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Go inside an indulgent dinner party in ancient Pompeii celebrating the god Dionysus. www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/p...
Pompeii's House of Dionysian Delights
As dusk settled over Pompeii, guests strolled into the grand home of one of the city’s wealthiest families for an evening of drinks and delights. Household staff led these privileged Pompeians t
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February 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Go inside an indulgent dinner party in ancient Pompeii celebrating the god Dionysus. www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/p...
A sea change in Alzheimer's drugs: “It used to be . . . 70% of the programs in clinical development were antiamyloid programs and anti-tau programs and 20%, 30% were alternate pathways,” Fillit says. “But now it's exactly the reverse.” via @cenmag.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/b...
Beyond Amyloid: Emerging Drug Targets for Alzheimer's
When the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first amyloid-β-targeting monoclonal antibody to treat Alzheimer’s disease in 2021, it was a big move—and a controversial one. Re
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February 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
A sea change in Alzheimer's drugs: “It used to be . . . 70% of the programs in clinical development were antiamyloid programs and anti-tau programs and 20%, 30% were alternate pathways,” Fillit says. “But now it's exactly the reverse.” via @cenmag.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/b...
"Highly intelligent people are not always faster, calmer, or more decisive. Sometimes, their minds are busier, slower, and more conflicted." www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/t...
Three Unique Ways Smart People Think
People often picture intelligence as mental efficiency. We tend to imagine a smart person as someone who responds quickly, has strong opinions, and sees things clearly. However, highly intelligent peo
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February 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
"Highly intelligent people are not always faster, calmer, or more decisive. Sometimes, their minds are busier, slower, and more conflicted." www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/t...
NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test. via @arstechnica.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/n...
NASA Has a New Problem to Fix Before Artemis II
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Saturday the agency is looking at ways to prevent the fueling problems plaguing the Space Launch System rocket before the Artemis III mission. Artemis III is sla
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February 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM
NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test. via @arstechnica.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/n...
13 Great Lakes’ Worth of Water Underlies the Contiguous United States. www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/1...
13 Great Lakes’ Worth of Water Underlies the Contiguous U.S.
It’s not easy to determine how much water there is across a landscape. A measly 1% of Earth’s freshwater is on the surface, where it can be seen and measured with relative ease. But beneat
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February 16, 2026 at 12:24 PM
13 Great Lakes’ Worth of Water Underlies the Contiguous United States. www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/1...
You don't need to be sore to get results from exercise. It's more about repetition. www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/y...
You Don't Have to Be Sore to Get Results From Exercise
Maybe you've started exercising after the new year? For many, sore muscles follow in the days afterwards. This soreness typically appears after hard or unfamiliar exercise and usually peaks 24 to 48 h
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February 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
You don't need to be sore to get results from exercise. It's more about repetition. www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/16/y...
It might only take rock weathering to keep a planet habitable, according to a new paper. "Maybe planets don’t need life to stay habitable. Maybe, I was wrong. Maybe I need to change my mind." by @adamfrank4.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/a...
A New Paper Might Just Change My Mind About Life
We live in a polarized age. It’s hard to find a subject on which people’s views haven’t been politicized and hardened. From Bad Bunny’s halftime performance to new
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February 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
It might only take rock weathering to keep a planet habitable, according to a new paper. "Maybe planets don’t need life to stay habitable. Maybe, I was wrong. Maybe I need to change my mind." by @adamfrank4.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/a...
"Taking testosterone in old age is safer than we first thought but its benefits are still overblown." via @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/t...
The Gold Rush of Testosterone Replacement Therapy
If you’ve never injected yourself with dog semen, don’t worry: someone has done it for you. Seventy-one years after the initial publication of Frankenstein, the medical journal T
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February 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"Taking testosterone in old age is safer than we first thought but its benefits are still overblown." via @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/t...
Communication about sex is key: "Most partners are guessing and only accurately identify a fraction of what their partner enjoys or dislikes." www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/t...
The Secret to Better Sex Isn't Better Sex
If your partner had to list three things you don’t enjoy in bed, would they get them right? The odds are against it. Research shows that partners correctly identify only about 62 percent of what
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February 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Communication about sex is key: "Most partners are guessing and only accurately identify a fraction of what their partner enjoys or dislikes." www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/t...
"The phenomenon of decoherence might finally bridge the quantum-classical divide." via @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/a...
Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Dissolving?
None of the leading interpretations of quantum theory are very convincing. They ask us to believe, for example, that the world we experience is fundamentally divided from the subatomic realm it’
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February 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
"The phenomenon of decoherence might finally bridge the quantum-classical divide." via @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/a...
Underlying a lot of RFK, Jr.'s ideas is the notion that Americans were healthier in the past. It isn't true. via @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/a...
