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This Infamous Radioactive 'Tomb' Is Leaking: The Runit Dome entombs waste from an 18-kiloton nuclear blast in 1958 in the Marshall Islands. via @ScienceAlert realclearscience.com/2026/03/21/thi…

"From fasting to low-protein diets, the evolving science of dietary restriction might just offer the key to slowing ageing." via @sciencefocus realclearscience.com/2026/03/20/eat…

Aliens did not visit Earth in the distant past. They didn't build the pyramids or rule ancient Greece from Mount Olympus or teach Mesoamericans how to plant corn. realclearscience.com/articles/2026/…

"When what we predict and what we measure don't add up, that's a sign there's something new to learn. Could it be a new fundamental force?" by @StartsWithABang realclearscience.com/2026/03/20/the…

"People in North America adopted the bow and arrow as replacement weapons for the dart and atlatl about 1,400 years ago, according to a new paper published in the journal PNAS Nexus." via @arstechnica realclearscience.com/2026/03/20/whe…

New study challenges a site that’s key to how humans got to the Americas. via @APNews realclearscience.com/2026/03/20/stu…

The world is changing right in front of us and no one knows it. Texas is running its world-class economy on 70% renewables, right now. Gas is there if we need it, but for today, we can save the fuel for another day.

A robot couldn't stop dancing at a HaiDiLao Hotpot restaurant in Cupertino, California, sending food and chopsticks flying despite the best efforts of three staff members.

If you've had a kidney stone, you've been advised that the most important thing to prevent another bout is to increase hydration. Now a randomized trial of hydration in over 1600 participants showed no benefit, despite evidence of increase during volume. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The research could lead to new weight loss therapies without nausea and muscle loss. - @CUBoulder realclearscience.com/2026/03/20/com…

"A study published today in PLOS One shows that, if we’re looking for well-behaved dogs, these “designer crossbreeds” aren’t the best choice." via @NautilusMag realclearscience.com/2026/03/19/the…

"Ehrlich was wrong. Not, as the New York Times said in its obituary this week, “premature”, but radically, completely, spectacularly wrong. He was wrong as soon as he put pen to paper and went on being wrong for decades afterwards." by @mattwridley realclearscience.com/2026/03/19/pau…

"The combination of charge conjugation, parity, and time-reversal symmetry is known as CPT. And it must never be broken. Ever." by @StartsWithABang realclearscience.com/2026/03/19/why…

"Ethylene oxide... sterilizes about half of all medical devices used in the U.S. Now, the gas is at the center of a regulatory battle after the EPA proposed repealing a rule that significantly limited emissions from sterilization facilities." via @ACSHorg realclearscience.com/2026/03/19/the…

Static Electricity: "The fact that there is still so much we don’t know about this seemingly simple natural effect illustrates that, despite the advances of today’s high-tech world, fundamental scientific questions remain to be answered." via @Nature realclearscience.com/2026/03/19/a_s…

"Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos, house finches in Mexico and song thrushes in New Zealand have all developed a curious habit: They put cigarette butts in their nests. Some songbirds in Britain are even nesting in outdoor ashtrays." via @nytimes realclearscience.com/2026/03/19/why…

"FLASH therapy uses a precise burst of ultrahigh-power radiation to kill tumors and spare healthy tissue." via @IEEESpectrum realclearscience.com/2026/03/18/the…

"Math alone could never bridge the gap between the conceptual and the physical. Actual stars or planets were forever beyond its capabilities, as was creating the humblest particle." via @templeton_fdn realclearscience.com/2026/03/18/mat…

"A typical “ancient aliens” argument illustrates the pattern: the pyramids are extraordinarily precise. Precision, the claim goes, requires advanced technology; therefore, humans without modern machines could not have built them." via @ConversationUK realclearscience.com/articles/2026/…

"The shape of the Universe didn’t have to be flat; it could have been positively curved like a higher-dimensional sphere or negatively curved like a higher-dimensional horse’s saddle." via @bigthink realclearscience.com/2026/03/18/spa…