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1 Arctic Ocean food chain is disrupted as a key tipping point has now been passed Reddit 10.3K 10.3K 2 Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web Facebook 7.8K · Reddit 5 7.8K 3 Orcas filmed ramming one of the world's heaviest fish so hard it explodes, possibly for fun Reddit 6.3K 6.3K 4 Nobel Prize for physics goes to 3 scientists for discoveries in quantum mechanical tunneling Facebook 5.6K 5.6K 5 Scientist creates 'mini‑universe' to measure time without a clock Reddit 4.7K 4.7K 6 Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C—but only if they're the right type Reddit 3.7K 3.7K 7 US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once Reddit 3.6K 3.6K 8 Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood Reddit 3K · Pinterest 3 3K 9 LHC decay anomaly reveals possible crack in the Standard Model Reddit 3K 3K 10 Astronomers discover long-period radio transient of unknown origin Reddit 2.8K 2.8K 11 Astronomers capture birth of a magnetar, confirming link to some of universe's brightest exploding stars Reddit 2.8K 2.8K 12 Record-smashing heat continues: 'Basically the entire U.S. is going to be hot' Reddit 2.7K 2.7K 13 Boys ditch books when schools close—girls keep reading: Study Reddit 2.7K · Pinterest 1 2.7K 14 More than half of US faces worst drought in decades, says expert Reddit 2.3K · Pinterest 1 2.3K 15 Cats adjust their communication strategy by meowing more when greeting men Facebook 362 · Reddit 1.9K 2.2K 16 Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds Facebook 48 · Reddit 2K 2K 17 Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as the Arctic heats up Reddit 2K 2K 18 5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools Facebook 1.8K · Reddit 104 2K 19 Most men do not subscribe to toxic masculinity traits, study finds Facebook 385 · Reddit 1.6K 1.9K 20 Africa's forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds Facebook 194 · Reddit 1.7K 1.9K 21 Next-gen Mars helicopter rotor blades exceed Mach 1 Reddit 1.9K 1.9K 22 Physicists have measured 'negative time' in the lab Reddit 1.9K 1.9K 23 Fungus-powered farming delivers higher yields and better-tasting crops, says study Reddit 1.9K 1.9K 24 Bacteria turn dissolved uranium into stable compound in 130 days, study finds Reddit 1.8K · Pinterest 1 1.8K 25 The fake disease that fooled the internet, and what it says about all of us Reddit 1.8K 1.8K 26 Warming unlocks ancient carbon in Tibetan permafrost, triggering climate tipping point Reddit 1.7K 1.7K 27 Atlantic 'cold blob' caused by weakening ocean current system that's likely nearing a tipping point, reanalysis finds Reddit 1.7K · Pinterest 1 1.7K 28 Ancient Roman farm women made wine, oil and profits. Historians dismissed them as 'housekeepers' Reddit 1.6K 1.6K 29 Particle thought to break physics followed rules all along, research reveals Reddit 1.6K 1.6K 30 Centuries of net-negative emissions are required to secure a safe climate future, two studies suggest Reddit 1.5K 1.5KThis is the all-time top 30
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