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⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Strange, Neanderthals and their skulls...
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0203-1331
Neanderthals collected animal skulls for centuries in a Spanish cave. The skulls appeared to be placed in fixed locations that were deliberately chosen. Researchers n...
👉 Strange, Neanderthals and their skulls...
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0203-1331
Neanderthals collected animal skulls for centuries in a Spanish cave. The skulls appeared to be placed in fixed locations that were deliberately chosen. Researchers n...
â Strange, Neanderthals and their skulls...
Neanderthals collected animal skulls for centuries in a Spanish cave. The skulls appeared to be placed in fixed locations that were deliberately chosen. Researchers now believe this behavior was both cultural and symbolic in nature. It offers new insight into the lives of Neanderthals as social bein...
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February 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Strange, Neanderthals and their skulls...
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0203-1331
Neanderthals collected animal skulls for centuries in a Spanish cave. The skulls appeared to be placed in fixed locations that were deliberately chosen. Researchers n...
👉 Strange, Neanderthals and their skulls...
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0203-1331
Neanderthals collected animal skulls for centuries in a Spanish cave. The skulls appeared to be placed in fixed locations that were deliberately chosen. Researchers n...
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 New: unsinkable metal! (even with holes)
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0201-1826
Researchers at the University of Rochester have created metal tubes that do not sink, even when they are severely damaged and riddled with large holes. By treating th...
👉 New: unsinkable metal! (even with holes)
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0201-1826
Researchers at the University of Rochester have created metal tubes that do not sink, even when they are severely damaged and riddled with large holes. By treating th...
𧪠New: unsinkable metal! (even with holes)
Researchers at the University of Rochester have created metal tubes that do not sink, even when they are severely damaged and riddled with large holes. By treating the inner surface with a laser, it becomes superhydrophobic and always traps air. That air keeps the tube afloat, regardless of water pr...
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February 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 New: unsinkable metal! (even with holes)
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0201-1826
Researchers at the University of Rochester have created metal tubes that do not sink, even when they are severely damaged and riddled with large holes. By treating th...
👉 New: unsinkable metal! (even with holes)
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0201-1826
Researchers at the University of Rochester have created metal tubes that do not sink, even when they are severely damaged and riddled with large holes. By treating th...
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 Life-essential molecule found in the universe
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0202-2237
Scientists have discovered a large sulfur-containing molecule in an interstellar cloud. This molecule is important for the chemistry of life and had previously onl...
👉 Life-essential molecule found in the universe
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0202-2237
Scientists have discovered a large sulfur-containing molecule in an interstellar cloud. This molecule is important for the chemistry of life and had previously onl...
ð Life-essential molecule found in the universe
Scientists have discovered a large sulfur-containing molecule in an interstellar cloud. This molecule is important for the chemistry of life and had previously only been seen in meteorites. Laboratory tests and radio telescopes confirmed the finding. This suggests that the foundation for life is alr...
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February 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 Life-essential molecule found in the universe
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0202-2237
Scientists have discovered a large sulfur-containing molecule in an interstellar cloud. This molecule is important for the chemistry of life and had previously onl...
👉 Life-essential molecule found in the universe
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0202-2237
Scientists have discovered a large sulfur-containing molecule in an interstellar cloud. This molecule is important for the chemistry of life and had previously onl...
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Finally found; Ivar the Boneless?
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0202-2222
A hill in the English county of Cumbria could very well be hiding the grave of the notorious "Ivar the Boneless." An archaeologist bases this on his own research, numerous sa...
👉 Finally found; Ivar the Boneless?
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0202-2222
A hill in the English county of Cumbria could very well be hiding the grave of the notorious "Ivar the Boneless." An archaeologist bases this on his own research, numerous sa...
â Finally found; Ivar the Boneless?
A hill in the English county of Cumbria could very well be hiding the grave of the notorious "Ivar the Boneless." An archaeologist bases this on his own research, numerous sagas, the landscape and other finds. Surrounding the newly identified hill are dozens of smaller burial mounds, and a successfu...
