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RCS is your portal to clear, relevant, and evidence-based science news and opinion. We strive to bring you the best of #scicomm. Editor: @SteRoPo
Washington, D.C.
Joined September 2010
"Flies carrying disease-causing microbes will likely contaminate the food they touch, but different factors determine whether the person who eats it will get sick." via @TheScientistLLC
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Thimerosal Is Not Mercury. RFK Jr. Still Refuses to Learn Basic Chemistry. by @dr_andrealove
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We might finally know what came before the Big Bang. via @sciencefocus
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"Stress causes baldness. Bald men are more fertile. If your hairline is receding, your mother’s family is to blame. Some false ideas about baldness seem to linger in our minds like the theme tune from your favorite old TV show." via @PopSci
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Why do calendars skip eleven days between 2 September and 14 September, 1752? Enter the Phantom Time conspiracy. https://t.co/RlZ81nexkg
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83-year-old man married 50 years nearly stumps doctors with surprise STI. via @arstechnica
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Self-Replicating Probes Could be Operating Right now in the Solar System. Here's How We Could Look for Them. via @universetoday
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Amy Sherald at the Baltimore Museum of Art: A Major Retrospective of Contemporary American Portraiture
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"An international research team has created a new map of the Roman Empire — and it expands the ancient road network by more than 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers)." via @LiveScience
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Jared Isaacman says it's a problem that NASA is building rockets when the commercial space industry is doing the same. "NASA needs to constantly be recalibrating to do the near impossible, what no one else is doing - and the things they figured out, they hand off to industry."
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"Near the speed of light, durations of time dilate and lengths appear to contract along the direction of motion in a velocity-dependent way, with each unique observer seeing different values." by @StartsWithABang
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"Archaeologists in Peru have found new evidence showing how the oldest known civilization in the Americas adapted and survived a climate catastrophe without resorting to violence." via @guardianscience
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🗳️ Election Night 2025: Reacting without overreacting -Unpacking results in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York -How has the electorate changed since 2024 -What adjustments do Republicans need to make ahead of the midterms
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"A monumental complex built by the Maya around 3,000 years ago was modeled on a map of the cosmos, new fieldwork has revealed." via @ScienceAlert
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"Researchers have discovered more than 111,000 spiders thriving in what appears to be the world's biggest spiderweb, deep inside a pitch-black cave on the Albanian-Greek border." via @LiveScience
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What Bill Gates got right and wrong in his climate memo: "While there are some tradeoffs it is more a question of policy priority than a zero sum game. Similarly, I feel that Gates is a bit too cavalier in his treatment of climate risk." by @hausfath
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Bill Gates simply said the quiet climate truths out loud. "While the longer term implications of his letter are uncertain, early signs are that Gates has injected a welcome dose of climate realism into the discussion." by @RogerPielkeJr
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The @ATGUSAMade Buddy Sled is a specific solution I kneeded for a school I’ve been helping. For my own workouts, I use the resisted treadmill - and all my shoes and equipment are on sale for the holidays! This video also covers the history of sled dragging:
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"Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set several years ago. Observers say this failure has contributed to hard times for the companies that process plastic waste into recycled resins." via @cenmag
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AGI is a conspiracy theory: "The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies do." via @techreview
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"An AI analysis shows that climate deniers increasingly use charts, data visuals, and academic design to appear trustworthy. Researchers warn that fact-checking alone can’t counter the power of these deceptive aesthetics." via @anthrop_inst
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"The latest study on America's state of mind is in, and it reveals a concerning rise in the share of adults who say they have problems with memory, decision-making, or concentration – known collectively as cognitive disability." via @ScienceAlert
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Air China “Fly & Save” Double 11 Special Sale Sales Period: November 4 – 11, 2025 | Travel Period: November 17, 2025 – April 30, 2026 (blackout dates apply) Routes: From the U.S. & Canada to China Discount:10% off designated fare classes Discover China, One Extraordinary Journey
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In a stunning comeback, Jared Isaacman is renominated to lead NASA. by @SciGuySpace
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