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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 EU curbs on 'forever chemicals' in food packaging kick in Reddit 4.9K 4.9K 6 Scientist creates 'mini‑universe' to measure time without a clock Reddit 4.7K 4.7K 7 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 8 US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once Reddit 3.6K 3.6K 9 Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood Reddit 3K · Pinterest 3 3K 10 LHC decay anomaly reveals possible crack in the Standard Model Reddit 3K 3K 11 Astronomers discover long-period radio transient of unknown origin Reddit 2.8K 2.8K 12 Astronomers capture birth of a magnetar, confirming link to some of universe's brightest exploding stars Reddit 2.8K 2.8K 13 Record-smashing heat continues: 'Basically the entire U.S. is going to be hot' Reddit 2.7K 2.7K 14 Boys ditch books when schools close—girls keep reading: Study Reddit 2.7K · Pinterest 1 2.7K 15 'They wouldn't say it in person': Young gamers reveal their personal experiences in online multiplayer gaming Reddit 2.6K 2.6K 16 Three supermassive black holes discovered in a single galaxy for the first time Reddit 2.5K · Pinterest 1 2.5K 17 More than half of US faces worst drought in decades, says expert Reddit 2.3K · Pinterest 1 2.3K 18 Cats adjust their communication strategy by meowing more when greeting men Facebook 362 · Reddit 1.9K 2.2K 19 Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds Facebook 48 · Reddit 2K 2K 20 Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as the Arctic heats up Reddit 2K 2K 21 5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools Facebook 1.8K · Reddit 104 2K 22 Most men do not subscribe to toxic masculinity traits, study finds Facebook 385 · Reddit 1.6K 1.9K 23 Africa's forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds Facebook 194 · Reddit 1.7K 1.9K 24 Next-gen Mars helicopter rotor blades exceed Mach 1 Reddit 1.9K 1.9K 25 Physicists have measured 'negative time' in the lab Reddit 1.9K 1.9K 26 Fungus-powered farming delivers higher yields and better-tasting crops, says study Reddit 1.9K 1.9K 27 Bacteria turn dissolved uranium into stable compound in 130 days, study finds Reddit 1.8K · Pinterest 1 1.8K 28 The fake disease that fooled the internet, and what it says about all of us Reddit 1.8K 1.8K 29 Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away Reddit 1.7K 1.7K 30 Warming unlocks ancient carbon in Tibetan permafrost, triggering climate tipping point Reddit 1.7K 1.7KThis is the all-time top 30
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