Richard Vaughan+FollowAncient 26-Foot Giants That Aren’t Trees?!Imagine walking through Scotland and stumbling on fossils of 26-foot-tall columns that ruled Earth before trees even existed. Scientists just revealed these Prototaxites weren’t plants, animals, or fungi—but a totally new, now-extinct branch of life! For over a century, experts argued if they were trees or giant mushrooms, but new research says nope, they’re something else entirely. Basically, Earth’s OG giants were weird, mysterious, and have no living relatives. Nature is wild! #Science #FossilFinds #ScienceNews20Share
Michael Flores+FollowThere’s a Giant Ocean Hole Full of Wild VirusesScientists just found a massive sinkhole under the South China Sea that’s basically a vault for microscopic life—and it’s packed with 1,700 mysterious viruses, most of which are totally new to science. Instead of just being “bad guys,” these viruses might actually be secret engineers of the ocean, shaping ecosystems and even the climate. It’s like a real-life sci-fi lab at the bottom of the sea, and we’re only just starting to crack the code! #Science #OceanMysteries #ScienceNews00Share
Tamara Jones+FollowScientists Just Unlocked a 1930s Dark Matter SecretImagine a theory from the 1930s finally getting proven in 2024! Chinese scientists have just confirmed the Migdal effect—a long-lost idea that could be the key to finally spotting dark matter, the invisible glue holding the universe together. After 80+ years and some seriously high-tech experiments, they found real evidence. This could totally change how we hunt for dark matter and understand the universe. Wild, right? #Science #DarkMatter #ScienceNews10Share
Zachary Gutierrez+FollowTiny 'Obelisks' Found Living Inside Us?!Just when you thought you knew your own body, scientists have found thousands of bizarre, tiny life forms called 'obelisks' chilling inside us. These things are even smaller than viruses and don’t fit into any category we’ve seen before. They’re like mysterious RNA loops, not quite viruses, not quite bacteria, and nobody knows what they’re doing in there. Are they harmless, helpful, or something else? The human body just got a whole lot weirder! #Science #ScienceNews #HumanBody10Share
Lisa Ramirez+FollowCells Have Overflow Valves?!Scientists just found out our cells have their own version of a sink overflow—seriously! There’s this ion channel called TMEM175 that acts like a safety valve in our cells’ recycling centers (lysosomes), keeping things from getting too acidic. If this valve breaks, it could mess up how cells clean themselves, which is linked to Parkinson’s. This could mean new ways to treat or even prevent the disease! Wild how our bodies have built-in backup plans, right? #Health #BodyHealth #ScienceNews00Share
Richard Vaughan+FollowAncient Air in a Billion-Year-Old Time CapsuleScientists just cracked open 1.4 billion-year-old rock salt from Ontario and found ancient air trapped inside. The wild part? The oxygen levels were way higher than anyone expected for that era—enough to support early animal life! This discovery is shaking up what we thought we knew about Earth’s “Boring Billion” years and could totally rewrite the story of how life evolved. Who knew a chunk of salt could hold such epic secrets? #Science #ScienceNews #EarthHistory10Share
Zachary Gutierrez+FollowQuantum Waves: Atoms Get WeirdPhysicists just made a beam of positronium—an atom made of an electron and its antimatter twin—act like a true quantum wave for the first time. Instead of behaving like a bunch of tiny balls, these atoms rippled and diffracted through a graphene sheet, proving a wild prediction from quantum theory. This is a huge deal for testing the rules of the universe and could lead to ultra-precise experiments with matter and antimatter. Science just got a little stranger! #Science #QuantumPhysics #ScienceNews00Share
Zachary Gutierrez+FollowDinosaurs Weren’t Doomed—They Were Thriving!Everything you thought you knew about the end of the dinosaurs? Turns out, it’s way messier. New research says dinos weren’t on a slow decline—they were living their best lives right up until that asteroid hit. Fossil records fooled us because the rocks just aren’t there to show the full picture. Imagine: if not for a cosmic curveball, T. rex and Triceratops might still be around. Total plot twist for Earth’s history, right? #Science #Dinosaurs #ScienceNews00Share
Richard Vaughan+FollowAncient Tunnels No One Can ExplainScientists just found wild underground tunnels on two continents—and no, they weren’t made by humans or rivers. In Africa and the Middle East, there are microscopic tunnels in solid rock that hint at a totally unknown lifeform. Meanwhile, in South America, you can literally walk through massive caverns dug by giant prehistoric sloths and armadillos. Both discoveries are rewriting what we know about life shaping the planet from the inside out. Who (or what) made these tunnels? The mystery is still wide open! #Science #AncientMystery #ScienceNews20Share
Zachary Gutierrez+FollowQuantum Physics Just Got WeirderScientists just found a quantum state that basically flips the script on what we thought was possible. Imagine electrons acting like a team, creating a sideways electric current (the Hall effect) with zero magnetic field—something that should be impossible! Turns out, when you chill certain materials to near absolute zero, electrons stop behaving like individuals and start moving as one, unlocking new, totally bizarre phases of matter. The quantum world is wilder than we ever imagined! #Science #QuantumPhysics #ScienceNews00Share
