Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026www.zmescience.com/feature-post...zmescience.comDolly Parton Was a Music Legend, But She Helped Science in Ways Most Fans Never Knew AboutThe country icon backed vaccine research, child literacy, public health and even bald eagle conservation. 000
Reposted by Tibi PuiuAndrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · 05/12/2025In addition to congratulating @tibipuiu.bsky.social for all his great work, I really want to thank the @earthjournalism.bsky.social for supporting us and @richasyal.bsky.social for her fantastic tips! 051
Reposted by Tibi PuiuAndrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · 05/12/2025For months, we've worked on an app to monitor fishing in UK's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The UK claims to be a leader in marine conservation, yet plenty of "protected areas" remain open to destructive fishing. With a grant from the @earthjournalism.bsky.social, we finally did it. 🧵👇zmescience.comThe UK says its sea are protected. We Built an App to Track Fishing in 'Protected' SeasOur new data-driven investigation reveals how “protected” UK waters are still being heavily trawled—and invites anyone to explore the evidence for themselves. 196
Reposted by Tibi PuiuAndrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Get your submissions in! ZME Science is looking for pitches. We're specifically looking for underreported science stories with a "wow" factor, whether they're about forgotten discoveries, bizarre natural phenomena, or the strange, unexpected applications of new technology. 5177
Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 14/08/2025"Faith may be the currency of banking. But regulation is the guarantor of that faith." Check out my latest for @lindaunobel www.lindau-nobel.org/blog-modern-...lindau-nobel.orgModern Finance Is Efficient. It's Also Remarkably VulnerableImagine the global economy as a patient showing troubling signs: rising fevers in inflation, irregular rhythms in credit, and a fragile pulse of confidence. When trust disappears, even healthy-seeming... 000
Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 25/02/2025@zmescience.bsky.socialBy analyzing the DNA of 370 individuals who lived across Eurasia between the 2nd century BCE and the 6th century CE, researchers have uncovered surprising genetic ties between the Huns and the Xiongnu elite. But there was more to the Huns than a single lineage.zmescience.comAncient DNA Reveals the Surprising Origins of Attila’s Huns. Genetics Point to an Ancient Mongolian EmpireAncient DNA traces the Huns' journey from Mongolia to Europe. But this wasn't straightforward. 000
Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The damage done may be irreversible.zmescience.comElon Musk's DODGY firing spree cuts 10% of NASA and NSF staff putting future of American science at stakeThousands of the nation's brightest are being fired in the most undignified way possible. 001
Reposted by Tibi PuiuDarby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science. 12652769415654
Reposted by Tibi Puiuzmescience.bsky.social @zmescience.bsky.social · 31/01/2025New study finds human-caused lead contamination in the Aegean Sea dating back 5,200 years—1,200 years earlier than thought! Linked to early silver production, pollution peaked under Roman rule. 🏺⚒️ #Archaeology #Environment #RomanEmpire (1/4)zmescience.comOldest Evidence of Human-Caused Lead Pollution Dates from Over 5,000 Years Ago, Around the Aegean SeaLead pollution started peaking when the Romans took over the Aegean coastline. 33211
Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 14/01/2025www.zmescience.com/science/news...zmescience.comWhy firefighters in LA can't use salt water from the ocean to battle wildfiresSeawater may be plentiful, but its salty drawbacks make it a last resort for battling flames. 001
Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Somewhere in the invisible world of microbes, a tiny bacterium wields an astonishing superpower. Deinococcus radiodurans, affectionately nicknamed Conan the Bacterium, can survive 140,000 grays of radiation when dried and frozen — a dose 28,000 times greater than what would kill a human.zmescience.comThis Tiny Microbe Can Withstand Extreme Radiation That Would Obliterate Humans. Here's How It Might Protect Astronauts on a Trip to MarsCould a humble bacterium hold the key to surviving cosmic radiation? 001
Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Scientists have discovered unique neurons in the brain that respond only to music. www.zmescience.com/science/your...zmescience.comYour Brain Has A Special Set of Neurons That Only Light Up for MusicScientists have discovered unique neurons in the brain that respond only to music. 011
Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024In a quiet lab at Argonne National Laboratory, Saw-Wai Hla and his team were huddled around their instruments late one night when they detected the spectral signature they had been searching for. They had captured the X-ray fingerprint of a single atom.zmescience.comScientists Capture the X-ray Fingerprint of a Single Atom for the First Time — And This Could Change EverythingThe achievement has potential implications from medicine to materials science. 001
Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024These clay instruments produce scream-like sounds, which trigger a fear response in the human brain.zmescience.comAztec Death Whistle Was Designed to Haunt the Mind, Brain Scans ConfirmThese clay instruments produce scream-like sounds, which trigger a fear response in the human brain. 001
Tibi Puiu @tibipuiu.bsky.social · 15/11/2024“Digital media increases boredom through dividing attention, elevating desired levels of engagement, reducing a sense of meaning, and serving as an ineffective boredom coping strategy,” researchers say. www.zmescience.com/science/news...zmescience.comEndless digital media was supposed to cure boredom forever — except the opposite is trueDigital devices were meant to cure our boredom. So why are people feeling more bored than ever? 000
