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Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an Ancient Chinese Tomb: a Blonde Man. www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/w...
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an Ancient Chinese Tomb: a Blonde Man. www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/w...
Real-world use is revealing the true side effects of GLP-1 weight loss drugs. "Millions of people are now using weight-loss drugs, but it seems there are drawbacks that come with the slimmer waistlines." via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/w...
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Real-world use is revealing the true side effects of GLP-1 weight loss drugs. "Millions of people are now using weight-loss drugs, but it seems there are drawbacks that come with the slimmer waistlines." via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/w...
"A new analysis of popular music from the last half-century reveals that... the lyrics of chart-topping American songs have generally become angrier and simpler over time." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/p...
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"A new analysis of popular music from the last half-century reveals that... the lyrics of chart-topping American songs have generally become angrier and simpler over time." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/p...
"The Aug. 2, 2027 total solar eclipse will last up to an extraordinary 6 minutes, 22 seconds and will be seen from a path of totality that touches parts of Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia." via @livescience.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/h...
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 PM
"The Aug. 2, 2027 total solar eclipse will last up to an extraordinary 6 minutes, 22 seconds and will be seen from a path of totality that touches parts of Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia." via @livescience.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/h...
Your brain has to work surprisingly hard to judge the boundary between where you end and the outside world begins. "Now, scientists have linked a specific set of brain waves in a certain part of the brain to a sense of body ownership." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/s...
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Your brain has to work surprisingly hard to judge the boundary between where you end and the outside world begins. "Now, scientists have linked a specific set of brain waves in a certain part of the brain to a sense of body ownership." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/s...
Schrödinger's Cat Gets Supersized: "Pushing quantum mechanics into new territory, recent research is showing that objects far larger than individual atoms can still exist in multiple states at once." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/s...
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Schrödinger's Cat Gets Supersized: "Pushing quantum mechanics into new territory, recent research is showing that objects far larger than individual atoms can still exist in multiple states at once." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/26/s...
"Even in an expanding Universe, we expect both redshifted and blueshifted galaxies. But nearly every one we see is redshifted. Here’s why." via
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January 24, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"Even in an expanding Universe, we expect both redshifted and blueshifted galaxies. But nearly every one we see is redshifted. Here’s why." via
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Our Solar System has a wall. And NASA is about to reveal its true shape. via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/24/s...
January 24, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Our Solar System has a wall. And NASA is about to reveal its true shape. via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/24/s...
"The brain responds to training in much the same way as our muscles... Clear thinking, focus, creativity and good judgment are built through challenge, when the brain is asked to stretch beyond routine rather than run on autopilot." - @us.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
January 24, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"The brain responds to training in much the same way as our muscles... Clear thinking, focus, creativity and good judgment are built through challenge, when the brain is asked to stretch beyond routine rather than run on autopilot." - @us.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
"What sort of landscape was most conducive to human evolution some two million years ago? A recent study... shows that humans preferred relatively open forest-steppe landscapes... to dense forests or grasslands, adding new caveats to an ongoing debate." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/24/h...
January 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"What sort of landscape was most conducive to human evolution some two million years ago? A recent study... shows that humans preferred relatively open forest-steppe landscapes... to dense forests or grasslands, adding new caveats to an ongoing debate." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/24/h...
Not everyone gets hangry in the same way. A new study explored the factors that affect hunger-based mood swings. via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
January 24, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Not everyone gets hangry in the same way. A new study explored the factors that affect hunger-based mood swings. via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional. via @nytimes.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/24/v...
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional. via @nytimes.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/24/v...
"A study published in the American Journal of Human Biology suggests that Western medical standards for male testosterone might not reflect the natural variation found in different environments." via @psypost.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/23/i...
January 23, 2026 at 3:53 PM
"A study published in the American Journal of Human Biology suggests that Western medical standards for male testosterone might not reflect the natural variation found in different environments." via @psypost.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/23/i...
