# Everything Worse Than Previously Thought

<h3 style="margin-top: 0">But Also Sometimes Better</h3>

- [Landfills bake the planet even more than we realized](https://grist.org/science/us-landfills-emit-far-more-methane-than-previously-known/)
- [Six Spongy Sea Creatures Suggest Warming Might Be Worse Than Thought](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/climate/global-warming-sponges.html)
- [Vanishing whale’s decline appears worse than previously thought, federal regulators say](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/vanishing-whales-decline-appears-worse-than-previously-thought-federal-regulators-say?utm_sourc=)
- [Highly radioactive spill near Richland WA worse than expected](https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article276863128.html)
- [Earliest human culture lasted 20,000 years later than previously thought](https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2021/01/11/Earliest-human-culture-lasted-20000-years-later-than-previously-thought/3991610371327/)
- [The decimal point is 150 years older than historians thought](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00473-2)
- [Ethiopian monuments 1,000 years older than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2021-12-ethiopian-monuments-years-older-previously.html)
- [New UFO report shows hundreds more incidents than previously thought](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/new-ufo-report-number-incidents-reported-increasing/story?id=96389000)
- [Giant 'Siberian unicorn' existed much more recently than previously thought, experts say](https://www.foxnews.com/science/giant-siberian-unicorn-existed-much-more-recently-than-previously-thought-experts-say)
- [Researchers find Antarctic ice shelves thinner than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2023-09-antarctic-ice-shelves-thinner-previously.html)
- [Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth's climate more than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2017-10-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-impact-cooled-earth.html)
- [Brain and testis: more alike than previously thought?](https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.200322)
- [It may be possible to cram more neutrons into atomic nuclei than previously thought](https://www.science.org/content/article/it-may-be-possible-to-cram-more-neutrons-into-atomic-nuclei-than-previously-thought)
- [Risk of comet hitting Earth is greater than previously thought, say researchers](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/dec/23/risk-of-comet-hitting-earth-as-bad-as-asteroids-or-worse-say-researchers)
- [Christianity declining 50pc faster than thought – as one in 10 under-25s is a Muslim](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10062745/Christianity-declining-50pc-faster-than-thought-as-one-in-10-under-25s-is-a-Muslim.html)
- [Cerebellum Plays Bigger Role In Human Thought Than Previously Suspected](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/25/660504533/the-underestimated-cerebellum-gains-new-respect-from-brain-scientists)
- [Intel CSME bug is worse than previously thought](https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-csme-bug-is-worse-than-previously-thought/)
- [Universe is far bigger and more stuffed with galaxies than previously thought, scientists reveal](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/universe-galaxies-how-big-many-size-observable-map-history-nottingham-a7360736.html)
- [Noise Pollution Impacting Marine Animals Worse Than Previously Thought](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/noise-pollution-impacting-marine-animals-worse-than-previously-thought)
- [Mountain glaciers may hold less ice than previously thought – here’s what that means for 2 billion downstream water users and sea level rise](https://theconversation.com/mountain-glaciers-may-hold-less-ice-than-previously-thought-heres-what-that-means-for-2-billion-downstream-water-users-and-sea-level-rise-176514)
- [Proficiency of Black Students Is Found to Be Far Lower Than Expected](https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/education/09gap.html?_r=2&src=twt&twt=nytimesnational)
- [Why did 250,000 Britons die sooner than expected?](https://www.economist.com/interactive/britain/2023/03/09/why-did-250000-britons-die-sooner-than-expected)
- [New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories](https://theconversation.com/new-research-suggests-modern-humans-lived-in-europe-10-000-years-earlier-than-previously-thought-in-neanderthal-territories-176648)
- [Wealth and happiness more connected to each other than previously thought: Study](https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/wealth-and-happiness-more-connected-to-each-other-than-previously-thought-study-101611109541495.html)
- [Arch Linux is More Awesome Than I Previously Thought](https://soosck.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/arch-linux-more-awesome-previously-thought/)
- [Ecological doom-loops: Why ecosystem collapses may occur much sooner than expected](https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ecological-doom-loops-ecosystem-collapses-sooner.html)
- [Study: Voice and Face Recognition are Linked More Intimately than Previously Thought](https://www.sci.news/othersciences/neuroscience/voice-face-recognition-11537.html)
- [Gas stations vent far more toxic fumes than previously thought](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181004110021.htm)
- [‘High-yield’ farming costs the environment less than previously thought – and could help spare habitats](https://www.cser.ac.uk/news/high-yield-farming-paper/)
- [The social costs of ride-hailing may be larger than previously thought](https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/11/03/the-social-costs-of-ride-hailing-may-be-larger-than-previously-thought)
- [Immune cells move more independently than previously thought](https://www.utu.fi/en/news/press-release/immune-cells-move-more-independently-than-previously-thought)
- [Silica 'halos' suggest Mars hosted liquid water for longer than scientists thought](https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/05/31/Silica-halos-suggest-Mars-hosted-liquid-water-for-longer-than-previously-thought/3071496244389/)
- [The obesity pay gap is worse than previously thought](https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/11/23/the-obesity-pay-gap-is-worse-than-previously-thought)
- [Ancient Footprints Show Humans Lived In The Americas Earlier Than Once Thought](https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040381802/ancient-footprints-new-mexico-white-sands-humans)
- [Emissions from computing and ICT could be worse than previously thought](https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/emissions-from-computing-and-ict-could-be-worse-than-previously-thought)
- [Warp Drive More Possible Than Thought, Scientists Say](https://www.space.com/17628-warp-drive-possible-interstellar-spaceflight.html)
- [The NSA Review Panel Is An Even Bigger Joke Than We Previously Thought](https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/22/the-nsa-review-panel-is-an-even-bigger-joke-than-we-previously-thought/)
- [New study shows Deepwater Horizon oil spill larger than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2020-02-deepwater-horizon-oil-larger-previously.html)
- [Children with Autism More Able to Read Thoughts and Feelings Than Previously Thought](https://www.psychreg.org/autism-read-thoughts-and-feelings/)
- [Microplastics 1 million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2019-12-microplastics-million-abundant-ocean-previously.html)
- [Exercise burns less calories than once thought](https://www.lifespan.io/news/exercise-burns-fewer-calories-than-previously-thought/)
- [Honda: "Gap with Mercedes is bigger than previously thought"](https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/38797/honda-gap-with-mercedes-is-bigger-than-previously-thought-.html)
- ['Cradle of Humankind' Fossils Far Older Than Previously Thought](https://www.businessinsider.com/cradle-of-humankind-fossils-far-older-than-previously-thought-2022-6)
- [People tend to communicate with similar people, even more than previously thought](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131023090714.htm)
- [Asteroids are stronger, harder to destroy than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2019-03-asteroids-stronger-harder-previously-thought.html)
- [Partially logged rainforests could be emitting more carbon than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2015-04-partially-rainforests-emitting-carbon-previously.html)
- [Cheese offers nutrition benefits, less lactose than you expect](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/01/02/cheese-nutrition-good-for-you/)
- [The Dark Web may be smaller, pervier than previously thought](https://www.engadget.com/2015-06-01-the-dark-web-may-be-smaller-pervier-than-previously-thought.html)
- [Giant mantle plume reveals Mars is more active than previously thought](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221205121545.htm)
- [NSA-linked Cisco exploit poses bigger threat than previously thought](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/nsa-linked-cisco-exploit-poses-bigger-threat-than-previously-thought/)
- [The world’s peak population may be smaller than expected](https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/04/05/the-worlds-peak-population-may-be-smaller-than-expected)
- [Don’t eat food if a fly lands on it, as they carry more dangerous bacteria than previously thought, warn scientists ](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/11/24/flies-carry-bacteria-first-thought-warn-scientists/)
- [New findings indicate HIV/AIDS pandemic began around 1900, earlier than previously thought](http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/10/01/new.findings.indicate.hivaids.pandemic.began.around.1900.earlier.previously.thought)
- [One in twenty workers are in ‘useless’ jobs – far fewer than previously thought](https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/one-in-twenty-workers-are-in-useless-jobs-far-fewer-than-previously-thought)
