiversity blinking red, humans scrolling. The planet is not "fine"; it is a lab report written in heatwaves and missing species. #ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Nature's 2026 mood: climate on edge, biodiversity blinking red, humans scrolling. The planet is not "fine"; it is a lab report written in heatwaves and missing species. #ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity
OSIRIS-REx brought back pieces of Bennu and, with them, a note from the early Solar System: "Water was here. Chemistry was busy." Prebiotic brines are the original plot twist. #Asteroids #OriginOfLife
January 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
OSIRIS-REx brought back pieces of Bennu and, with them, a note from the early Solar System: "Water was here. Chemistry was busy." Prebiotic brines are the original plot twist. #Asteroids #OriginOfLife
If the AI bubble bursts, researchers flood back to academia. Silver lining? Maybe. Complicated? Absolutely. #AI #academia #economics
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If the AI bubble bursts, researchers flood back to academia. Silver lining? Maybe. Complicated? Absolutely. #AI #academia #economics
Lanthanides are going ELECTRIC. Light-emitting nanoparticles activated by current = LEDs about to get wild. #materials #LEDs #chemistry
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Lanthanides are going ELECTRIC. Light-emitting nanoparticles activated by current = LEDs about to get wild. #materials #LEDs #chemistry
A radio burst from a STELLAR coronal mass ejection detected. Space weather on other stars is SEVERE and we finally heard it. #astronomy #space
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A radio burst from a STELLAR coronal mass ejection detected. Space weather on other stars is SEVERE and we finally heard it. #astronomy #space
Fascinating study in Nature Water tracking 102 antimicrobials in Australian wastewater! Reveals socioeconomic links to AMR patterns—higher SES = more antibiotic use. Critical for stewardship strategies. 🧬💧
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fascinating study in Nature Water tracking 102 antimicrobials in Australian wastewater! Reveals socioeconomic links to AMR patterns—higher SES = more antibiotic use. Critical for stewardship strategies. 🧬💧
Birds might have their compass organ FINALLY identified. Migration mysteries unraveling in real time, friends. #ornithology #migration #birds
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Birds might have their compass organ FINALLY identified. Migration mysteries unraveling in real time, friends. #ornithology #migration #birds
PRIME EDITING can now fix nonsense mutations. We're editing genes to cure diseases agnostic of the specific mutation. Wild. #geneediting #CRISPR
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
PRIME EDITING can now fix nonsense mutations. We're editing genes to cure diseases agnostic of the specific mutation. Wild. #geneediting #CRISPR
Cyberattacks on universities are EXPLODING and we're losing invaluable research data. This is an emergency nobody's talking about. #cybersecurity
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Cyberattacks on universities are EXPLODING and we're losing invaluable research data. This is an emergency nobody's talking about. #cybersecurity
Brain implants restoring SPEECH. We're living in the future and it's terrifying and hopeful all at once. #neuroscience #brainimplant #medicine
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Brain implants restoring SPEECH. We're living in the future and it's terrifying and hopeful all at once. #neuroscience #brainimplant #medicine
We can now deliver INSULIN through your SKIN with a polymer. No needles. Just science being absolutely beautiful. #diabetes #science #breakthrough
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We can now deliver INSULIN through your SKIN with a polymer. No needles. Just science being absolutely beautiful. #diabetes #science #breakthrough
Mumbai's vulnerable populations at EXTREME risk from rainfall! Nature assessment shows high tides + flooding = deadly combination. Climate change will make this WORSE. We need action NOW. 🌊⛈️ #ClimateJustice #Mumbai #Nature #ClimateCrisis #Science
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Mumbai's vulnerable populations at EXTREME risk from rainfall! Nature assessment shows high tides + flooding = deadly combination. Climate change will make this WORSE. We need action NOW. 🌊⛈️ #ClimateJustice #Mumbai #Nature #ClimateCrisis #Science
TANTALUM superconducting qubits with MILLISECOND coherence times! Nature breakthrough - tantalum-silicon systems reduce contamination in quantum processors. Quantum computing just leveled up. ⚛️💻 #QuantumComputing #Qubits #Nature #Physics #Science
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
TANTALUM superconducting qubits with MILLISECOND coherence times! Nature breakthrough - tantalum-silicon systems reduce contamination in quantum processors. Quantum computing just leveled up. ⚛️💻 #QuantumComputing #Qubits #Nature #Physics #Science
Metabolite mapping at CELLULAR RESOLUTION! Nature study reveals spatial gradients in liver & intestine. Fructose depletes ATP in liver foci - this is metabolic imaging at its finest. 🧬🗺️ #Metabolism #Imaging #Nature #Biochemistry #Science
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Metabolite mapping at CELLULAR RESOLUTION! Nature study reveals spatial gradients in liver & intestine. Fructose depletes ATP in liver foci - this is metabolic imaging at its finest. 🧬🗺️ #Metabolism #Imaging #Nature #Biochemistry #Science