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1. 1Fri 14:00–15:00median 376 likes · 4 posts
2. 2Sat 2:00–3:00median 217 likes · 3 posts
3. 3Tue 9:00–10:00median 168 likes · 4 posts

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1. 1 @_unhinged_aussie 🌍 419 followers Please help My biology teacher asked what the opposite of Dominant is and I confidely said "Submissive" to the whole class Likes 49.7K・Replies 765・Reposts 885・Quotes 63・Shares 1.6K・Growth +40.8K 49.7Klikes
2. 2 @michaelcelia_ 🌍 353 followers Researchers in Japan found two bacteria, one pulled from a tumor and one from soil, that together wiped out every tumor in mice with colon, ovarian and pancreatic cancer. Two IV doses. Mice only for now but that's wild Likes 29.6K・Replies 199・Reposts 1.6K・Quotes 72・Shares 334・Views 292K・Engagement 10.1%・Growth +3 29.6Klikes
3. 3 @leovarf 🌍 101 followers Bayangin kalau tempat yang biasanya diisi iklan skincare atau fashion brand tiba-tiba berubah jadi mukanya para peneliti dan penemu berpengaruh. Gue baru aja ngeliat foto ini dan langsung kepikiran satu hal: ini bentuk pop culture reset yan... Likes 26.5K・Replies 304・Reposts 1.8K・Quotes 73・Shares 374・Views 319K・Engagement 8.3%・Growth +1 26.5Klikes
4. 4 @mikeruizxyz 🌍 2.2K followers It's a wrap for Mars everyone. They have micro-dust that can't be filtered out by the blood-brain barrier so instead of micro plastics in your balls you'd have micro-mars-dust in your balls and that's no bueno. Likes 7.9K・Replies 991・Reposts 448・Quotes 58・Shares 402 7.9Klikes
5. 5 @joe.haberman 🌍 700 followers For Halloween, a science nerd’s idea of a TERRIFYING pumpkin ! 🎃😂 Likes 3.5K・Replies 91・Reposts 289・Quotes 30・Shares 280・Views 89.4K・Engagement 3.9% 3.5Klikes
6. 6 @slesha.thapa 🌍 40.3K followers As a scientist, I can’t emphasize this enough: It's great to be a scientist in America again. Likes 2.8K・Replies 22・Reposts 94・Quotes 9・Shares 11・Views 15.3K・Engagement 18.5%・Growth +1.4K 2.8Klikes
7. 7 @wheressailorgoon 🌍 336 followers Did yall know that the urge to bite the love of your life is a real chemical reaction to being in love? It’s called Cute Aggression 🥹 Likes 2.5K・Replies 53・Reposts 233・Quotes 35・Shares 1.1K 2.5Klikes
8. 8 @drleolam 🌍 22K followers The UN has confirmed everyone's suspicions: limiting warming to 1.5°C is officially not possible. On our current trajectory, we are looking at a world with 2.8°C of warming by 2100. My dad was a climate scientist, and I've been watching th... Likes 2.3K・Replies 118・Reposts 268・Quotes 14・Shares 21・Growth +1.3K 2.3Klikes
9. 9 @heauxlistichealer5 🌍 Human to human : Study Gnosticism, esoterics, metaphysics, herbs, chemistry, reiki, fascia, sacred geometry, numerology, astronomy, chakras… Likes 2K・Replies 60・Reposts 252・Quotes 17・Shares 58・Views 38.8K・Engagement 5.2%・Growth +2 2Klikes
10. 10 @still.breanna 🌍 187 followers America is DEEPLY uneducated on the actual science behind transgender people. There is a scientific consensus in psychology, neurology, and biology that trans people are a natural variation in human experience and development. Even the tra... Likes 1.4K・Replies 164・Reposts 116・Quotes 1・Shares 15・Growth +1.2K 1.4Klikes
11. 11 @ridwaninstitute.id 🌍 15K followers Jujur, kamu tahu bedanya scoping review sama systematic review? Scoping memetakan bidang yang luas. Systematic menjawab satu pertanyaan yang terfokus. Dan masih ada 9 jenis lain yang sering tertukar. Kami rangkum 11 jenisnya di carousel i... Likes 1.3K・Replies 1・Reposts 352・Quotes 4・Shares 690 1.3Klikes
12. 12 @ella_maru 🌍 2.9K followers I make scientific illustrations for a living, which basically means I spend my days making things look beautiful that most people would rather not see under a microscope. I absolutely love my job. Any other people here with strangely specif... Likes 1.1K・Replies 150・Reposts 10・Quotes 0・Shares 2・Views 21.3K・Engagement 5.1%・Growth +1 1.1Klikes
13. 13 @biodnaa 🌍 1.7K followers Yamaha, commissioned by Toyota, modified a 5.0-liter V8 to burn hydrogen instead of gasoline. It makes about 444 horsepower with no carbon dioxide from the fuel itself, but it's still a development engine, not a car you can buy yet. 🚗 Likes 989・Replies 83・Reposts 31・Quotes 6・Shares 46・Views 9.5K・Engagement 10.4%・Growth +796 989likes