- [Memory capacity of brain is 10 times more than previously thought](https://www.thekurzweillibrary.com/memory-capacity-of-brain-is-10-times-more-than-previously-thought)
- [Research: Artificial neural networks are more similar to the brain than we thought](https://thenextweb.com/news/artificial-neural-networks-are-more-similar-to-the-brain-than-they-get-credit-for-syndication)
- [Tectonic plates started shifting earlier than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2020-04-tectonic-plates-shifting-earlier-previously.html)
- [Origin of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought](https://gizmodo.com/origin-of-zero-symbol-centuries-older-than-previously-t-1810428439?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow)
- [Cancer rates in medieval Britain around ten times higher than previously thought, study suggests](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-04-cancer-medieval-britain-ten-higher.html)
- [Engineers Nine Times More Likely Than Expected To Become Terrorists](https://science.slashdot.org/story/15/11/25/1326242/engineers-nine-times-more-likely-than-expected-to-become-terrorists)
- [Evidence that ancient farms had very different origins than previously thought](https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/evidence-that-humans-had-farms-30000-years-earlier-than-previously-thought/)
- [Monkeypox found to be evolving at a faster rate than expected](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-06-monkeypox-evolving-faster.html)
- [UK income inequality greater than previously thought, says ONS](https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2020/feb/25/uk-income-inequality-greater-than-previously-thought-says-ons)
- [Humans have driven more than 1,400 bird species to extinction, double what was previously thought](https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-12-20/humans-have-driven-more-than-1400-bird-species-to-extinction-double-what-was-previously-thought.html)
- [Bonobos May Have Greater Linguistic Skills Than Previously Thought](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080828171701.htm)
- [Methane much more sensitive to global heating than previously thought](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/05/global-heating-causes-methane-growth-four-times-faster-than-thought-study)
- [Population of Young Whites Falling Faster Than Expected](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/us/06census.html)
- [Doctor Who's first female lead is more popular than many fans expected](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/23/doctor-whos-first-female-lead-is-more-popular-than-many-fans-expected.html)
- [The rate of sea-level rise is ‘far worse than previously thought,’ study says](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/15/the-rate-of-sea-level-rise-is-far-worse-than-previously-thought-study-says/)
- [Global warming may be occurring more slowly than previously thought, study suggests](https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-change-global-warming-paris-climate-agreement-nature-geoscience-myles-allen-michael-grubb-a7954496.html)
- [Modern humans moved into Western Europe 5,000 years earlier than previously thought](https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/09/28/Modern-humans-arrived-in-Western-Europe-5000-years-earlier-than-thought/4011601317536/)
- [Earth faster, closer to Milky Way black hole, than previously thought](https://earthsky.org/space/earth-faster-closer-to-milky-way-central-black-hole/)
- [Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/23/marijuana-may-be-even-safer-than-previously-thought-researchers-say/)
- [Earth's core cooling faster than previously thought, researchers say](https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/earths-core-cooling-faster-previously-thought-researchers-say-rcna12732)
- [Cincinnati may have more control over speed limits than previously thought](https://www.wvxu.org/politics/2023-05-08/cincinnati-more-control-over-speed-limits)
- [NASA research shows alien life is far less likely than previously thought](https://thenextweb.com/news/nasa-research-shows-alien-life-is-far-less-likely-than-previously-thought)
- [Mars's crust is more complex and evolved than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2022-11-mars-crust-complex-evolved-previously.html)
- [Stanford engineers find that a new memory technology may be more energy efficient than previously thought](https://news.stanford.edu/2016/12/05/new-memory-technology-more-efficient-previously-thought/)
- [Holes in Greenland Ice Sheet Are Larger Than Previously Thought, Study Finds](https://news.uark.edu/articles/55314/holes-in-greenland-ice-sheet-are-larger-than-previously-thought-study-finds)
- [Great white sharks more common off California coast than once thought](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-03/great-white-sharks-more-common-off-california-coast-than-previously-thought-study-says#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20from%20Cal,how%20rare%20shark%20bites%20are.)
