#ScienceDiscovery
In a time of rapid change across science, strategic collaboration among funders is more essential than ever.

Our President & CEO, Cynthia Friend, shares with @nature.com how philanthropy can fund bold ideas, act quickly, and work together.

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#ScienceDiscovery #Philanthropy
May 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I just published Quantum Breakthrough: Scientists Forge ‘Time Crystals’ That Defy Classical Motion

#QuantumBreakthrough, #TimeCrystals, #QuantumPhysics, #NonEquilibrium, #QuantumComputing, #PhysicsNews, #ScienceDiscovery

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July 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A newly discovered amoeba is thriving at 145°F inside a California volcano — shattering the heat tolerance record for all complex life on Earth. Published in Cell, Sept 22, 2026. Science just moved the goalposts. #ScienceDiscovery #Astrobiology
September 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Flies like to play and have fun like other animals, according to a fascinating new study: Scientists observed fruit flies playing by spinning on disks. Some preferred this over eating.

#AnimalBehavior #Flies #PlayfulInsects #Entomology #ScienceDiscovery #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
Flies like to play and have fun like other animals, according to a fascinating new study
Scientists observed fruit flies playing by spinning on disks. Some preferred this over eating. The behavior appeared intentional, not random
www.earth.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hidden #biodiversity within Bermuda’s cave systems, home to unique, often undiscovered organisms—tiny, resilient and found nowhere else on Earth.

@blancobercial.bsky.social
Giovanni Mussini @magdalenecollege.bsky.social

#ScienceDiscovery #copepod #Bermuda

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Confirmed: Bermudian discovery is new crustacean species
Researchers studying life in the caves of Bermuda have verified the discovery of a new species of tiny crustacean. Findings recently published in the scientific journal ZooKeys said that the copepod w...
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May 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In Today's #DailyGeo:
🇸🇪 Fears of Baltic Sea Sabotage
🇬🇪 Pro-EU Demonstrations in Tbilisi
🇨🇳"Big-Headed" Hominid mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#georgia #eu #baltic #hominid #sciencediscovery #sweden #china
December 3, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Ancient Antarctic ice, potentially unlocking climate secrets from 1.5 million years ago, has been recovered! 🧊 This incredible discovery could revolutionize our understanding of Earth's climate history. #ClimateChange #Antarctica #AncientIce #ScienceDiscovery
Scientists recover ancient Antarctic ice . May hold climate secrets from 1.5 million years ago
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July 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Meet the upside-down jellyfish, (Cassiopea)! 🔬🪼This spring break, my lab partners, Lana, Bridget, and I traveled to Key Largo, FL, as part of our PSU BIOL 483 course. We decided to study the bacterial communities associated with Cassiopea! #Jellyfish #MarineScience #Cassiopea #ScienceDiscovery.
March 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
MIT scientists unveil a microscope that images deeper into live brain tissue at single-cell resolution.

Supported by ScanImage + vDAQ for 3-photon photoacoustic imaging at unprecedented depths.

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#neuroscience #multiphotonimaging #scienceinnovation #sciencediscovery
Imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution
A team of MIT Picower Institute scientists and engineers demonstrates a new microscope system capable of peering exceptionally deep into brain tissues to detect the molecular activity of individual ce...
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September 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Bacteria build tiny weapons when their membrane is damaged: Some Pseudomonas species use specialized microscopic membrane devices to fight back against competing bacteria.

#BacterialDefense #Microbiology #AntibioticResistance #CellBiology #ScienceDiscovery #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
Bacteria build tiny weapons when their membrane is damaged
Some Pseudomonas species use specialized microscopic membrane devices to fight back against competing bacteria.
www.earth.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Scientists have made a rare Ice Age discovery after recovering a complete genome of a woolly rhinoceros from meat found inside another ancient animal.

#IceAge #AncientDNA #ScienceDiscovery #siberia #Paleontology
January 25, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Scientists are getting close to recreating life’s first evolutionary steps - building simple replicators from basic molecules. The evolution of life itself is just fascinating!
#OriginsOfLife #Biology #Evolution #ScienceDiscovery #NewScientist #ResearchSky
We’re getting close to recreating the first step in evolution of life
Life is thought to have begun when RNA began replicating itself, and researchers have got close to achieving this in the lab
www.newscientist.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Tiny bats in Panama outperform lions — achieving a 50% hunting success rate! 🦇
New research reveals these fringe-lipped bats hunt like big cats, using patience and precision to capture prey nearly their size.
#ScienceDiscovery #BatsOfPanama
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
7/8 While the results don't yet meet physics' highest standard of certainty, many scientists are convinced. "Extreme claims require extreme evidence," said Prof John Peacock from Edinburgh. "I would put £1,000 on this result."
#ScienceDiscovery #Cosmology
March 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This image was captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover on November 17, 2024. I have combined two photos into one (top and bottom sections).
#MarsExploration #NASAPerseverance #RedPlanet #MarsRover #SpacePhotography #MartianLandscape #ScienceDiscovery #PerseveranceRover #Astrobiology #FutureOnMars
November 18, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Are You Thinking Too Slow? The Surprising Truth About Brain Speed | @researchatory.bsky.social

Around 10 bits per second. This reveals a huge gap between sensory input and conscious processing. #HumanBrain #Cognition #ScienceDiscovery #BrainScience #Research #MindFacts #ScienceNews
March 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Scientists created a never-before-seen color, #Olo, by stimulating individual eye cells—pushing human vision beyond its natural limits
📘 Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale
👉Read paper summary: www.peeref.com/works/85668587
#sciencediscovery #academicsky
August 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Behold "olo," a brand-new color previously unseen by human eyes! Scientists have unlocked a vibrant new hue, expanding our perception of the world. ✨ #NewColor #ScienceDiscovery #ColorOfTheYear #Amazing
Scientists unveil ‘olo’: A colour never before seen by the human eye
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April 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bubbles don’t just rise – they can ‘gallop’ sideways: Scientists discovered that shaking liquids can make bubbles move sideways, defying expectations and enabling new applications.

#BubblePhysics #FluidDynamics #ScienceDiscovery #WeirdScience #PhysicsExperiments #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
Bubbles don’t just rise - they can 'gallop' sideways
Scientists discovered that shaking liquids can make bubbles move sideways, defying expectations and enabling new applications.
www.earth.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
microbes have an unexpected link to anxiety: Discover how groundbreaking research reveals that gut microbes and probiotics could revolutionize anxiety relief and mental health care.

#GutHealth #Microbiome #Anxiety #MentalHealth #ScienceDiscovery #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
Gut microbes have an unexpected link to anxiety
Discover how groundbreaking research reveals that gut microbes and probiotics could revolutionize anxiety relief and mental health care.
www.earth.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New study: Intelligent life is likely very common throughout the universe: Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare.

#IntelligentLife #Astrobiology #Universe #SpaceExploration #ScienceDiscovery #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
New study: Intelligent life is likely very common throughout the universe
Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random luck.
www.earth.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM