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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 05/10/2026

🧬 Your Bluesky feed is random. The Science Scandal newsletter isn’t. One weekly email catches up the weird science the feed skipped. No daily spam. 😜 Subscribe: sciencescandal.com/subscribe?ut... #StayCurious #ScienceScandal #Science #ScienceNews

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 02/10/2026

🦠 Virus arrives with instructions. Cell ends up manufacturing more viruses. Rude. 😂 What does the invader bring, and what does it steal from the host? sciencescandal.com/scandals/cel... #StayCurious #Viruses #ViralReplication #Microbiology

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 30/09/2026

🕷️ Meet Sylvie, the newest recurring Science Scandal character. She’s a native yellow garden spider wrongly accused of being a Joro. 😂 What actually separates the lookalikes? sciencescandal.com/scandals/nat... #StayCurious #Spiders #SpiderID #OrbWeavers

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 29/09/2026

🐱 A “house cat” in Bolivia failed the DNA test spectacularly. 😂 The genomic surprise also exposed a much messier wild-cat family tree. Why does that matter for conservation? sciencescandal.com/scandals/hou... #StayCurious #Genomics #Taxonomy #WildCats

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 28/09/2026

📬 Six weird science stories. One weekly email. If the feed hid something, Snoop kept receipts. 😂🧬 Subscribe: sciencescandal.com/subscribe?ut... #StayCurious #ScienceScandal #ScienceNewsletter #WeirdScience

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 27/09/2026

🍓 Strawberries: rejected. 🍅 Tomatoes: berries. 🍌 Bananas: berries. Botany has ruined the word “berry.” 😂 So what actually qualifies? sciencescandal.com/scandals/pla... #StayCurious #ScienceScandal #Botany #Berries #PlantScience

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 26/09/2026

🧠 Study: distinct early brain-development lineages. Headlines: TWO BRAINS FUSED TOGETHER! 🤦‍♀️ What did the researchers actually find? sciencescandal.com/scandals/res... #StayCurious #Neuroscience #Embryology #ScienceCommunication

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 25/09/2026

🐜 One ant finds sugar. Minutes later: an interstate. How does one scout recruit a whole colony so fast? sciencescandal.com/scandals/fre... #Ants #AnimalBehavior

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 24/09/2026

🗞️ 1674: water is crowded with “wee animalcules.” What did Leeuwenhoek find? sciencescandal.com/scandals/wat... #Microscopy

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 23/09/2026

🌕 No dark side of the Moon? Why do we keep seeing the same face, and where is permanent darkness? sciencescandal.com/scandals/the... #Moon #Space

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 22/09/2026

🍊 Cats make vitamin C. We can't. Guinea pigs can't. Why? 👀 sciencescandal.com/scandals/pri... #Genetics #Evolution #StayCurious

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 21/09/2026

🧬 Six weird science stories. One email. Once a week. If the feed hid something, the newsletter catches you up. No daily spam, no inbox avalanche. 😂 Subscribe: sciencescandal.com/subscribe?ut...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 20/09/2026

💩🍄 Tiny dung fungus. High-speed spore cannon. How does something under 1 cm pull that off? sciencescandal.com/scandals/poo...

Cartoon-style illustration of a mushroom-like poop fungus standing beside a small poop pile and firing a cannon loaded with swaddled baby spores toward a patch of green grass.

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 19/09/2026

🐈 How much of a box has to exist before a cat decides it counts? Scientists tested that. 👀 sciencescandal.com/scandals/if-...

Stylized illustration of Millie, a fluffy calico-tabby cat, sitting smugly inside a glowing, translucent imaginary box outlined in pale purple light.

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 18/09/2026

🥜🍓🍌 Produce aisle exposed: almost nothing is what you think. Botany objects. See which labels survive. 👀 sciencescandal.com/scandals/pro...

Cartoon illustration of a confused shopper standing between two grocery bins labeled “BERRIES” and “NUTS,” while an anthropomorphic strawberry runs away from the berry bin, an anthropomorphic peanut runs away from the nut bin, and a smug banana relaxes in the berry bin.