- [Prop 22 Is Here, and It’s Already Worse Than Expected](https://prospect.org/labor/prop-22-is-here-already-worse-than-expected-california-gig-workers/)
- [Large-scale warfare occurred in Europe ‘1,000 years earlier than previously thought’](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/02/large-scale-warfare-occurred-in-europe-1000-years-earlier-than-previously-thought)
- [Far More Microplastic In Atlantic Ocean Than Previous Estimates, Study Finds](https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/903506759/the-atlantic-is-awash-with-far-more-plastic-than-previously-thought-study-finds)
- [Life on Earth may have begun 300m years earlier than previously thought](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/19/life-on-earth-began-300m-years-earlier-than-previously-thought)
- [Earth formed much faster than previously thought](https://www.geologypage.com/2020/02/earth-formed-much-faster-than-previously-thought.html)
- [Greenland has greener history than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2023-07-greenland-greener-history-previously-thought.html)
- [Alien life may be more unlikely than previously thought, according to new study](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/05/alien-life-may-unlikely-previously-thought-according-new-study/)
- [The universe may be a billion years younger than we thought. Scientists are scrambling to figure out why.](https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/universe-may-be-billion-years-younger-we-thought-scientists-are-ncna1005541)
- [Global assessment of free-ranging cats shows they eat more types of creatures than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2023-12-global-free-ranging-cats-creatures-previously.html)
- [Greenland Ice Sheet melting faster than previously thought, scientists say](https://www.yahoo.com/gma/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-faster-190110352.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHCY1wSMibBBHaLvUko9CgXl92TLY3JgL8ylguQzPYa8XfjkKR-m_2oh-9gdiunqkM-ZhNcWiE4Y-kIP6fklmfPc-k2usxYEv0qDr13LBTDtoNQiD3sHP_f5uRuqRKXtNvfEa88BLCrf_6R8x3f97lq7r385uv7fqu44f8fPAc2F)
- [Excess weight, obesity more deadly than previously believed](https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/02/23/excess-weight-obesity-more-deadly-previously-believed)
- [Graphene conducts electricity ten times better than expected](https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.14676)
- [Latest Text Of EU Copyright Directive Shows It's Even Worse Than Expected: Must Be Stopped](https://www.techdirt.com/2018/07/03/latest-text-eu-copyright-directive-shows-even-worse-than-expected-must-be-stopped/)
- [Dinosaurs evolved much faster than previously thought](https://www.science.org/content/article/dinosaurs-evolved-much-faster-previously-thought)
- [First U.S. COVID deaths earlier -- and in different places -- than previously thought](https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/22/exclusive-first-u-s-covid-deaths-came-earlier-and-in-different-places-than-previously-thought/)
- [Healthy Human Brains Are Hotter Than Previously Thought, Exceeding 40 Degrees](https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-termperature-20816/)
- [Far more adults don’t want children than previously thought](https://theconversation.com/far-more-adults-dont-want-children-than-previously-thought-163142)
- [World's Oldest Computer Is 100 Years Older Than Previously Thought](https://www.sciencealert.com/world-s-oldest-computer-is-100-years-older-than-previously-thought)
- [Brain more robust than previously thought](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-08-brain-robust-previously-thought.html?)
- [SUVs are way worse for the planet than anyone previously thought](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/suv-cars-hybrid-electric-impact)
- [Fairytales much older than previously thought, say researchers](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/20/fairytales-much-older-than-previously-thought-say-researchers)
- [Economic cost of climate change could be six times higher than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2021-09-economic-climate-higher-previously-thought.html)
- [Meteorites pummel the Moon far more than expected](https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.20777)
- [The odds of a hazardous asteroid hitting Earth are higher than previously thought, NASA says](https://news.sky.com/story/the-odds-of-a-hazardous-asteroid-hitting-earth-are-higher-than-previously-thought-nasa-says-12379305)
- [Fossils: Cave woman one million years older than thought](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61976369)
- [‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought](https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2022-09-02-diamond-rain-giant-icy-planets-could-be-more-common-previously-thought)
- [The Siberian crater saga is more widespread — and scarier — than anyone thought](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/26/the-siberian-crater-problem-is-more-widespread-and-scarier-than-anyone-thought/)
- [New asteroid strike images show impact 'a lot bigger than expected'](https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_asteroid_strike_images_show_impact_a_lot_bigger_than_expected_999.html)
- [Study: COVID-19 Reached U.S. Earlier Than Health Officials Previously Thought](https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/01/940395651/coronavirus-was-in-u-s-weeks-earlier-than-previously-known-study-says?t=1606856133580)
- [Deaths from fossil fuel emissions higher than previously thought](https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/02/deaths-fossil-fuel-emissions-higher-previously-thought)
