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1	Apr 11, '24	Scientists have discovered around a hundred new ocean species in Bounty Trough, an oceanic rift off New Zealand's south island 🪸	2142×	29.2M	42k	5.2k	7.9k
2	Mar 31, '22	A robot made of magnetic slime could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as retrieving objects swallowed by accident.	1801×	0	90k	24k	6.8k
3	Aug 23, '20	Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing	1023×	0	55k	23k	2.5k
4	Jun 25, '24	This fleshy, pink smiling face is made from living human skin cells, and was created as part of an experiment to let robots show emotion. Read more 👉	712×	9.7M	4.7k	640	1.7k
5	Oct 10, '18	Moons can have moons and they are called moonmoons	604×	0	32k	11k	372
6	May 7, '20	Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income has concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing	572×	0	33k	13k	1.2k
7	Jan 31, '25	Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing urine into the air - and other dolphins seem to follow the stream. Read more:	536×	7.3M	6.7k	981	1.8k
8	Jul 27, '18	A new shape called the scutoid has been discovered in our cells	479×	0	27k	7k	652
9	Jul 20, '22	This red dot is the oldest galaxy we've ever seen! The latest data from the James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find the galaxy, which dates back to just 300 million	471×	0	34k	7.3k	806
10	Oct 22, '19	Scientists have trained rats to drive tiny cars to collect food	302×	0	16k	5.1k	404
11	Feb 17, '19	Blasts from the past: NASA's incredible photo archives capture 60 years of space travel	244×	0	22k	2.3k	231
12	Apr 20, '18	We can now create life without the need for sperm or eggs	200×	0	5.4k	2.2k	326
13	Apr 10, '19	Here's the first ever picture of a black hole, just released from the Event Horizon Telescope. #EHTBlackhole (Credit: EHT Collaboration).	191×	0	10k	4.4k	66
14	Mar 10, '20	We don't know why so few #covid19 #coronavirus cases have been reported in Africa	190×	0	3.2k	1.5k	130
15	Oct 4, '18	What if your phone had a robotic finger?	176×	0	3.2k	1.3k	217
16	Sep 14, '20	BREAKING: Data from two ground-based telescopes have discovered small quantities of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus. There are no known non-biological mechanisms of making the	170×	0	9.5k	3.5k	234
17	Jul 20, '22	The galaxy, known as GLASS-z13, has broken the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed by nearly 100 million years!	160×	0	12k	2.3k	210
18	Nov 2, '17	Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid	153×	0	10k	3k	2
19	Aug 15, '20	Mindfulness and meditation can worsen depression and anxiety	117×	0	3.2k	724	816
20	Oct 22, '19	The CRISPR genome-editing technique that's revolutionising biology just got a major upgrade	115×	0	8.6k	1.8k	245
21	Apr 8, '21	New kind of blue found in cabbage could replace synthetic food dye	114×	0	6.9k	758	279
22	Feb 24, '17	Bees learn to play golf and show off how clever they really are	114×	0	4.6k	3.4k	3
23	Jun 6, '17	SpaceX is the first private company to send the same vehicle into orbit twice	106×	0	7.5k	2.1k	0
24	Jan 2, '21	Nuclear fusion made important progress in 2020, but the technology is still decades away	106×	0	10k	583	117
25	Jan 8, '18	Kites and falcons in Australia have been seen picking up burning twigs to spread wildfires and flush out prey	98.7×	0	3.6k	2.5k	5
26	Feb 26, '20	Earth has acquired a brand new moon that's about the size of a car	98.4×	0	7.7k	1k	80
27	Sep 10, '21	mRNA cancer therapy now in human trials after shrinking mouse tumours	91.8×	0	5.6k	1.6k	184
28	Nov 4, '20	Squid-like creature that looked like a giant paperclip lived 200 years	91×	0	5.6k	1.1k	214
29	Jun 16, '21	Antidepressants leaking into waterways could make crayfish bolder	90.2×	0	5.8k	989	137
30	Aug 23, '22	Brain fog – which encompasses memory problems, lack of mental clarity and an inability to focus – had eluded scientific scrutiny until covid-19 thrust it into the spotlight Now, we	84.5×	0	3.2k	1.2k	1.4k
31	Apr 10, '18	🖊by @tomgauld	82.9×	0	4.7k	2.2k	13
32	Mar 24, '20	Greta Thunberg says she and her father had #covid19 symptoms after a recent rail tour of Europe together, and they have both self-isolated. "I don’t want to put anyone else at risk	79×	0	4.8k	1.1k	143
33	Jan 18, '21	Dinosaur found in Argentina may be largest land animal ever	78.7×	0	5.4k	682	112
34	Feb 14, '21	Heavy stuff, @tomgauld More cartoons:	78.6×	0	6.1k	1.2k	59
35	Jun 27, '21	Pluto is covered in huge red patches and we don't know what they are	77.4×	0	4.6k	631	131