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 17/09/2026

🗞️ Throwback Thursday! Shoe stores once used real X-ray fluoroscopes to show customers their bones inside new shoes. The physics worked. The radiation exposure was real too. 👠☢️ 🧬 Snoop: “Fire up the newspaper ads!” sciencescandal.com/scandals/sho...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 16/09/2026

😈✨ Fireflies glow using luciferin + luciferase. The names sound sinister, but “Lucifer” originally meant light-bearer/light-bringer. 🧬 Fireflies insist this is chemistry, not a summoning ritual. sciencescandal.com/scandals/fir...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 15/09/2026

Billions of people are expiring right now. Relax. In anatomy & physiology, expiration means breathing out, while inspiration means breathing in. 🧬 This gasp is technically inspirational. sciencescandal.com/scandals/bil...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 14/09/2026

🧬 Science Scandal newsletter = ONE email a week. Usually Friday or Saturday. No daily spam. No inbox explosion. 😂 Just a roundup of the week’s scandals so you don’t have to trust the algorithm to show them to you. sciencescandal.com/subscribe

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 13/09/2026

🐈 Meet Millie, Rogue Correspondent. Momma moved the hammock. Millie protested. Hammock returned. Millie climbed in. 😂 Cats value familiar resources and choice. 🐱 “Feline-rights violation.” sciencescandal.com/scandals/hum...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 12/09/2026

🍈 Fig scandal: some figs rely on tiny wasps that crawl inside to pollinate hidden flowers. Some die there after the job. Not every edible fig needs one. 🧬 Vegetarian-looking? Debatable. sciencescandal.com/scandals/fig...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 11/09/2026

🔥❄️ Hot flash, then freezing? Menopause can narrow the body's thermoregulatory window, so tiny changes can trigger big heating or cooling responses. 🧬 The hypothalamus did not take it well. sciencescandal.com/scandals/bod...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 10/09/2026

🗞️ Throwback Thursday! The thylacine was neither tiger nor wolf. New skull research suggests its wolf-like look hid a distinctive bite design. 🧬 “Different operating instructions.” sciencescandal.com/scandals/tas...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 09/09/2026

🐦 Vinnie Sugarbeak is back. Hummingbird nectar has standards: 4 parts water, 1 part white sugar. Too dilute or too concentrated both create tradeoffs. 🧬 Snoop: Quality control has wingbeats. sciencescandal.com/scandals/vin...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 08/09/2026

🐜 Fred is back. Ant colonies can choose a new nest without a leader. Scouts recruit, support builds, a quorum threshold is reached, then workers start hauling brood. Fred brought a suitcase. 😂 🧬 No meeting required. sciencescandal.com/scandals/pac...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 07/09/2026

🧬 No new Science Scandal on Mondays. Want the week’s strangest science without trusting an algorithm to show it to you? Subscribe directly. 💌 New scandals run Tuesday-Sunday. sciencescandal.com/subscribe

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 06/09/2026

💛 Giant Yellow Moth Found on Dead Tree! Fine Print: Not a Moth. Actually: a slime mold. During its plasmodial stage, that yellow mass was one giant multinucleate cell. 😂 🧬 Dramatic for one cell. sciencescandal.com/scandals/gia...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 05/09/2026

🥜 Plant Buries Its Own Babies Alive! Peanut flowers form above ground. After fertilization, a peg carries the ovary underground, where the pod develops. This is called geocarpy. 🧬 “Apparently the nursery is downstairs.” sciencescandal.com/scandals/pla...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 04/09/2026

🐍💜 THE PITS ARE THE PITS. Today’s Patreon bonus is the original May conversation behind the pit-viper story: extra rat-snake photos, Indiana Jones, my 50-year misconception, the “rat snack” typo, and the exact “YOU MEAN THE PITS ARE THE PITS???” moment. 🤣 www.patreon.com/sawyereducat...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 04/09/2026

🐍 Pit vipers are named for heat-sensing facial pits. I spent decades thinking “pit viper” meant a snake from a pit. I blame Indiana Jones. 😂 🧬 Childhood explanation failed peer review. sciencescandal.com/scandals/loc...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 03/09/2026