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February 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Finally found; Ivar the Boneless?
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0202-2222
A hill in the English county of Cumbria could very well be hiding the grave of the notorious "Ivar the Boneless." An archaeologist bases this on his own research, numerous sa...
👉 Finally found; Ivar the Boneless?
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0202-2222
A hill in the English county of Cumbria could very well be hiding the grave of the notorious "Ivar the Boneless." An archaeologist bases this on his own research, numerous sa...
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 This bacterium is smarter than expected
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-2140
Bacteria appear to be capable of sharing their DNA within their own cells. This allows them to become resistant to medicines more quickly. Researchers mapped this hidd...
👉 This bacterium is smarter than expected
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-2140
Bacteria appear to be capable of sharing their DNA within their own cells. This allows them to become resistant to medicines more quickly. Researchers mapped this hidd...
𧪠This bacterium is smarter than expected
Bacteria appear to be capable of sharing their DNA within their own cells. This allows them to become resistant to medicines more quickly. Researchers mapped this hidden form of communication using hundreds of samples. The discovery could help improve treatments and prevention...
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February 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 This bacterium is smarter than expected
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-2140
Bacteria appear to be capable of sharing their DNA within their own cells. This allows them to become resistant to medicines more quickly. Researchers mapped this hidd...
👉 This bacterium is smarter than expected
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-2140
Bacteria appear to be capable of sharing their DNA within their own cells. This allows them to become resistant to medicines more quickly. Researchers mapped this hidd...
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 There's something under Jupiter's clouds...
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0201-1916
Researchers have determined that Jupiter contains far more oxygen than our Sun. New models show that its atmosphere moves more slowly than previously thought, result...
👉 There's something under Jupiter's clouds...
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0201-1916
Researchers have determined that Jupiter contains far more oxygen than our Sun. New models show that its atmosphere moves more slowly than previously thought, result...
ð There's something under Jupiter's clouds...
Researchers have determined that Jupiter contains far more oxygen than our Sun. New models show that its atmosphere moves more slowly than previously thought, resulting in a different oxygen abundance. On top of that, the planet also has an unusually high carbon-to-oxygen ratio...
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February 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 There's something under Jupiter's clouds...
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0201-1916
Researchers have determined that Jupiter contains far more oxygen than our Sun. New models show that its atmosphere moves more slowly than previously thought, result...
👉 There's something under Jupiter's clouds...
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0201-1916
Researchers have determined that Jupiter contains far more oxygen than our Sun. New models show that its atmosphere moves more slowly than previously thought, result...
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Our own oxygen revolution 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2311
The Great Oxidation Event was a period during which oxygen first appeared in large quantities in our atmosphere. Cyanobacteria caused this through photosynthesis, which did lea...
👉 Our own oxygen revolution 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2311
The Great Oxidation Event was a period during which oxygen first appeared in large quantities in our atmosphere. Cyanobacteria caused this through photosynthesis, which did lea...
𧪠Our own oxygen revolution ð
The Great Oxidation Event was a period during which oxygen first appeared in large quantities in our atmosphere. Cyanobacteria caused this through photosynthesis, which did lead to mass die-offs of older life forms. At the same time, it laid the foundation for our current, much more complex life...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Our own oxygen revolution 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2311
The Great Oxidation Event was a period during which oxygen first appeared in large quantities in our atmosphere. Cyanobacteria caused this through photosynthesis, which did lea...
👉 Our own oxygen revolution 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2311
The Great Oxidation Event was a period during which oxygen first appeared in large quantities in our atmosphere. Cyanobacteria caused this through photosynthesis, which did lea...
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Gold for the gods resurfaces
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-2215
Two very old Celtic gold coins have been found in a Swiss marsh. They date back to the 3rd century BC and are extremely rare. Archaeologists believe they were once left there as o...