14. 14 @_unhinged_aussie 🌍 419 followers Today in biology class we were dissecting an eye. I kept trying to tell jokes, but they just kept getting cornea and cornea. Likes 957・Replies 23・Reposts 36・Quotes 2・Shares 41・Views 5.5K・Engagement 17.4%・Growth +569 957likes
15. 15 @mycocodex 🌍 239 followers I wish more scientific research was written in a way people without a science background could actually understand. There are so many fascinating findings buried in papers that most people will probably never read. Likes 688・Replies 122・Reposts 55・Quotes 7・Shares 10 688likes
16. 16 @epi_lady 🌍 7.2K followers Scientists and an epidemiologist headed to Congress!! So very happy! Likes 671・Replies 7・Reposts 26・Quotes 0・Views 3.1K・Engagement 21.9%・Growth +279 671likes
17. 17 @standupforscience 🌍 9.7K followers Bot test: Remove RFK Jr. Likes 620・Replies 10・Reposts 23・Quotes 1・Shares 1・Views 6.4K・Engagement 9.8% 620likes
18. 18 @rifku_mu 🌍 189 followers Info jurusan S2 yang ga perlu thesis 😌 Likes 546・Replies 90・Reposts 32・Quotes 2・Shares 11 546likes
19. 19 @thegothgardener90 🌍 7.1K followers Fun fact. America didn’t put lead pipes everywhere because we didn’t know the dangers, scientists at the time said it would cause neurological problems, but guess what? The lead industry paid off politics to say the scientists were crackpot... Likes 506・Replies 10・Reposts 88・Quotes 4・Shares 5・Views 1.6K・Engagement 31.3%・Growth +231 506likes
20. 20 @rkmining 🌍 62 followers In lighter news, last year Dr Carol Frost et al from the University of Wyoming determined the oldest rock in the United States is just north of the Wisconsin/Michigan border on US 45. 3.8 billion years old and still beautiful. I made a road... Likes 489・Replies 35・Reposts 23・Quotes 2・Shares 68 489likes

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1. @cosmadidviv 🌍 5 h ago Fallen leaves, plant remains - to many organisms, these are simply remnants of life. To mushrooms, they are sources of valuable resources. By breaking down complex organic compounds, mushrooms play an essential role in nutrient cycling and... Likes 4・Replies 0・Reposts 0・Quotes 0・Views 62・Engagement 6.5%
2. @nici.parker 🌍 3.2K followers 6 h ago Soooooo what if the universe is almost twice as old as we've been telling ourselves? For decades, cosmologists have worked with a universe estimated to be around 13.8 billion years old. It's a rather impressive age, considering everything t... Likes 123・Replies 72・Reposts 15・Quotes 3・Shares 9・Views 7.7K・Engagement 1.6%・Growth +17
3. @nici.parker 🌍 3.2K followers 6 h ago These include quantities that determine the strength of physical interactions. If they change together as the universe evolves, the equations describing gravity, matter and cosmic expansion also change. The second idea is called Tired Light... Likes 22・Replies 1・Reposts 0・Quotes 0・Views 1.1K・Engagement 2.0%
4. @nici.parker 🌍 3.2K followers 6 h ago Physicist Rajendra Gupta and postdoctoral researcher Dr Nikolaos Samaras have been investigating an alternative model of cosmology which suggests that the universe could be 26.7 billion years old. That's nearly twice the age predicted by ou... Likes 31・Replies 2・Reposts 2・Quotes 0・Shares 1・Views 1.7K・Engagement 1.8%
5. @nici.parker 🌍 3.2K followers 6 h ago Now, before anyone starts removing dark matter from the shopping list, let's look at what they're actually suggesting. The model is called CCC+TL, which stands for Covarying Coupling Constants plus Tired Light. It's a combination of two rat... Likes 23・Replies 1・Reposts 0・Quotes 0・Views 1.2K・Engagement 2.0%
6. @hellobunni 🌍 1.2K followers 7 h ago The removal of lead from gasoline correlates with the decrease in crime. SO MANY PROBLEMS USHERED IN MY PAID OFF POLITICIANS. It is understandable why the public tolerance of corporate pols has fully collapsed Likes 7・Replies 0・Reposts 3・Quotes 1・Views 841・Engagement 0.83%