🗞️ Throwback Thursday! Thomas Willis described diabetic urine as sweet in 1674. Yes, because he tasted it. Ants liked it too. 🧬 “I should taste that.” I have questions. sciencescandal.com/scandals/doc...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 02/09/2026

⚛️ First Physics scandal! GPS satellite clocks drift without relativity corrections. Tiny timing error, huge navigation problem. 🧬 Snoop Says: “Where are you?” depends on where your clock is. sciencescandal.com/scandals/tim...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 01/09/2026

🦐 Shrimp Relative Found Living Under Flowerpot! Roly-polies aren’t insects. They’re terrestrial crustaceans related to shrimp, crabs and lobsters, with 14 legs. 🧬 “The seafood section extends into the mulch.” sciencescandal.com/scandals/shr...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 30/08/2026

🍓 You’ve Been Eating Ovaries Your Whole Life! In flowering plants, the ovary becomes the fruit after fertilization. Tomatoes, peaches, cucumbers and grapes count. 🧬 “I came for a snack. I left with a botany lesson.” sciencescandal.com/scandals/you...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 29/08/2026

🕷️🍔 Tick Bite Frames Hamburger for Attack! A tick bite can prime the immune system against alpha-gal, causing delayed reactions to mammalian meat hours later. 🧬 “The tick has left. The hamburger wants an attorney.” sciencescandal.com/scandals/tic...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 28/08/2026

🧬 Cell Organelles Exposed as Former Bacteria! Mitochondria and chloroplasts still carry evidence of their bacterial ancestry: their own DNA, bacterial-style ribosomes, multiple membranes and division by fission. sciencescandal.com/scandals/cel...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 27/08/2026

🗞️ Throwback Thursday! In 1892, Max von Pettenkofer neutralized his stomach acid, then drank live cholera bacteria during a scientific dispute. 🧬 Snoop Says: “Not usually what ‘test your hypothesis’ means.” sciencescandal.com/scandals/sci...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 26/08/2026

💚 Nature’s Oldest Polyamorous Relationship Exposed! A lichen isn’t one organism. It’s a fungus + photosynthetic partner, often with extra fungi, bacteria and yeasts joining the community. 🧬 Snoop Says: “It’s Complicated!” sciencescandal.com/scandals/nat...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 25/08/2026

🌸 Flowers Exposed Using Hidden Ultraviolet Advertising! Some flowers show UV patterns invisible to us but visible to bees and other pollinators. 🧬 “Humans aren’t the only ones getting targeted ads.” sciencescandal.com/scandals/flo...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 23/08/2026

🥛 Milk Drinkers Exposed as the Mutants! For most mammals, lactase drops after weaning. The derived trait is keeping milk digestion into adulthood. 🧬 Snoop Says: “I’m not the mutant. YOU’RE the mutant!” sciencescandal.com/scandals/mil...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 22/08/2026

🍄 There’s a Humongous Fungus Among Us! Blue whales reportedly “feeling inadequate.” Oregon’s Humongous Fungus spans about 2,385 acres, with most of the organism hidden underground in soil, roots, and wood. sciencescandal.com/scandals/the...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 21/08/2026

🚨 Dangerous Elements Found Hiding in Salt Shaker! Reactive sodium metal and toxic chlorine gas become ordinary table salt after one electron changes hands. Chemistry has quite the rebranding department. 🧂 sciencescandal.com/scandals/dan...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 20/08/2026

🗞️ Throwback Thursday at Science Scandal! Scientist Goes on Vacation, Leaves Lab FILTHY! A mold-contaminated culture plate helped launch the penicillin story. sciencescandal.com/scandals/sci...

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Science Scandal @sciencescandal.com · 19/08/2026

🚨 Science Scandal is officially LIVE! 🧬📰 Little Boy and Little Girl Wreak Havoc Across the World! Meet El Niño and La Niña, whose Pacific feud can reshape weather around the globe. sciencescandal.com/scandals/lit...

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