👉 Gold for the gods resurfaces
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-2215
Two very old Celtic gold coins have been found in a Swiss marsh. They date back to the 3rd century BC and are extremely rare. Archaeologists believe they were once left there as o...
â Gold for the gods resurfaces
Two very old Celtic gold coins have been found in a Swiss marsh. They date back to the 3rd century BC and are extremely rare. Archaeologists believe they were once left there as offerings to the gods. The coins will soon be exhibited in a museum in Basel...
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February 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Gold for the gods resurfaces
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-2215
Two very old Celtic gold coins have been found in a Swiss marsh. They date back to the 3rd century BC and are extremely rare. Archaeologists believe they were once left there as o...
👉 Gold for the gods resurfaces
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-2215
Two very old Celtic gold coins have been found in a Swiss marsh. They date back to the 3rd century BC and are extremely rare. Archaeologists believe they were once left there as o...
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 Mars, the Blue Planet?!!
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-1823
Billions of years ago, Mars likely had an ocean that covered more than half of the planet. New research from Switzerland found coastlines in Valles Marineris that support this assumpti...
👉 Mars, the Blue Planet?!!
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-1823
Billions of years ago, Mars likely had an ocean that covered more than half of the planet. New research from Switzerland found coastlines in Valles Marineris that support this assumpti...
ð Mars, the Blue Planet?!!
Billions of years ago, Mars likely had an ocean that covered more than half of the planet. New research from Switzerland found coastlines in Valles Marineris that support this assumption. These structures show the highest sea level ever on Mars, around 3.5 billion years ago. And that offers hope for...
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February 14, 2026 at 5:10 AM
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 Mars, the Blue Planet?!!
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-1823
Billions of years ago, Mars likely had an ocean that covered more than half of the planet. New research from Switzerland found coastlines in Valles Marineris that support this assumpti...
👉 Mars, the Blue Planet?!!
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0131-1823
Billions of years ago, Mars likely had an ocean that covered more than half of the planet. New research from Switzerland found coastlines in Valles Marineris that support this assumpti...
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Arabian Sea once had far more oxygen
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-1259
Researchers have discovered that the Arabian Sea contained much more oxygen millions of years ago, despite the high temperatures at the time. Strong monsoons and currents...
👉 Arabian Sea once had far more oxygen
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-1259
Researchers have discovered that the Arabian Sea contained much more oxygen millions of years ago, despite the high temperatures at the time. Strong monsoons and currents...
𧪠Arabian Sea once had far more oxygen
Researchers have discovered that the Arabian Sea contained much more oxygen millions of years ago, despite the high temperatures at the time. Strong monsoons and currents kept the water very healthy. Oxygen loss only appeared later, precisely due to cooling. This means that oceans can also recover t...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Arabian Sea once had far more oxygen
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-1259
Researchers have discovered that the Arabian Sea contained much more oxygen millions of years ago, despite the high temperatures at the time. Strong monsoons and currents...
👉 Arabian Sea once had far more oxygen
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-1259
Researchers have discovered that the Arabian Sea contained much more oxygen millions of years ago, despite the high temperatures at the time. Strong monsoons and currents...
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 Ann Hodges: struck by a meteorite 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2030
An ordinary afternoon nap turned Ann Hodges into world news when a meteorite crashed through her home. The stone turned out to be extremely old and rare, struck her body,...
👉 Ann Hodges: struck by a meteorite 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2030
An ordinary afternoon nap turned Ann Hodges into world news when a meteorite crashed through her home. The stone turned out to be extremely old and rare, struck her body,...
ð Ann Hodges: struck by a meteorite ð
An ordinary afternoon nap turned Ann Hodges into world news when a meteorite crashed through her home. The stone turned out to be extremely old and rare, struck her body, and subsequently brought mainly stress and attention. After a legal battle, Ann decided to donate the meteorite to a museum...