America's Healthier Past Is a Myth
“Make America healthy again” sounds like a great slogan. It is loaded with nostalgia and … haziness. What is that “again” all about? When were those halcyon days when Am
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February 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Underlying a lot of RFK, Jr.'s ideas is the notion that Americans were healthier in the past. It isn't true. via @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/14/a...
Why gentle parenting is doomed to fail: "Children are active evolutionary agents adapted to extract the maximum resources from their environment." www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/13/w...
February 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Why gentle parenting is doomed to fail: "Children are active evolutionary agents adapted to extract the maximum resources from their environment." www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/13/w...
"It’s one of modern mathematics’ most challenging problems. How close are we to solving the Mandelbrot set’s final obstacle?" via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"It’s one of modern mathematics’ most challenging problems. How close are we to solving the Mandelbrot set’s final obstacle?" via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/13/t...
"A sexually transmitted form of ringworm is making a gross splash in the United States. Health officials in Minnesota are warning doctors and the public about an outbreak of the emerging fungus Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII..." via @gizmodo.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/13/a...
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"A sexually transmitted form of ringworm is making a gross splash in the United States. Health officials in Minnesota are warning doctors and the public about an outbreak of the emerging fungus Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII..." via @gizmodo.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/13/a...
Men lose their Y chromosomes as they age. "When people who have a Y chromosome lose it, the loss is associated with serious diseases throughout the body, contributing to a shorter lifespan." via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Men lose their Y chromosomes as they age. "When people who have a Y chromosome lose it, the loss is associated with serious diseases throughout the body, contributing to a shorter lifespan." via @uk.theconversation.com www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
"Most adults in the United States experience the intense rush of passionate love only about twice throughout their lives, according to a recent large-scale survey." via @psypost.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/13/m...
February 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"Most adults in the United States experience the intense rush of passionate love only about twice throughout their lives, according to a recent large-scale survey." via @psypost.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/13/m...
A creationist astrophysicists argues that UAPs visiting Earth are actually angels. His arguments are nonsense for a very simple reason. www.realclearscience.com/blog/2026/02...
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A creationist astrophysicists argues that UAPs visiting Earth are actually angels. His arguments are nonsense for a very simple reason. www.realclearscience.com/blog/2026/02...
The 6 most important lessons about belly fat (and how to lose it). via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/s...
February 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The 6 most important lessons about belly fat (and how to lose it). via @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/s...
"Africa is breaking apart along a giant crack that will form a new ocean between two large masses of land millions of years from now, the latest research shows." via @newsweek.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/n...
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
"Africa is breaking apart along a giant crack that will form a new ocean between two large masses of land millions of years from now, the latest research shows." via @newsweek.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/n...
Bears don't actually hibernate. "Unlike hibernation, torpor is involuntary, and primarily triggered by lack of food." via @popsci.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/b...
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Bears don't actually hibernate. "Unlike hibernation, torpor is involuntary, and primarily triggered by lack of food." via @popsci.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/b...
"Earth systems may be on the brink of long-term, irreversible destabilization, sending our planet on a “hothouse Earth” trajectory, a scenario in which long-term temperatures remain about 5°C (9°F) higher than preindustrial temperatures..." www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/e...
February 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
"Earth systems may be on the brink of long-term, irreversible destabilization, sending our planet on a “hothouse Earth” trajectory, a scenario in which long-term temperatures remain about 5°C (9°F) higher than preindustrial temperatures..." www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/e...
"In a recent issue of the science journal Small, engineers reported that they had “taken a page from Edison’s book” by developing a nickel-iron battery using novel nanotechnology tools." via @gizmodo.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/s...
February 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
"In a recent issue of the science journal Small, engineers reported that they had “taken a page from Edison’s book” by developing a nickel-iron battery using novel nanotechnology tools." via @gizmodo.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/12/s...
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My essay for @rcscience.bsky.social, criticizing the National Association of Scholars' attacks on science and calls to require faculty to disclose their test scores, was posted today.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
My essay for @rcscience.bsky.social, criticizing the National Association of Scholars' attacks on science and calls to require faculty to disclose their test scores, was posted today.
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"While the DEI movement has many flaws, its effect on scientific research was insignificant. The real damage to science has been caused by the Trump administration defunding of science and efforts to impose ideological conditions on scientific research." www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
"While the DEI movement has many flaws, its effect on scientific research was insignificant. The real damage to science has been caused by the Trump administration defunding of science and efforts to impose ideological conditions on scientific research." www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
"Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans. In 2026, that matters more than ever." via @bigthink.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/11/c...
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans. In 2026, that matters more than ever." via @bigthink.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/11/c...