36	Mar 20, '21	Elon Musk's SpaceX may have been one explosion away from going bust	71.8×	0	7.3k	321	46
37	Mar 19, '21	Thousands of starlings fly together to make an enormous bird	71.8×	0	5.6k	1k	80
38	May 4, '21	The hydrogen atoms in your body, which account for a little over a tenth of your mass, were formed in the Big Bang	69.9×	0	5.7k	839	110
39	Apr 3, '18	🖊by @tomgauld	69.8×	0	4k	1.7k	24
40	Mar 22, '21	This amazing photograph by @INPHOjames shows a murmuration of thousands of starlings appearing like a single giant creature	69.8×	0	5.1k	1k	136
41	Oct 26, '20	NASA confirms there is water on the moon that astronauts could use	66.4×	0	3.6k	1k	28
42	Apr 25, '21	NASA has produced oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time	64.2×	0	5.3k	808	23
43	Sep 15, '17	Cats can be considered liquids due to their ability to adopt the shape of their container	62.2×	0	3.1k	1.6k	1
44	Mar 8, '19	Three reasons why the periodic table needs a redesign	57.8×	0	2.5k	577	196
45	Apr 17, '21	NASA has selected SpaceX to build a lander to take humans to the moon	56.1×	0	5.6k	326	14
46	Nov 13, '17	For the first time, a giant coconut crab has been seen stalking, killing and devouring a seabird	54.8×	0	2.8k	1.3k	1
47	Nov 21, '16	Google’s DeepMind AI can lip-read TV shows better than a pro	54.7×	0	2.5k	1.6k	0
48	Jul 25, '20	Rosalind Franklin, born 100 years ago today, made a significant contribution to the discovery of the DNA double helix, but was overlooked for a Nobel prize.	52.8×	0	3.3k	1.2k	37
49	Jul 23, '21	UK-based AI company DeepMind has mapped the structure of 98.5 per cent of the 20,000 or so proteins in the human body, and made the data freely available	52.8×	0	4.1k	693	167
50	Nov 28, '17	BRB, we're BRB 🕵 🖌️ @tomgauld	51.1×	0	2.7k	1.4k	3
51	Feb 12, '20	Image of two mice tussling wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year	49×	0	3k	903	73
52	Dec 13, '17	Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars	49×	0	3.4k	648	13
53	Jul 23, '21	A few curious cockatoos learned how to open residential waste bins in Australia, and now other birds have started copying them, with incidences of bin-looting spreading across east	48.9×	0	2.9k	908	111
54	Nov 19, '22	The musings of Kierkegaard, by @tomgauld	48.4×	0	3.1k	962	150
55	Jul 7, '21	AI-generated tongue could make game characters look more realistic	48.2×	0	4.8k	184	45
56	Jul 20, '22	Discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope, galaxy GN-z11 was the previous recorder holder, which dates back to 400 million years after the birth of the universe	48.1×	0	4k	614	64
57	Jun 1, '21	This is the most detailed look at individual atoms ever captured	46.3×	0	3.6k	660	79
58	Oct 12, '21	An unknown object is sending radio waves that switch on and off from the direction of the centre of the galaxy, and astronomers don't have any explanation for what it might be	46×	0	2.8k	747	110
59	Jun 29, '21	We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time	46×	0	3.7k	607	64
60	Jun 30, '21	We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time	45.2×	0	3.6k	598	55
61	Sep 29, '18	A marine polychaete worm captured off the north coast of Spain. Video by @rmartinledo, courtesy of @NikonSmallWorld	44.7×	0	2.6k	977	44
62	Jun 21, '21	An enormous ‘mega comet’ is flying into our solar system	44.5×	0	3.1k	546	33
63	Jul 1, '21	We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time	44.5×	0	3.7k	566	57
64	Jan 11, '18	Mars has ice sheets 130 metres thick hiding below its red dust	44×	0	3.3k	791	0
65	May 28, '21	The human genome has finally been completely sequenced after 20 years	43.8×	0	3.1k	727	89
66	Jul 20, '22	Meanwhile this stunning image produced using the latest data from the James Webb Space Telescope, may provide insights on how dust behaves in space	43.1×	0	3.2k	573	110
67	May 2, '19	Major discovery suggests Denisovans lived in Tibet 160,000 years ago	42.9×	0	2.5k	988	65
68	Mar 25, '21	Alan Turing, British mathematician, wartime codebreaker and computer pioneer, will be the face of the new £50 note entering circulation on his birthday, 23 June	41.4×	0	3.3k	554	29
69	Apr 28, '21	NASA has produced oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time	39.7×	0	3.3k	478	17
70	Jan 4, '21	The power of modern computing - by @tomgauld More cartoons:	39×	0	2.9k	695	48
71	Jun 30, '20	Weird caterpillar uses its old heads to make an elaborate hat	38.5×	0	2.4k	532	63