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February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 Ann Hodges: struck by a meteorite 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2030
An ordinary afternoon nap turned Ann Hodges into world news when a meteorite crashed through her home. The stone turned out to be extremely old and rare, struck her body,...
👉 Ann Hodges: struck by a meteorite 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2030
An ordinary afternoon nap turned Ann Hodges into world news when a meteorite crashed through her home. The stone turned out to be extremely old and rare, struck her body,...
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 The Green Children of Woolpit 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2217
According to legend, two green children were found in Woolpit, England, in the 12th century. They did not speak English, ate only beans and claimed to come from a land witho...
👉 The Green Children of Woolpit 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2217
According to legend, two green children were found in Woolpit, England, in the 12th century. They did not speak English, ate only beans and claimed to come from a land witho...
â The Green Children of Woolpit ð
According to legend, two green children were found in Woolpit, England, in the 12th century. They did not speak English, ate only beans and claimed to come from a land without sun. The boy died soon after, but the girl survived. Possible explanations range from Flemish origin to illness and pure myt...
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February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 The Green Children of Woolpit 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2217
According to legend, two green children were found in Woolpit, England, in the 12th century. They did not speak English, ate only beans and claimed to come from a land witho...
👉 The Green Children of Woolpit 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-2217
According to legend, two green children were found in Woolpit, England, in the 12th century. They did not speak English, ate only beans and claimed to come from a land witho...
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Xenoturbella: life without a plan 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-2122
Xenoturbella is an extremely simple sea animal without a brain or organs. Scientists still do not know where it belongs in evolution. But precisely because of its simpl...
👉 Xenoturbella: life without a plan 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-2122
Xenoturbella is an extremely simple sea animal without a brain or organs. Scientists still do not know where it belongs in evolution. But precisely because of its simpl...
𧪠Xenoturbella: life without a plan ð
Xenoturbella is an extremely simple sea animal without a brain or organs. Scientists still do not know where it belongs in evolution. But precisely because of its simplicity, it is important for research into the earliest life. The animal is effectively living proof that simply "existing" is sometim...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Xenoturbella: life without a plan 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-2122
Xenoturbella is an extremely simple sea animal without a brain or organs. Scientists still do not know where it belongs in evolution. But precisely because of its simpl...
👉 Xenoturbella: life without a plan 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-2122
Xenoturbella is an extremely simple sea animal without a brain or organs. Scientists still do not know where it belongs in evolution. But precisely because of its simpl...
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 James Webb breaks its own record
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-1231
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the oldest galaxy ever detected, MoM-z14 (the mother of all galaxies?). It lies 13.5 billion light-years away from us and formed sho...
👉 James Webb breaks its own record
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-1231
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the oldest galaxy ever detected, MoM-z14 (the mother of all galaxies?). It lies 13.5 billion light-years away from us and formed sho...
ð James Webb breaks its own record
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the oldest galaxy ever detected, MoM-z14 (the mother of all galaxies?). It lies 13.5 billion light-years away from us and formed shortly after the Big Bang. The discovery suggests that stars formed much faster than had always been thought and assumed until...
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February 13, 2026 at 9:05 AM
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 James Webb breaks its own record
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-1231
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the oldest galaxy ever detected, MoM-z14 (the mother of all galaxies?). It lies 13.5 billion light-years away from us and formed sho...
👉 James Webb breaks its own record
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-1231
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the oldest galaxy ever detected, MoM-z14 (the mother of all galaxies?). It lies 13.5 billion light-years away from us and formed sho...
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Johan de Witt, the devoured head of government 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-0009
Johan de Witt was the most powerful administrator of the Republic of the Netherlands for nearly twenty years. In the Disaster Year of 1672, political panic...
👉 Johan de Witt, the devoured head of government 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-0009
Johan de Witt was the most powerful administrator of the Republic of the Netherlands for nearly twenty years. In the Disaster Year of 1672, political panic...