- [Arid areas have more trees than previously thought](https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/10/17/arid-areas-have-more-trees-than-previously-thought)
- [Moon may be ‘40m years older’ than previously thought, researchers say](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/23/moon-may-be-40m-years-older-than-previously-thought-researchers-say)
- [US Households Savings From 2017-2022 Less Than Previously Thought](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-28/americans-saved-1-1-trillion-less-than-thought-from-2017-2022?srnd=premium&sref=xuVirdpv)
- [MIT researchers find memory capacity much bigger than previously thought](https://news.mit.edu/2008/vision-memory-0908)
- [Fossil fuel combustion deadlier than thought](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/pollution-from-fossil-fuel-combustion-deadlier-than-previously-thought/)
- [Colorado pot tax revenue: More money than expected.](https://slate.com/business/2014/02/colorado-pot-tax-revenue-more-money-than-expected.html)
- [Saturn's moon Titan drifting away faster than previously thought](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/saturns-moon-titan-drifting-away-faster-than-previously-thought/articleshow/76274693.cms)
- [Global extinction threat may be much higher than previously thought](https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2022/07/19/global-extinction-threat-may-be-higher-previously-thought/7501658254724/)
- [Saturn's largest satellite, Titan, is drifting away from its planet 100 times faster than previously thought](https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/09/saturn_titan_movement/)
- [Guest post: The oceans are absorbing more carbon than previously thought](https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-the-oceans-are-absorbing-more-carbon-than-previously-thought/)
- [Expanding the genetic alphabet may be easier than previously thought](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120603191722.htm)
- [Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought](https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/large-distant-comets-more-common-than-previously-thought)
- [Study finds pandas are more socially active than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2023-12-pandas-socially-previously-thought.html)
- [Fukushima radiation levels 18 times higher than previously thought](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/01/fukushima-radiation-levels-higher-japan)
- [Study shows humans are evolving faster than previously thought](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/25/study-shows-humans-are-evolving-faster-than-previously-thought)
- [Methane leak 'visible from space' is even bigger than previously thought](https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/methane-leak-space-greenhouse-gases-pollution-fracking-ohio-a9249631.html)
- [Brain has more than 100 times higher computational capacity than previously thought, say UCLA scientists](https://www.thekurzweillibrary.com/brain-has-more-than-100-times-higher-computational-capacity-than-previously-thought-say-ucla-scientists)
- [Evolution of radio-resistance is more complicated than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2020-09-evolution-radio-resistance-complicated-previously-thought.html)
- [Quantum computers a step closer to reality thanks to new finding](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/94262/quantum-computers-step-closer-reality-thanks/#fni-1)
- [Report: Jared Kushner’s $2 Billion Saudi Check Appears Even More Comically Corrupt Than Previously Thought](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/jared-kushner-affinity-partners-saudi-arabia)
- [Scientists find eternal Nile to be more ancient than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2019-11-scientists-eternal-nile-ancient-previously.html)
- [Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/science/archaeology-earth-anthropocene.html)
- [Coastal Arctic Sea Ice Is Thinning Faster Than Previously Thought](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coastal-arctic-sea-ice-is-thinning-faster-than-previously-thought1/)
- [CDC says vaccine link to heart inflammation is stronger than previously thought](https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/558321-cdc-says-vaccine-link-to-heart-inflammation-is/?__twitter_impression=true)
- [Humans May Have Arrived in the Americas Earlier Than Previously Thought](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-south-america-sloth-bones-180982531/)
- [Fossil discovery reveals complex ecosystems existed on Earth much earlier than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2023-02-fossil-discovery-reveals-complex-ecosystems.html)
- [Globular clusters 4 billion years younger than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2018-06-globular-clusters-billion-years-younger.html)
- [Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs more than 43,000 cars and is much larger than we thought](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-weighs-more-than-43000-cars-and-is-way-bigger-than-previously-thought)
- [Protons are found to be significantly smaller than scientists previously thought](https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/protons-are-found-to-be-significantly-smaller-than-scientists-previously-thought)
- [Observable Universe contains ten times more galaxies than previously thought](https://esahubble.org/news/heic1620/)
- [Study: Midwest topsoil 'being eroded 100 times faster than it's forming'](https://www.startribune.com/new-study-midwest-topsoil-disappearing-faster-than-previously-thought/600239146/)
