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Purple dandelion? Barney's used Q-tips? 🔬 Guess what this is in the comments, wrong answers strongly encouraged 😂 Answer tomorrow! #MicroscopeMystery"

3 days ago | [YT] | 6

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🔬 🧐 A firework mid explosion? A dandelion caught in the wind? Frost cracking across a window?

Zoom in and drop your best guess below, wrong answers to make us smile very welcome.


#microscope #MicroscopeMonday

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 13

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Dust from behind your couch? A forgotten Whopper chocolate ball? Or a fresh bogey? 🔬🧐|

Answers in the comments, wrong guesses very welcome - bring a smile to the start of the week

1 month ago | [YT] | 20

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It's 🔬 time again....Instant noodles? Big Bird's feathers or Velcro 🔬. Wrong answers highly encouraged.

We're playing for kudos and good feels again, so what do you think this is?

1 month ago | [YT] | 9

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Inside a Krabby Patty? Jungle gym padding?

Happy 🔬 Monday Microscope Mystery! We're playing for kudos and good feels again, so what do you think this is?

Wrong answers highly encouraged

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 19

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🔬 Monday Microscope Mystery is back — guesses belowIt branches.

It grows. And those tiny spheres are an important clue. But what exactly are you looking at?

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 4

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Happy Monday! Time for our weekly guessing game: what do you think this is? 🔬

Tiny alien landscape? World's fanciest lasagna? Secret headquarters for dust bunnies?

Best guess in the comments 👇

Answer drop tomorrow 4 August 2026.

1 month ago | [YT] | 8

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Monday's here, and so is your weekly existential crisis: what are you looking at? 🔬 Zoom in. Add your best guess below, we issue bragging rights tomorrow.

2 months ago | [YT] | 3

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From penis-fencing worms to ballroom birds, nature makes human courtship seem positively prudish. Check out our new article on the love rituals of the animal kingdom for a taste of truly weird wooing.

www.sciencealert.com/valentines-day-the-weirdest-l…

7 months ago | [YT] | 18

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A study published in 2025 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a turning point at which aging accelerates, with signs of rapid change appearing in the biochemistry of various tissues, especially blood vessels.

Around which age did they find this occurs?

10 months ago | [YT] | 9