â Johan de Witt, the devoured head of government ð
Johan de Witt was the most powerful administrator of the Republic of the Netherlands for nearly twenty years. In the Disaster Year of 1672, political panic turned into anger directed at him. He was lynched in The Hague together with his brother. And afterwards, stories even emerged about their body...
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February 13, 2026 at 5:10 AM
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Johan de Witt, the devoured head of government 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-0009
Johan de Witt was the most powerful administrator of the Republic of the Netherlands for nearly twenty years. In the Disaster Year of 1672, political panic...
👉 Johan de Witt, the devoured head of government 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0130-0009
Johan de Witt was the most powerful administrator of the Republic of the Netherlands for nearly twenty years. In the Disaster Year of 1672, political panic...
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Breakthrough against pancreatic cancer
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1840
Spanish researchers have succeeded in making pancreatic tumors in mice disappear completely. Their therapy combines three existing drugs that together block all growth...
👉 Breakthrough against pancreatic cancer
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1840
Spanish researchers have succeeded in making pancreatic tumors in mice disappear completely. Their therapy combines three existing drugs that together block all growth...
𧪠Breakthrough against pancreatic cancer
Spanish researchers have succeeded in making pancreatic tumors in mice disappear completely. Their therapy combines three existing drugs that together block all growth signals of the cancer cell. The mice remained healthy and showed no relapse. If it also works in humans, this could mark a true turn...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Breakthrough against pancreatic cancer
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1840
Spanish researchers have succeeded in making pancreatic tumors in mice disappear completely. Their therapy combines three existing drugs that together block all growth...
👉 Breakthrough against pancreatic cancer
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1840
Spanish researchers have succeeded in making pancreatic tumors in mice disappear completely. Their therapy combines three existing drugs that together block all growth...
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 China launches AI and tourists into space
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-2209
China is ramping up its focus on space tourism, AI data centers and energy production in space starting this year. The plans are part of its already fifteenth five-yea...
👉 China launches AI and tourists into space
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-2209
China is ramping up its focus on space tourism, AI data centers and energy production in space starting this year. The plans are part of its already fifteenth five-yea...
ð China launches AI and tourists into space
China is ramping up its focus on space tourism, AI data centers and energy production in space starting this year. The plans are part of its already fifteenth five-year plan. For example, the country wants to combine solar energy and AI in a so-called "Space Cloud". With this, it is taking on SpaceX...
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February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 China launches AI and tourists into space
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-2209
China is ramping up its focus on space tourism, AI data centers and energy production in space starting this year. The plans are part of its already fifteenth five-yea...
👉 China launches AI and tourists into space
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-2209
China is ramping up its focus on space tourism, AI data centers and energy production in space starting this year. The plans are part of its already fifteenth five-yea...
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 PFAS in our oceans is slowly declining
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1835
The concentration of ancient PFAS in pilot whales (dolphinids) is dropping sharply since their ban. Harvard researchers developed a new analytical method to also measur...
👉 PFAS in our oceans is slowly declining
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1835
The concentration of ancient PFAS in pilot whales (dolphinids) is dropping sharply since their ban. Harvard researchers developed a new analytical method to also measur...
𧪠PFAS in our oceans is slowly declining
The concentration of ancient PFAS in pilot whales (dolphinids) is dropping sharply since their ban. Harvard researchers developed a new analytical method to also measure the presence of (still) unknown PFAS. Indeed, new variants seem to spread differently than the old ones. This raises new questions...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 PFAS in our oceans is slowly declining
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1835
The concentration of ancient PFAS in pilot whales (dolphinids) is dropping sharply since their ban. Harvard researchers developed a new analytical method to also measur...
👉 PFAS in our oceans is slowly declining
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1835
The concentration of ancient PFAS in pilot whales (dolphinids) is dropping sharply since their ban. Harvard researchers developed a new analytical method to also measur...
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 Icy, Earth-like planet discovered
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1805
Astronomers have discovered a new, icy Earth-like planet at a distance of more than 145 light-years. This HD 137010 b resembles Earth in size and orbit, but is extremely cold....