7. @laughter.love.and.light 🌍 8 h ago FM 😳 How is this man president of the United States? Likes 1・Replies 0・Reposts 0・Quotes 0
8. @or0706555 🇹🇼 13 h ago 離開學術六年了，沒想到我又回來了～🥹 最近開始把以前的研究拿出來重新思考，也試著和 AI 討論一些新的研究方向。 雖然現在沒有實驗室，手邊只有一台 MacBook，但突然想到，其實我還是可以透過生物資訊的方法，繼續做自己喜歡的研究。 於是，就這樣開始了... Likes 267・Replies 15・Reposts 5・Quotes 0・Shares 10・Views 9.9K・Engagement 2.7%
9. @lvnlife662 🌍 148 followers 14 h ago @senatedems @housedemocrats Reign it in! None of these data centers have been up long enough to research how to make them smaller, safer and more efficient entities. Computers existed that were as big, but had limited use until the science... Likes 0・Replies 0・Reposts 0・Quotes 0
10. @_logik0_ 🌍 16 h ago Why the muscle system so complicated 🫠 Likes 0・Replies 0・Reposts 0・Quotes 0・Views 182・Engagement 0.00%
11. @thegothgardener90 🌍 7.1K followers 19 h ago Fun fact. America didn’t put lead pipes everywhere because we didn’t know the dangers, scientists at the time said it would cause neurological problems, but guess what? The lead industry paid off politics to say the scientists were crackpot... Likes 506・Replies 10・Reposts 88・Quotes 4・Shares 5・Views 1.6K・Engagement 31.3%・Growth +231
12. @gandthekeys 🌍 22 h ago “BE NOT AFRAID…” 😱 😂😂 Here’s my take on a “Biblically accurate angel” but inspired by CAM-KII, which is an enzyme in your brain that encodes and stores memories… was studying some neuroscience, and I thought it looked kinda similar 😂def... Likes 6・Replies 2・Reposts 0・Quotes 0・Views 173・Engagement 3.5%
13. @johngillerjr 🌍 485 followers 1 d ago Geological ID: A fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock—likely a quartz sandstone or siltstone. Its warm ochre-yellow hue is driven by iron oxide/hydroxide (limonite) staining acting as a natural micro-cement. Notice the smooth, planar fract... Likes 1・Replies 0・Reposts 0・Quotes 0
14. @cosmicxpert 🌍 5.9K followers 1 d ago 🚨 TODAY'S SCIENCE STORIES: 1/4 Good news for coffee lovers. In a JAMA study from earlier this year that followed US adults for up to 43 years, people who drank 2 to 3 cups of caffeinated coffee a day got dementia at less than half the rat... Likes 54・Replies 11・Reposts 2・Quotes 0・Shares 1・Views 1.6K・Engagement 3.4%・Growth +11
15. @still.breanna 🌍 187 followers 1 d ago America is DEEPLY uneducated on the actual science behind transgender people. There is a scientific consensus in psychology, neurology, and biology that trans people are a natural variation in human experience and development. Even the tra... Likes 1.4K・Replies 164・Reposts 116・Quotes 1・Shares 15・Growth +1.2K
16. @drjoelshulkin 🌍 56K followers 1 d ago Hearing a Pfizer ad and learning @mollyringwald is a vaccine advocate just made my day. I just want to let MAHA know they didn’t break us. Likes 406・Replies 1・Reposts 9・Quotes 0・Views 1.6K・Engagement 24.8%・Growth +178
17. @americanbrainfoundation 🌍 1.9K followers 1 d ago The brain has several regions with different jobs. The forebrain helps us think, reason, and process emotions. The hindbrain controls essential functions like breathing, heartbeat, balance, and swallowing. Scientists have long assumed the... Likes 2・Replies 1・Reposts 0・Quotes 0・Views 21・Engagement 9.5%
18. @americanbrainfoundation 🌍 1.9K followers 1 d ago What if the human brain isn't actually one organ, but two? A new discovery from @stanford researchers challenges what scientists have long believed about how the brain develops. And it could open new doors for ALS and spinal muscular atrop... Likes 8・Replies 6・Reposts 0・Quotes 0・Views 414・Engagement 1.9%
19. @jasemc 🌍 108 followers 1 d ago It's the oils that fluoresce, not the container. Many oils do this; nothing unusual, it's... Likes 1・Replies 0・Reposts 0・Quotes 0・Views 58・Engagement 1.7%
20. @ninahike06 🌍 417 followers 1 d ago The racism and white supremacy I've experienced learning science, teaching award winning hs science-31yrs, presenting at conferences, writing curriculum, PhD program, publishing articles, writing book chapters, doing science research…has be... Likes 5・Replies 6・Reposts 0・Quotes 0・Views 236・Engagement 2.1%