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🎂The AusSMC is celebrating 20 years of fighting misinformation with evidence, and helping journalists cover everything from #COVID to #climate.

Scimex is also turning 10 this year, and has connected journalists with over 34,000 science stories.
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💉 People taking #Ozempic or other GLP1-RA diabetes/weight loss drugs are at higher risk of disruptions to their sense of taste or smell compared to people on other diabetes medications

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#science #sciencenews #ozempic #glp1 #wegovy #diabetes

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🐥 Writing an article on #BirdFlu?

🔦Our #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Dr Emma Grant from @latrobe can help!

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🐶 US researchers say that, much like humans, a shorter stride may indicate your elderly pup has dementia

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#science #sciencenews #knowledge #sciencefacts #dogs #olddogs #dementiainpets #dementiaindogs

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🌱EXPERT REACTION: Herbicide paraquat has been approved with restrictions

Follow the link for commentary from @Macquarie_Uni @UNSW @crcCARE @Griffith_Uni @UniofAdelaide @ianfmusgrave @UniNewEngland @Sydney_Uni

https://t.co/8BQv5f52Ua

#science #herbicide #parkinsons #auspol

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🕷️ New spider species found by @Macquarie_Uni spins a spring-actuated snare to catch a single species of ant

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#science #ScienceNews #research #STEM #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #spiders #ballistaspider #australianarachnids #arachnidae

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🐥H5N1 bird flu has been detected in WA

Follow the link to read Australian commentary from @ANUmedia @TheKids_AU @UNSW @TheDohertyInst @MurdochUni @UTAS_ @MonashUni @UQ_News and @latrobe

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👁️Using a massage gun on or around your eyes risks major tearing and bruising to the retina, which could potentially lead to vision loss, according to UK doctors

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#science #sciencenews #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #massagegun #massager #eyehealth

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☀️ Enjoy a bright sunny day? Getting plenty of light during the daytime is linked to a lower risk of dementia

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#science #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #dementia #vitaminD #sunshine

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♨️ The @BOM_au has officially declared El Niño active

✨Follow the link for commentary from @uommedia @scienceANU @MonashUni @Macquarie_Uni @UNSW @latrobe ✨

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#science #knowledge #sciencefacts #elnino #climate #climatechange #ENSO #heatwave #drought

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🦗People who might be hesitant to try insect-based foods might actually enjoy the experience and could become more willing to expand their diets in the future

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#science #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #insectprotein #edibleinsects #eatbugs

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🔫 US researchers found a link between the more media people had consumed and the higher the chance those people were worried about mass violence incidents

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#science #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #massviolence #massshooting #massstabbing

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🤖A palm-sized sphere that can transform into a wheeled robot has been sent to the moon and took photos while trundling around its moon lander

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#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #moonrover #moonmission #robotics

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📷 An Aussie photo of a microbiologist swimming with a whale shark has been named one of the best photos of a scientist at work for 2026, as part of a photography competition run by the journal @Nature
@RobHarcourt @Macquarie_Uni

https://t.co/VXuIprfteE

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⚡Scientists say electroshock therapy is safe and can improve emotional regulation and depressive symptoms in adolescents with depression who self-harm

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#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #ECT #depression #selfharm

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🎉 AusSMC’s science misinformation symposium starts today! 🎉

By bringing industries together, we hope to turn evidence into ideas into action

#SciMisinfo2026

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💉 Taking the drug apitegromab could help preserve our lean body mass during weight loss with Mounjaro, in a study funded by the producers of the drug.

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#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #GLP1 #tirzepatide #muscleloss

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🤖How much energy is needed by AI data centres?

💬Chat to our #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT A/Prof Walayat Hussain from ACU

💻He can help with your stories on #AI, #datacentres, #machinelearning

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🥵 While most people think climate change is happening, only around half of us have really thought about how climate change affects health, and less than half of us think climate change will harm our own health in the next decade

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#science #climatechange

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🗑️Sorting the recycling at home leads to a higher quality recycled product compared to relying on sorting at recycling facilities, according to international research

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#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #recycling #waste

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🤖 New research from the US suggests that almost a fifth of young adults aged 12 to 21 have used an AI chatbot for mental health advice

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#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #influencer #epidemic #viral