👉 Icy, Earth-like planet discovered
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1805
Astronomers have discovered a new, icy Earth-like planet at a distance of more than 145 light-years. This HD 137010 b resembles Earth in size and orbit, but is extremely cold....
ð Icy, Earth-like planet discovered
Astronomers have discovered a new, icy Earth-like planet at a distance of more than 145 light-years. This HD 137010 b resembles Earth in size and orbit, but is extremely cold. The planet was found via NASA's Kepler mission. Researchers hope that new telescopes will be able to reveal more about this...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 Icy, Earth-like planet discovered
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1805
Astronomers have discovered a new, icy Earth-like planet at a distance of more than 145 light-years. This HD 137010 b resembles Earth in size and orbit, but is extremely cold....
👉 Icy, Earth-like planet discovered
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1805
Astronomers have discovered a new, icy Earth-like planet at a distance of more than 145 light-years. This HD 137010 b resembles Earth in size and orbit, but is extremely cold....
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 The power of the Mongolian bow 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1437
The Mongolian bow was small but extremely powerful. It gave horsemen speed and precision in both war and hunting. The bow was made of wood, horn, and sinew using various te...
👉 The power of the Mongolian bow 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1437
The Mongolian bow was small but extremely powerful. It gave horsemen speed and precision in both war and hunting. The bow was made of wood, horn, and sinew using various te...
â The power of the Mongolian bow ð
The Mongolian bow was small but extremely powerful. It gave horsemen speed and precision in both war and hunting. The bow was made of wood, horn, and sinew using various techniques. Today, this ancient tradition lives on – especially in Mongolia, where it is still part of a popular sport...
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February 12, 2026 at 5:05 AM
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 The power of the Mongolian bow 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1437
The Mongolian bow was small but extremely powerful. It gave horsemen speed and precision in both war and hunting. The bow was made of wood, horn, and sinew using various te...
👉 The power of the Mongolian bow 📖
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0129-1437
The Mongolian bow was small but extremely powerful. It gave horsemen speed and precision in both war and hunting. The bow was made of wood, horn, and sinew using various te...
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Strange: a spider with a chain full of mites!
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1501
In Brazil, scientists have discovered a new parasitic mite species that lives on young spiders. The larvae, which look like a string of pearls strung together, s...
👉 Strange: a spider with a chain full of mites!
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1501
In Brazil, scientists have discovered a new parasitic mite species that lives on young spiders. The larvae, which look like a string of pearls strung together, s...
𧪠Strange: a spider with a chain full of mites!
In Brazil, scientists have discovered a new parasitic mite species that lives on young spiders. The larvae, which look like a string of pearls strung together, suck lymph from their host's body. They were found in stored specimens and show how many unknown species are still in our museum collections...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Strange: a spider with a chain full of mites!
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1501
In Brazil, scientists have discovered a new parasitic mite species that lives on young spiders. The larvae, which look like a string of pearls strung together, s...
👉 Strange: a spider with a chain full of mites!
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1501
In Brazil, scientists have discovered a new parasitic mite species that lives on young spiders. The larvae, which look like a string of pearls strung together, s...
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 You live in a (croissant) bubble
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0902-1259
The heliosphere is an invisible bubble surrounding our solar system. New NASA models show that its shape resembles a collapsed croissant rather than the previously assumed come...
👉 You live in a (croissant) bubble
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0902-1259
The heliosphere is an invisible bubble surrounding our solar system. New NASA models show that its shape resembles a collapsed croissant rather than the previously assumed come...
ð You live in a (croissant) bubble
The heliosphere is an invisible bubble surrounding our solar system. New NASA models show that its shape resembles a collapsed croissant rather than the previously assumed comet shape. The difference is due to hot particles that influence its shape. Since last year, an additional mission has been in...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 You live in a (croissant) bubble
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0902-1259
The heliosphere is an invisible bubble surrounding our solar system. New NASA models show that its shape resembles a collapsed croissant rather than the previously assumed come...