How we could lose control of AI by 2027: "A group of AI experts have released a paper that explores (or “predicts”) the possibility of a near-term AI explosion that ultimately leads to the extinction of humanity." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/23/h...
January 23, 2026 at 3:47 PM
How we could lose control of AI by 2027: "A group of AI experts have released a paper that explores (or “predicts”) the possibility of a near-term AI explosion that ultimately leads to the extinction of humanity." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/23/h...
A new answer to the Fermi Paradox: "We’re not alone because life is impossible. We’re alone because the path from ribose to radio telescopes has far more gates than we imagined." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/23/a...
January 23, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A new answer to the Fermi Paradox: "We’re not alone because life is impossible. We’re alone because the path from ribose to radio telescopes has far more gates than we imagined." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/23/a...
On syphilis:"A 5,500-year-old skeleton discovered... in Colombia has now offered up DNA from the spiral-shaped bacterium Treponema pallidum. The discovery... pushes back the evidence for treponemal diseases... by roughly 3,000 years." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/23/h...
January 23, 2026 at 3:40 PM
On syphilis:"A 5,500-year-old skeleton discovered... in Colombia has now offered up DNA from the spiral-shaped bacterium Treponema pallidum. The discovery... pushes back the evidence for treponemal diseases... by roughly 3,000 years." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/23/h...
"Our new study, published today in PLOS Biology, reveals a larger penis in humans serves two additional purposes: to attract mates and to threaten rivals." via @theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
"Our new study, published today in PLOS Biology, reveals a larger penis in humans serves two additional purposes: to attract mates and to threaten rivals." via @theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
"Our most successful theories may excel at prediction while remaining silent about what the world is fundamentally made of." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/b...
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
"Our most successful theories may excel at prediction while remaining silent about what the world is fundamentally made of." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/b...
Cholesterol in your diet doesn't raise cholesterol in your blood. Dietary saturated fat is the real culprit. via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/w...
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Cholesterol in your diet doesn't raise cholesterol in your blood. Dietary saturated fat is the real culprit. via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/w...
Do trees actually explode in super cold weather? Yes, but it isn't really an explosion. Here's how it happens. via @popsci.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/d...
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Do trees actually explode in super cold weather? Yes, but it isn't really an explosion. Here's how it happens. via @popsci.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/d...
"In the quest for room-temperature superconductivity, a team has uncovered a link between magnetism and the mysterious phase of matter known as the pseudogap, which may finally yield clues to achieving superconductivity above frigid, artificial temperatures." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/s...
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
"In the quest for room-temperature superconductivity, a team has uncovered a link between magnetism and the mysterious phase of matter known as the pseudogap, which may finally yield clues to achieving superconductivity above frigid, artificial temperatures." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/s...
"A hand stencil in an Indonesian cave was drawn at least 67,800 years ago, making it about 15,000 years older than the next oldest rock art in the world." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/w...
January 22, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"A hand stencil in an Indonesian cave was drawn at least 67,800 years ago, making it about 15,000 years older than the next oldest rock art in the world." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/22/w...
"People who slept as little as five extra minutes daily, engaged in just two extra minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day, and added a half serving of vegetables per day tended to live significantly longer than the worst performers." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/21/t...
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"People who slept as little as five extra minutes daily, engaged in just two extra minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day, and added a half serving of vegetables per day tended to live significantly longer than the worst performers." www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/21/t...
A New Theory Says Gravity May Come From Entropy—Which Could Lead to a Unified Theory of Physics. www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/21/a...
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
A New Theory Says Gravity May Come From Entropy—Which Could Lead to a Unified Theory of Physics. www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/21/a...
The Great Climate Reset: "Catastrophism is out, pragmatism is in." by @thehonestbroker.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/21/t...
January 21, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The Great Climate Reset: "Catastrophism is out, pragmatism is in." by @thehonestbroker.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/01/21/t...