72	Jul 20, '22	Discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope have been pouring in since the release of its first full-colour science pictures last week	38.5×	0	3.1k	519	93
73	Jul 27, '21	An Australian beetle can walk upside down in a pool of water, on the underside of the water’s surface	37.9×	0	2.9k	457	74
74	May 29, '21	The human genome has finally been completely sequenced after 20 years	37.4×	0	2.8k	577	69
75	Jan 26, '21	You never know what you might find inside an agate. These minerals are formed in cavities left by gases trapped within volcanic rocks when they solidify. Later, water carrying sili	37.3×	0	2.7k	531	62
76	Oct 19, '18	Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together	35.4×	0	2.5k	601	40
77	Jul 3, '21	We’ve caught a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time	35×	0	3k	429	28
78	Jul 18, '21	In 1871, the mathematician Lord Kelvin invented a shape called an isotropic helicoid. He predicted it would behave strangely in a fluid. Now the shape has been 3D-printed and teste	34.1×	0	2.4k	180	125
79	Jun 24, '21	The big bang may not have been the beginning of the universe, says @IBJIYONGI	34×	0	2.9k	245	85
80	Mar 24, '21	New picture of famous black hole reveals its swirling magnetic field	32.6×	0	2.6k	427	30
81	Jun 3, '21	Puppies are born with the genetic ability to understand humans	31.4×	0	2.4k	386	50
82	Jul 8, '21	Can physics explain consciousness and does it create reality?	30.6×	0	2.4k	271	142
83	Jun 4, '21	This is the most detailed look at individual atoms ever captured	30.6×	0	2.4k	424	46
84	Jun 5, '21	This is the most detailed look at individual atoms ever captured	29.5×	0	2.4k	379	43
85	Aug 22, '21	Do you ever feel like we're being observed by another life form? Cartoons by @tomgauld	29.3×	0	2.3k	447	19
86	Jul 21, '24	Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof	5.6×	76k	99	14	19
87	Jul 29, '24	The risk of nuclear meltdown looms large in the public imagination, but for the first time ever researchers in China have shown it is possible for a reactor to cool itself down in	3.7×	51k	93	29	16
88	Jul 20, '24	Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof	3.6×	50k	96	31	10
89	Jul 28, '24	Photographer Enrico Sacchetti captures the power and potential of ITER, an international nuclear fusion experiment currently under construction in southern France.	2.8×	39k	54	12	4
90	Jul 28, '24	The risk of nuclear meltdown looms large in the public imagination, but for the first time ever researchers in China have shown it is possible for a reactor to cool itself down in	2.8×	38k	95	27	8
91	Aug 4, '24	If quantum entanglement could arise in neurons, the phenomenon could explain how different parts of the brain work together. Now calculations show how nerve fibres can produce enta	2.7×	37k	123	65	30
92	Jul 20, '24	Is dark matter hiding in a higher dimension? Physicists are finally coming up with experiments that can give us evidence on whether extra dimensions really exist.	2.7×	37k	59	11	10
93	Jul 21, '24	Is dark matter hiding in a higher dimension? Physicists are finally coming up with experiments that can give us evidence on whether extra dimensions really exist.	2.7×	36k	55	21	8
94	Aug 10, '24	How Einstein was both right and wrong about gravitational waves	2.7×	36k	60	8	9
95	Jul 21, '24	Quantum communication currently requires satellites or dense networks of wires, but a small silicon chip with over 1000 components could enable wireless signals between devices	2.7×	36k	67	18	2
96	Jul 29, '24	The sun’s gravitational pull may be able to capture incoming objects from as far as 3.81 light years away, including interstellar comets and even rogue planets.	2.5×	34k	108	40	10
97	Jul 21, '24	Could a laser powered sailboat take us to Alpha Centauri? That's the aim of the Breakthrough Starshot mission. @AlexWilkins22 says developing a workable lightsail has been tough -	2.3×	31k	56	9	0
98	Jul 31, '24	If quantum entanglement could arise in neurons, the phenomenon could explain how different parts of the brain work together. Now calculations show how nerve fibres can produce enta	2.2×	30k	168	60	28
99	Jul 29, '24	A subatomic particle called the muon caused waves when its experimental behaviour failed to match up with the standard model's predictions – but a new theoretical calculation might	2.2×	30k	69	23	10
100	Oct 14	Introducing our new columnist, professor Hannah Fry. Read on for Hannah's take on the "existential crisis" engulfing maths, and come back every fortnight for her latest column.	1.0×	14k	90	16	22

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