Female superb fairy wrens sing while incubating their eggs. Scientists already knew that their unhatched offspring appear to distinguish between songs of their own species versus others. A new study suggests that other birds have the ability too. https://t.co/vHV2sqCLaI

“How will this affect the way the sky looks to your eyeballs?” https://t.co/FrDZAFEaFG

The century since Science News began reporting has produced some shocking discoveries. #SN100 https://t.co/NM3qadzkbK

In 1952, scientists were desperate for information about poliovirus, but many were hestiant to work with it. Enter Marguerite Vogt. #SN100 https://t.co/WqP0uMdyCM

Experts in the United States want more data before making the jabs more widespread.
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Why haven’t we heard of the Mexican father of the pill? “It’s about who controls the narrative.” #SN100 https://t.co/9PGoyB4Uqw

The fires swiftly cut a swath through southeastern Australia’s eucalyptus forests, making rapid recovery of the forests more difficult — which in turn affects how much carbon the trees can sequester.
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If the fine-structure constant in the cosmos were as large as it is in quantum spin ices, “the periodic table would only have 10 elements.”
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Kids make the kinds of antibodies that help protect against COVID-19 after getting a low dose of Pfizer’s vaccine. https://t.co/7vAX2CWe8f

Like helicoptering maple seeds, tiny new microfliers whirl gracefully as they glide.  https://t.co/e3YZBrcebt

“The colonization of eastern Polynesia was a remarkable event in which a vast area, some one-third of the planet, became inhabited by humans in … a relatively short period of time.” 
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“Rhinos are as blind as bats.” Fortunately, these parasite-eating birds can help. #WorldRhinoDay
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Our origin story, while much advanced from Darwin’s Descent of Man, is still a work in progress.  #SN100 https://t.co/sJ2mscRR3a

At least 90,000 years ago, humans probably employed the tools to fashion clothes from animal skins.  https://t.co/HYC4ee4yP2

Ancient DNA indicates the creatures’ numbers stayed mostly constant long after people showed up. #WorldRhinoDay https://t.co/h3L6np651j

Vast clouds of smoke and ash from the wildfires fertilized the Southern Ocean waters with nutrients and triggered widespread algae blooms. https://t.co/64WWjGbKFh

Pfizer now has some data on how well its COVID-19 vaccine works for kids 5-11.  https://t.co/7vAX2CWe8f

90,000 years ago or more, humans used tools like these to make clothing.
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Among the newly uncovered tracks are the first-of-their-kind footprints of newborn straight-tusked elephants. https://t.co/1kb9gIKcTH

From the day Archimedes cut his bath short to shout “Eureka,” science has been a constant source of surprises. #SN100 https://t.co/NM3qadzkbK