👉 You live in a (croissant) bubble
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0902-1259
The heliosphere is an invisible bubble surrounding our solar system. New NASA models show that its shape resembles a collapsed croissant rather than the previously assumed come...
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Egyptian god found in Türkiye
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0902-1316
A statue of the Egyptian god Pataikos has been found in Perre, Türkiye (Turkey, for the older folks among us). This is the first time such a find has been made in Anatolia. Arc...
👉 Egyptian god found in Türkiye
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0902-1316
A statue of the Egyptian god Pataikos has been found in Perre, Türkiye (Turkey, for the older folks among us). This is the first time such a find has been made in Anatolia. Arc...
â Egyptian god found in Türkiye
A statue of the Egyptian god Pataikos has been found in Perre, Türkiye (Turkey, for the older folks among us). This is the first time such a find has been made in Anatolia. Archaeologists discovered it in a 2,100-year-old tomb along with other artifacts...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
⌛ #history – factually fun!
👉 Egyptian god found in Türkiye
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0902-1316
A statue of the Egyptian god Pataikos has been found in Perre, Türkiye (Turkey, for the older folks among us). This is the first time such a find has been made in Anatolia. Arc...
👉 Egyptian god found in Türkiye
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0902-1316
A statue of the Egyptian god Pataikos has been found in Perre, Türkiye (Turkey, for the older folks among us). This is the first time such a find has been made in Anatolia. Arc...
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Bacteria survive anything
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0905-1924
Some bacteria appear to be able to survive even in the ultra-sterile cleanrooms of specialist hospitals or NASA, for example. In such situations, they go into a kind of hibernation...
👉 Bacteria survive anything
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0905-1924
Some bacteria appear to be able to survive even in the ultra-sterile cleanrooms of specialist hospitals or NASA, for example. In such situations, they go into a kind of hibernation...
𧪠Bacteria survive anything
Some bacteria appear to be able to survive even in the ultra-sterile cleanrooms of specialist hospitals or NASA, for example. In such situations, they go into a kind of hibernation to avoid further danger. This threatens the goal of keeping other planets clean of our life forms, for example...
whyrwe.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
🧪 #science – factually fun!
👉 Bacteria survive anything
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0905-1924
Some bacteria appear to be able to survive even in the ultra-sterile cleanrooms of specialist hospitals or NASA, for example. In such situations, they go into a kind of hibernation...
👉 Bacteria survive anything
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@25/0905-1924
Some bacteria appear to be able to survive even in the ultra-sterile cleanrooms of specialist hospitals or NASA, for example. In such situations, they go into a kind of hibernation...
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 AI sees 'stranger things' via Hubble
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1917
AI has greatly helped researchers from both ESA and NASA look at old Hubble images. In the process, they found as many as 800 unknown cosmic objects. The new tool recognize...
👉 AI sees 'stranger things' via Hubble
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1917
AI has greatly helped researchers from both ESA and NASA look at old Hubble images. In the process, they found as many as 800 unknown cosmic objects. The new tool recognize...
ð AI sees 'stranger things' via Hubble
AI has greatly helped researchers from both ESA and NASA look at old Hubble images. In the process, they found as many as 800 unknown cosmic objects. The new tool recognized shapes that humans managed to miss all along. The same method will soon be used on new space missions...
whyrwe.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🚀 #space – factually fun!
👉 AI sees 'stranger things' via Hubble
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1917
AI has greatly helped researchers from both ESA and NASA look at old Hubble images. In the process, they found as many as 800 unknown cosmic objects. The new tool recognize...
👉 AI sees 'stranger things' via Hubble
🔗 https://whyrwe.com/@26/0128-1917
AI has greatly helped researchers from both ESA and NASA look at old Hubble images. In the process, they found as many as 800 unknown cosmic objects. The new tool recognize...