This week: Earth’s magnetic pole is in a new position, the second most cited paper to ever be withdrawn is finally retracted, Charlotte the bubble-butted turtle gets a special swimming harness, The Blob’s legacy marks the worst single-species mortality event in modern history, a Roman solution to Mars suggests blood makes for great cement, and we send one of our writers on a mission to test out ancient hangover cures. Anyone for cabbage? #ScienceNewsletter #PodcastEpisode
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We’re here for the science; the awesome, inspiring, important, and the strange.
About us
Since its launch in 2012, IFLScience has become the global go-to site for engaging, thought-provoking, and importantly, fun science content covering space, health, the environment, tech, and more. We’re dedicated to entertaining, educating, and sparking curiosity about the world around us – and beyond. Enjoy being part of a community that really, really loves science.
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- 2012
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- Science, Technology, Publishing, Advertising, Social Media, Education, Merchandising, Health, Environment, Space, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Plants and Animals, Physics, Chemistry, Policy, and Climate Change
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David Dandy
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Bob Kafato
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Alfredo Carpineti
Senior Science Writer & Space Correspondent at IFLScience, Astrophysicist, Science Communicator, Social Activist
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Beccy Corkill
Custom Content Manager at IFLScience | Producing Easily Digestible Science Content
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The SKA Observatory Is Set To Revolutionize Astronomy – We Visited For A Glimpse Into The Future
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The Square Kilometer Array Observatory is destined to make waves in astronomy when it's finished and comes online so IFLScience sent Dr Alfredo Carpineti over to South Africa to take a peek into the future. #science #sciencecommunication #astronomy
The SKA Observatory Is Set To Revolutionize Astronomy – We Visited For A Glimpse Into The Future
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It takes an intrepid journalist, dedicated to their craft, to put their money where their mouth - or keyboard - is but Ben Taub did for IFLScience 🫡 #science #sciencecommunication #journalism
Do Ancient Hangover Cures Still Stand Up?
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The jumping guabine is considered pretty common in its home of Trinidad, but it's secretly been pulling off one of nature's greatest expeditions using its tail to breathe. Check out the amazing sequence from #TheSecretLivesOfAnimals on Apple TV + IFLScience #science #sciencecommunication #wildlifedocumentaries
Tail-Breathing Killifish Can Travel 6,000 Times Their Body Length On Land
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This week: fishers discover a mysterious tablet bearing an unknown language, sequencing the oldest human genome reveals when we first bred with Neanderthals, Jupiter’s got a shiny new ring, a new predator captured in the darkest depths of the Atacama Trench, working out the rules to an ancient boardgame, and can donor organs transfer memories? Transplant patients report strange personality changes. Read or listen to the biggest science news stories of the week now!
First Comet Seen Slamming Into Jupiter May Have Left It With A New Ring, Unknown Written Language Found On Ancient Tablet, And Much More This Week
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The IFLScience Video Round Up Is Here! 🎬 This year we achieved more than 40 million video views across YouTube shorts and our long form video content. We produced nearly 1,000 total videos and gained over 60,000 new subscribers. Plus, we’ve interviewed a whole host of science experts from famous faces like Dara Ó Briain and Professor Brian Cox, to a father and son explorer team who reached the most remote place on Earth. Now we’re excited to see what 2025 will bring!
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This week scientists may have discovered a new ancient relative of humans, collar cameras from Andean bears reveal Paddington may have a taste for cubs, we’ve been paying the salmon tax to dogs for 2,000 years more than thought, new biohybrid wood glows green in the dark, diamond batteries could last for thousands of years, and it turns out spaceports make for remarkably good wildlife sanctuaries. #SciencePodcast #ScienceNewsletter
Have We Uncovered A New Species Of Ancient Humans? World's First Carbon-14 Diamond Battery, And Much More This Week
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All the biggest science news stories of the week. #science #newsletter #scicom #sciencecommunication
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