Christie Wilcox

You say potato, I say hybrid tomato. Credit: Linh Pham/Unsplash

Ketchup might seem made for French fries, but the tomato came first—and gave the potato its tasty tubers. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Powerful step-by-step reasoning models get confused by random feline facts. Credit: Meagan Cantwell/Science

Random cat facts can increase the odds an LLM gets a math problem wrong by as much as 700% (To be fair to the AIs, cats are pretty confusing). That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

ScienceAdviser: Infamous ‘arsenic life’ paper ignites a different type of controversy Today in Science and science: Sticky underwater robots inspired by sea stars, MPAs kind of work, and more

Ivan Oransky likens retractions to tickets in #ScienceAdviser after the retraction heard round the world: “In general, more people should get speeding tickets, but it should be everybody who’s speeding, not just whatever population is being profiled in the Times.” www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

An invasive python hidden in the underbrush. Kevin Enge/Florida Fish and Wildlife via FLICKR | CC BY-ND

Why are there owl pellets but not snake pellets? Well, there's no need to spit out bones when you've got special cells that can digest them. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 🐍

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When people watch dance performances, it's as if their brainwaves are choreographed too—especially they're watching together in a theater. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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Cheese really might give you strange dreams—especially if you have a sensitivity to dairy. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 🧠

Today, #ScienceAdviser turned 2. And I knew there was only one way to celebrate... by throwing a tardi-party! Read all about our unofficial mascot in this edition of @science.org's award-winning newsletter: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

debunked some common myths about brain studies in @science.org today! 🧠

A comparison of the EEG findings between the groups that used ChatGPT (LLM), Google (Search Engine), or no software aid (Brain). Nataliya Kosmyna

Does ChatGPT rot your brain? Well, maybe, but the preprint everyone has been talking about doesn't show that. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

“Mish tired himself out and decided after nearly an hour that he wanted to go back to bed”

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Wish you had socks as cool as these? Subscribe to #ScienceAdviser by Friday, and you can enter to win one of 50 pairs. Plus, you'll start receiving the best from @science.org and science in your inbox for free—so you kind of win, even if you don't win. Subscribe here: science.org/scienceadviser

If I scratch your back with kelp, will you scratch mine? That story and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

#ScienceAdviser turns 2 on Thursday! To celebrate, we're giving away one of a kind, totally exclusive tardi-party socks. 50 new subscribers will get to show off their love of Science and science in style! Subscribe today and enter for your chance to be one of them: www.science.org/content/page... 🧪

These lines either make rectangles or circles to you. Anthony Norcia/Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

What you see when you look at this image depends on the culture you grew up in. The question is: Are you shocked to hear that some people see rectangles or circles? That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti...

Hidden inside this dinoflagellate is a tiny microbe so reliant on its host that scientists say it’s the most viruslike cellular organism known. Takuro Nakayama/University of Tsukuba

The most viruslike microbe to date was discovered by accident when researchers sequenced the DNA inside this tiny ocean critter. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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#ScienceAdviser has won Gold for Short Form Content at the 2025 #EPICawards.

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The #EPICawards from the Society for Scholarly Publishing recognize and celebrate remarkable teams and individuals in the publishing, information technology, and communications sectors.

This year at #SSP2025, Science took home three awards. 🏆 (THREAD 🧵)

Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of the collapsed Birch glacier. CREDIT: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery via Wikimedia

Last week’s Blatten disaster showcased the consequences of melting glaciers. With existing climate policies, more than 3/4 of global glacier mass is set to disappear. That and more from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

As always @whysharksmatter.bsky.social gave a great talk about sharks as a part of the @standupforscience.bsky.social Summer Fight for Science!

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I am so stoked that #ScienceAdviser won Gold at the 2025 EPIC Awards for Short Form Content! Honored to be recognized alongside such talent, including my @science.org colleagues who won Gold for Social Media and Silver for the Science Podcast! #EPICAwards #ScholarlyPublishing 🧪

I could stare at this view of the sun all day (and luckily, it won't burn my corneas). That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 ☀

Here you go

Haha I know. I’m arguing it’s a better shark 😈

And yes, and yes! I’ll see you tonight!

Look what I spotted @whysharksmatter.bsky.social! #bestshark

I reposted this ~2 weeks ago; a few days ago I tried it out. I had to tweak it to account for different weights of retail pasta in U.S. vs. Europe, but I’m glad to report that it produced the best, most consistent batch of cacio e pepe I’ve ever made, and that it reheated beautifully. VICTORY!

This totally tubular robot doesn’t need a centralized processing system to hop around on land or swim in the water—it relies instead on air and simple physics. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

People sometimes say hello by raising an arm—cuttlefish may raise a pair or two (which kind of makes sense, given they have so many). That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

A stone sculpture at Chavín de Huántar shows the possible effects of snuffing the hallucinogenic plant vilca, including mucus pouring from the nostrils. Credit: Wikicommons

What’s the best way to win friends and influence people? If you were a member of the ancient Peruvian elite, the answer was simple: get them high. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

After decades of injecting himself with the venoms of deadly snakes, like the water cobra on his arm, Tim Friede’s blood contains broad-spectrum antibodies that neutralize venom toxins. CREDIT: Centivax

He started injecting himself with venom to protect himself from his snakes. Now, a team of scientists wants to use his antibodies to save snakebite victims. That story and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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🎉 Science is excited to be a finalist in three categories for @scholarlypub.bsky.social’s 2025 #EPICawards: Short Form Content for #ScienceAdviser, Social Presence for #ScienceMagazine Instagram, and Podcast for the #SciencePodcast🎙️.