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Analyzing how science is shaping society, the economy and business for @WSJ

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 5

The strongest warnings of dangerous flash floods came as Texans slept. Could more have been done? @Jennifer_Hiller @eniiler and @jimcarltonsf report. wsj.com/us-news/escala… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. Local residents, survivors and families want to know if something could have been done differently.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 22

Scientists detected the largest-known black hole merger, resulting in a black hole 225 times the mass of the sun wsj.com/science/violen… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. The pair merged to create a single hole about 225 times the mass of the sun.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 16

Manhattan Project waste sites linked to higher cancer risk in people who lived nearby as children, new study finds. @Brabbott42 reports for #WSJHealth wsj.com/health/healthc… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. People who spent their childhood in the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s living near Coldwater Creek in St. Louis County faced a heightened risk of cancer, new research suggests.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 16

Archaeologists have unearthed a woman-dominated Neolithic Dawenkou culture in what is considered the birthplace of Chinese civilization wsj.com/science/archae… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. New DNA Evidence Reveals Female-Led Society in Ancient China

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 10

Citizen scientists alerted researchers to a rare exploding star. Pop open the link to see the image and learn about the project. Anyone can participate. wsj.com/science/space-… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. A mobile app lets citizen scientists flag anomalies in space that are hard for computers to detect.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 10

Citizen scientists spotted a rare exploding star in real time, allowing scientists to rapidly gather data to learn more about the dwarf nova. @eniiler reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/space-… via @WSJ

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 9

Why is it so hard to link floods, heatwaves and other extreme weather events to climate change? wsj.com/science/enviro… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. Researchers agree that climate change has made torrential downpours more frequent—but the science gets murky when examining how strong the link is between an extreme event and climate change.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 9

Is climate change making floods worse? New science tackles the tricky link between global warming and extreme rain wsj.com/science/enviro… via @WSJ

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 7

Our ancestors first grew scalp hair to cool our growing brains. Now, researchers discuss how it happened, with implications for hair-loss treatments wsj.com/science/biolog… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. New research explains how scalp hair grows so long, and how its characteristics helped us thrive.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 6

The steep cliffs and narrow canyons that characterize Texas Hill Country channeled torrential rain from a stalled weather system into overflowing rivers and creeks @eniiler reports for #WSJScience wsj.com/us-news/climat… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. Water cascaded down cliffs and swelled waterways when shallow soil failed to absorb the deluge.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 5

Homeowners in fire-prone states are setting their properties on fire to get rid of vegetation that can send wildfires racing across the landscape wsj.com/us-news/climat… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. Planned burns rid properties of vegetation that can send wildfires racing across the landscape.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 4

Homeowners in fire-prone states are setting their properties on fire to get rid of vegetation that can send wildfires racing across the landscape. @eniiler reports for #WSJScience. wsj.com/us-news/climat… via @WSJ

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jul 4

Cannonball, belly-flop or a New Zealand manu? Physicists explain how to make the biggest splash when you hit the water. @NidhiSubs reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/physic… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. Cannonball, belly-flop or manu jumping? Physicists study the splashiest way to hit the water.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jun 30

ICYMI: Europe is wooing American researchers with funding as the Trump administration cancels grants. wsj.com/world/europe/e… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. The U.K., France and other countries have set up funds to help U.S. researchers relocate to the continent.

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RealClearScience@RCScience · Jun 26

Why did the fearsome Megalodon go extinct? "New research suggests the prehistoric predator was leaner, and slower, than its modern-day stand-in." via @WSJscience realclearscience.com/2025/06/26/why…

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jun 27

Harvard and other top universities look to big tech and pharma companies to fill federal funding gap after Trump cuts wsj.com/us-news/educat… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. Top universities look to big tech and pharmaceutical companies for support after Trump cuts to government grants.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jun 25

Megalodons were longer and leaner than scientists once thought. That shape could have contributed to the giant shark’s extinction, new research suggests. @AylinWoodward reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/how-me… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. Megalodons have been portrayed as gigantic great whites, but new research suggests they were more svelte and less agile hunters that got outcompeted.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jun 23

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Monday released its first dazzling images of deep space wsj.com/science/space-… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. The U.S.-funded Rubin Observatory will chart the entire southern cosmos over the next decade.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jun 21

A massive heat dome will cover 200 million people across the Eastern U.S. in the coming days, prompting concerns about health-related illnesses. wsj.com/us-news/climat… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. Officials warn of health risks as massive weather system traps sweltering air.

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WSJ Science@WSJscience · Jun 19

First-ever images of the sun’s south pole reveal secrets vital to understanding the solar magnetic storms that can affect Earth. wsj.com/science/space-… via @WSJ

WSJscience's tweet card. New images are key to understanding solar magnetic storms and other space weather that can disrupt systems on Earth.

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