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A new study explored the reasons why people don't return their shopping carts at the grocery store. The findings hint at how to get more people to do it. www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/w...
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A new study explored the reasons why people don't return their shopping carts at the grocery store. The findings hint at how to get more people to do it. www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/w...
Gluten sensitivity: “Our findings show that symptoms are more often triggered by fermentable carbohydrates, commonly known as FODMAPs, by other wheat components or by people’s expectations and prior experiences with food.” www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/n...
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Gluten sensitivity: “Our findings show that symptoms are more often triggered by fermentable carbohydrates, commonly known as FODMAPs, by other wheat components or by people’s expectations and prior experiences with food.” www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/n...
What if a Tiny Black Hole Shot Through Your Body? "According to... physicist Robert Scherrer of Vanderbilt University in the US, even a black hole clocking in at 100 billion tons would do less damage than a 0.22-caliber round." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/w...
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What if a Tiny Black Hole Shot Through Your Body? "According to... physicist Robert Scherrer of Vanderbilt University in the US, even a black hole clocking in at 100 billion tons would do less damage than a 0.22-caliber round." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/w...
"There’s a remarkable set of things we can observe with just the unaided eye, including, if we choose to look in the right place at the right time, things that are surprisingly far away." by @startswithabang.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/h...
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"There’s a remarkable set of things we can observe with just the unaided eye, including, if we choose to look in the right place at the right time, things that are surprisingly far away." by @startswithabang.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/h...
A simple calculation can predict your risk of heart disease: "Daily heart rate per step (or DHRPS) is a simple calculation: you take your average daily heart rate and divide it by the average number of steps you take." via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/t...
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A simple calculation can predict your risk of heart disease: "Daily heart rate per step (or DHRPS) is a simple calculation: you take your average daily heart rate and divide it by the average number of steps you take." via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/t...
"Earlier this year, scientists discovered a cell so severely stripped of essential functions that it challenges biologists’ definitions of what counts as a living thing." via @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/a...
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Earlier this year, scientists discovered a cell so severely stripped of essential functions that it challenges biologists’ definitions of what counts as a living thing." via @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/25/a...
Tuberculosis genitals: "A man in Ireland earned the unpleasant distinction of developing an exceedingly rare infection on his penis—one that has a puzzling origin, but may be connected to his work with dead animals." via @arstechnica.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/y...
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Tuberculosis genitals: "A man in Ireland earned the unpleasant distinction of developing an exceedingly rare infection on his penis—one that has a puzzling origin, but may be connected to his work with dead animals." via @arstechnica.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/y...
"Increases in the energy density of sodium-ion batteries means they are now suitable for stationary energy storage and low-performance electric vehicles." via @cenmag.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/s...
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Increases in the energy density of sodium-ion batteries means they are now suitable for stationary energy storage and low-performance electric vehicles." via @cenmag.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/s...
"While the existence of extra dimensions is a cool idea, it's currently not supported by any evidence." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/i...
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"While the existence of extra dimensions is a cool idea, it's currently not supported by any evidence." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/i...
"Ten years ago the world’s leaders placed a historic bet. The 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on... we can definitively say humanity has lost this bet." via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Ten years ago the world’s leaders placed a historic bet. The 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on... we can definitively say humanity has lost this bet." via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
"NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently came across an odd rock... that is unlike anything else the robot has found on the Red Planet. It turns out that it probably isn't from our neighboring world and likely crashed on Mars instead." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/o...
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently came across an odd rock... that is unlike anything else the robot has found on the Red Planet. It turns out that it probably isn't from our neighboring world and likely crashed on Mars instead." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/o...
"Underwater archaeologists discovered a wooden face that dates back more than 1,000 years. Experts say the face may have been used to ward off evil spirits from the settlement." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/h...
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Underwater archaeologists discovered a wooden face that dates back more than 1,000 years. Experts say the face may have been used to ward off evil spirits from the settlement." www.realclearscience.com/2025/11/24/h...
"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...