Browsing: Viral

A viral coffee drink created by a little college town coffee shop on the outskirts of Minneapolis is now making its way around the world after…

Land area devoted to pistachio growing Twenty years ago, California farmers bet big on the pistachio. The little green nut was considered niche in the United…

In October last year, psychology student Jazz Nuku posted a video to the social-media platform TikTok explaining the overlap that she had observed between evolution, physics,…

One of Simon Clark’s most popular TikTok videos begins with him playing the part of a clueless climate contrarian. Adopting the overconfident tone that is common…

new video loaded: We Tested Shark’s Viral Facial DeviceShark claims its $400 facial device delivers a “spa-level glow and sculpting in just one use.” “As someone…

Nyeo, S. S. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10020-2 (2026).Article  Google Scholar  Meirhaeghe, M. R. & Balfour, H. H. Jr. J. Clin. Virol. 180, 105854 (2025).Article  PubMed  Google…

Habitat loss is not the only threat faced by koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus; pictured). Around half of captive koalas die from cancers associated with retroviruses — viral…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.What do ready-to-bake cinnamon rolls, most french fries and many premade salad dressings…

new video loaded: A Viral Beauty Test Doesn’t Hold Water0:36There are better ways to judge a product’s value than using a gimmicky test you saw on…

While Roy Lee, the founder of Cluely, argues that startups should be thinking harder about social media virality, he also admits that brand awareness alone won’t…