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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 9h

"Religious thought and spiritual behaviors appear to have emerged explicitly in humans. Spirituality may represent a specific processing capability that constitutes a sudden, major transition in the evolution of the brain’s cognitive abilities." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/08/w...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 9h

"We live in what it’s called the Stelliferous age of the Universe – the era when stars are possible. But if the Universe has an infinite future ahead of it, then this period will be just a short blip in its overall history." by @adamfrank4.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/08/w...

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 9h

The first non-opioid painkiller for post-surgery pain "targets a specific sodium ion channel found almost exclusively on peripheral nociceptors, the pain-sensing neurons throughout your body." via @worksinprogress.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/08/t...

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 9h

"A new analysis of artwork left behind by the enigmatic inhabitants of the abandoned Mesoamerican city Teotihuacan suggests the colorful pictures and shapes may constitute a rudimentary language that ultimately evolved into the language of the Aztecs." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/08/l...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 9h

"Scientists have achieved a “striking” reversal of Alzheimer’s disease in mice by restoring the normal function of the brain's vasculature—the network of blood vessels that supplies it with oxygen and nutrients." via @newsweek.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/08/a...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 1d

"The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed Planet Y. " via @cnn.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/07/f...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 1d

"As philosopher of physics Eugene Chua argues, the models we use to study black holes are shrouded in as yet untested assumptions." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/07/t...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 1d

"According to... forensic psychiatrist Dr Ronald Schouten, 15 per cent of people have ‘almost psychopathy’. This means they are driven by some psychopathic traits, but don’t have a diagnosable personality disorder." via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/07/y...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 1d

"The most immediate threat AI poses to humanity is not that its superhuman intelligence will beat us in the game of natural selection, but that it will unleash the power of artificial selection to the advantage of some people over others." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/07/w...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 1d

"The new map of the Universe’s expansion history released by the DESI Collaboration offers hints at a breakdown of the standard model of cosmology." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/07/d...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel committee has been unable to reach, Fred Ramsdell, a winner of this year’s prize for medicine who is “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking foray. via @theguardian.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/07/n...

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 2d

A new book touts the "scientific evidence" for God: "The authors insist that their book is not a religious one, or one touting the advantages of faith. No, it’s a critique of one of the underpinnings of science, materialism." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/06/n...

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 2d

"For women, masturbation frequency tends to increase until their early 30s before slightly declining, while for men, the practice remains relatively stable from age 19 to 50." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/06/h...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 2d

"Proto-Indo-European is the parent for most primary languages spoken today in the Americas, western and northeastern Eurasia, and the Indian subcontinent." Who were the people who spoke Proto-Indo-European? And where did they live? www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...

The Ancestral People Behind Earth's Most Influential Language

A deeper reach into human history is now possible, thanks to a growing body of archaeological data collected using advanced technologies and patient scholarly detective work accumulated across recen

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 2d

"I’ve been unsettled by what appears to be a growing skepticism of science among some of my Generation Z students, shaped in part by the different online cultures these young people have grown up in." by @adamfrank4.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/06/w...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 2d

"A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/06/e...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 2d

"Handwriting engages and advances the brain in ways that typing does not." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/06/w...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 4d

The downside of Occam's Razor: "From cosmic models to political debate, the desire for tidy explanations can obscure the messy, complex reality and lead us astray." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/04/o...

Occam's Razor Is Leading Cosmology Astray

Is simplicity the path to truth, or a dangerous illusion? Occam’s razor is often taken as a guiding principle of science and rational thought, but theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili argues tha

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 4d

It's a common refrain: the world is more stressful, and humans are more stressed, than ever before. This almost certainly isn't true. www.realclearscience.com/blog/2025/10...

Are Humans More Stressed Now Than Ever Before?

It's a common refrain: the world is more stressful, and humans are more stressed, than ever before. Commentators implicate a variety of causes: political instability, economic uncertainty, social medi

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 4d

"A new study... has revealed that East Asian countries report lower average happiness than Western nations, not because they are poorer, but due to five cultural tendencies that dampen everyday joy." www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/04/f...

Five Reasons for the 'East Asian Happiness Puzzle'

A new study published in Social and Personality Psychology Compass has revealed that East Asian countries report lower average happiness than Western nations, not because they are poorer, but due to f

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 4d

Contrary to conventional wisdom, rapid population growth rarely delivers demographic dividends, while low fertility rates do not necessarily lead to stagnation. via @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/04/t...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 4d

Is the bystander effect bogus? "The phenomenon by which people won’t help in an emergency if others are around is real, but context matters." via @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/04/t...

The Bystander Effect Started From a Lie

You have just been attacked. How likely is it that someone will come to your help? If you remember the infamous case of Kitty Genovese in 1960s New York, you may despair at ever receiving assistance.

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 4d

The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century: Gravitational waves top the list. www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/04/t...

RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 5d

"People are living longer than ever, but our final years are often plagued by cognitive decline that prevents us from making the most of our longer lifespans. Science is beginning to tease out the reasons why — and what we can do about it." via @freethink.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/03/l...

Living Longer Starts With Boosting Your Brain

People are living longer than ever, but our final years are often plagued by cognitive decline that prevents us from making the most of our longer lifespans. Science is beginning to tease out the reas

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 5d

"Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in the besieged nation: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door." via @knowablemag.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/10/03/t...

The Infections Infiltrating Ukraine's Front Lines

As Hailie Uren rushed to meet the injured British soldier evacuated to her hospital in western Ukraine, the Australian clinician reflected on how vulnerable the young man must feel, speaking no Ukrain

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