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@newscientist · Worldwide · joined 28 Jan 2009
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How to build powerful microhabits for your wellbeing – and keep them https://t.co/h751opjLhI https://t.co/62PpWWRvWc
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In this week’s issue: Vital currents are already showing signs of collapsing - what will happen if they do?
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Human organoids restore cognition in mice with half a brain https://t.co/X56LSrBpha https://t.co/0Wc4sMKzcn
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NASA’s next major telescope might see alien oceans and rainbows https://t.co/w7ID2lufwP https://t.co/O8oCAYszIo
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Are anti-black holes possible, and how could we tell if we were looking at one? https://t.co/GX0VMTlWma https://t.co/qQsGvZnSy8
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Human organoids restore cognition in mice with half a brain https://t.co/FWLRp375Ba https://t.co/qaOSESBmQL
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Do olfactory illusions exist, similar to optical and audio illusions? https://t.co/BSjuxLQ9pt https://t.co/7DDpUG9Z7m
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We may finally know what kick-starts muscle contractions in childbirth https://t.co/ZtnWiF5Wbl https://t.co/r1BvpNNdo7
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Why is everyone suddenly worried about the risks of AI? https://t.co/yjTU5AHVZH https://t.co/r798BE1zSx
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Exquisite 66-million-year-old bird feather preserved in dinosaur dropping https://t.co/mEjJqxE1nf https://t.co/ZNxOwd3OUj
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Exquisite 66-million-year-old bird feather preserved in dinosaur dropping https://t.co/Va624xh1U6 https://t.co/AvvHY44fNS
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Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? part 4 https://t.co/Kt1AYgY4jp https://t.co/GyGm2nPF3s
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Carlo Rovelli takes on physics and philosophy in a compelling new book https://t.co/A2kIL2gY5B https://t.co/PvPXFX9n9j
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Super El Niño set to cause ‘terribly dangerous’ drought in the Amazon https://t.co/YQSLLd0BlZ https://t.co/xHkZogXofW
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Exquisite 66-million-year-old bird feather preserved in dinosaur dropping https://t.co/S6NU8apCfi https://t.co/dKvb7akr4n
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s new book is a mind-expanding trip to space-time https://t.co/MOi6oWTRgV https://t.co/7p3ekxCPfT
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The danger of viewing the cosmos as a mirror that shows us ourselves https://t.co/lv3YpCtFHd https://t.co/3hWyTHdCVg
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@newscientist OMG it’s a fully grown cat at 3 pounds so 1/3 the size of a regular house cat. Chihuahua of the cat world! https://t.co/igNiHGH22P
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Against accounts of the same size
78 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.
Median views4 211this account14 648median for 1M–10M
Reach, %0.10%this account0.74%median for 1M–10M
Engagement, %0.13%this account0.70%median for 1M–10M
| Metric | This account | Median for 1M–10M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 4 211 | 14 648 | 0.29× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 0.10% | 0.74% | 0.13× |
| Engagement rate | 0.13% | 0.70% | 0.19× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
1.3K21 Sep
5.9K22 Sep
6K
5.1K
4K
11.1K23 Sep
5K
5.3K
757
6.9K24 Sep
6.1K
7.9K
4.2K
2.5K
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.08%21 Sep
0.26%22 Sep
0.28%
0.08%
0.12%
0.01%23 Sep
0.20%
0.04%
0.00%
0.12%24 Sep
0.15%
0.11%
0.00%
0.04%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 0.70%.
What the audience does
Likes69.7%221 in total
Reposts14.2%45 in total
Replies4.7%15 in total
Quotes1.6%5 in total
Bookmarks9.8%31 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
Followers by day
23 Sep
Daily snapshots since 23 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.
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