@ScienceAlert

Real science journalists. Every study read, every story fact-checked. https://xitter.cf/t.co/RlBVpd9pnJ

Joined July 2009
Something has been moving uranium to the surface of mine waste that supposedly lay undisturbed for more than 80 years. 🔗 sciencealert.com/uranium-was…
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A possible culprit hiding around the urethra could help explain the most common prostate problem in men over 50. 🔗 sciencealert.com/scientists-…
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Imagine a clock whose hands run both ways at once. A preprint suggests a 2018 experiment already showed the quantum version. 🔗 sciencealert.com/physicists-…
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Squid can edit their RNA instructions without changing their DNA. In theory, that allows close to 10²⁴⁸ protein variants. 🔗 sciencealert.com/squid-are-e…
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Fatty liver disease affects around 30 percent of people. It may be five conditions, and genetics plays a significant role in one. 🔗 sciencealert.com/common-live…
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When the Colorado runs low, people turn to groundwater. The Upper Basin lost roughly 4.6 trillion gallons of it in one drought. 🔗 sciencealert.com/as-water-cr…
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Older men with the highest testosterone had roughly twice the risk of atrial fibrillation. Mid-range levels may carry the least risk. 🔗 sciencealert.com/both-low-an…
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A glowing ball of plasma made with a laser and a tungsten tip just 100 nanometers across held its shape as it grew. That matched predictions for an electromagnetic soliton, one theory behind ball lightning. 🔗 sciencealert.com/miniature-b…
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Percy has overtaken its older sibling. NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled farther across another world than any vehicle before it, beating Opportunity's Mars record. More than 90 percent of that distance, it steered itself. 🔗 sciencealert.com/nasas-perse…
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A quick cuddle with your dog could be doing something to your body that you can't feel. Now we know what. 🔗 sciencealert.com/physically-…
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And you don't even know. 🔗 sciencealert.com/your-brain-…
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Did a virus help split the evolutionary paths of humans and chimpanzees? 🔗 sciencealert.com/tiny-geneti…
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What does this mean? 🔗 sciencealert.com/researchers…
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After 16 years, this disaster is still ongoing. 🔗 sciencealert.com/16-years-af…
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Bring order out of chaos. 🔗 sciencealert.com/were-a-step…
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Surprising diversity. 🔗 sciencealert.com/something-s…
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The dark side of magnetic attraction. 🔗 sciencealert.com/mole-rats-g…
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"A very exciting addition to the field." 🔗 sciencealert.com/one-habit-m…
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"People who had more exposure to clinical obesity over decades had worse brain health." 🔗 sciencealert.com/clinical-ob…
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The Kondo effect conquered. 🔗 sciencealert.com/scientists-…
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