- [Satellite reveals Australian coal mines emit much more methane than expected based on national reporting](https://phys.org/news/2021-11-satellite-reveals-australian-coal-emit.html)
- [Yoga more dangerous than previously thought, scientists say](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/28/yogamore-dangerous-previously-thought-scientists-say/)
- [Chance of finding young Earth-like planets higher than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2020-06-chance-young-earth-like-planets-higher.html)
- [Bottled water contains 100 times more plastic nanoparticles than previously thought](https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/01/09/bottled-water-contains-100-times-more-plastic-nanoparticles-than-previously-thought)
- [Quantum computers may be much easier to build than previously thought: study](https://phys.org/news/2010-11-quantum-easier-previously-thought.html)
- [Money matters to happiness—perhaps more than previously thought](https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/money-matters-to-happiness-perhaps-more-than-previously-thought)
- [Was Darwinius a little longer in the tooth than previously thought?](https://phys.org/news/2015-09-darwinius-longer-tooth-previously-thought.html)
- [Records show ICE uses LexisNexis to check millions, far more than previously thought](https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/09/records-show-ice-uses-lexisnexis-to-check-millions-far-more-than-previously-thought/)
- [Odds of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth are low, but higher than previously thought](https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/asteroid-bennu-earth-collision-odds-1.6138258)
- [Cells are more resilient to environmental changes than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2021-05-cells-resilient-environmental-previously-thought.html)
- [Alaskan glaciers melting 100 times faster than previously thought](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/alaskan-glaciers-melting-faster-than-previously-thought)
- [Greenland's ice melting faster than scientists previously thought](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/21/greenland-ice-melting-faster-than-scientists-previously-thought-study)
- [Are Faraday cages less effective than previously thought?](https://physicsworld.com/a/are-faraday-cages-less-effective-than-previously-thought/)
- [America Is Even Less Socially Mobile Than Economists Thought](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/america-social-mobility-parents-income/399311/?single_page=true)
- [Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought](https://new.nsf.gov/news/microplastics-million-times-more-abundant-ocean)
- [Groupon May Expire Sooner Than Expected](https://seekingalpha.com/article/274523-groupon-may-expire-sooner-than-expected)
- [Interstellar space even weirder than expected, NASA's Voyager 2 reveals](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/interstellar-space-weirder-than-expected-nasa-voyager-2-reveals)
- [Earth is "drinking" more seawater through the Mariana Trench than previously thought](https://newatlas.com/mariana-trench-water-mantle/57239/)
- [The 'fuel of evolution' is more abundant than previously thought in wild animals](https://phys.org/news/2022-05-fuel-evolution-abundant-previously-thought.html)
- [Humans Are Draining Even More of Earth's Freshwater Than We Thought](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/humans-are-draining-even-more-earths-freshwater-we-thought-180957444/?no-ist=)
- [More mosquito species than previously thought may transmit Zika](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-02-mosquito-species-previously-thought-transmit.html)
- [Arctic sea ice thinning twice as fast than expected, say researchers](https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/arctic-sea-thinning-twice-as-fast-than-expected-said-researchers/articleshow/83225866.cms)
- [I Moved to Linux and It’s Even Better Than I Expected](https://medium.com/backchannel/i-moved-to-linux-and-it-s-even-better-than-i-expected-9f2dcac3f8fb#.g1ik84xk5)
- [East Africa's Oldest Modern Human Fossil Is Way Older Than Previously Thought](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/east-africas-oldest-modern-human-fossil-is-way-older-than-previously-thought-180979384/)
- [Superconductivity more common than previously thought](https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/superconductivity-more-common-than-previously-thought-114062400532_1.html)
- [Researchers have found that more species of crocodiles can gallop than previously thought. And they are fast](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/10tcinh/researchers_have_found_that_more_species_of/)
- [Cuttlefish Camouflage is More Complex Than Previously Thought](https://www.sci.news/biology/cuttlefish-camouflage-12047.html)
- [The Salton Sea has even more lithium than previously thought](https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2023-11-28/the-salton-sea-has-even-more-lithium-than-previously-thought-new-report-finds-boiling-point)
- [Some nearby young stars may be much older than previously thought](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111221140637.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29)
- [More of the Bay Area Could Be Underwater in 2100 Than Previously Expected](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/07/climate/san-francisco-sinking-land-flooding-climate-change.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news)
- [City Trees and Soil Are Sucking More Carbon Out of the Atmosphere Than Previously Thought](https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/city-trees-and-soil-are-sucking-more-carbon-out-of-the-atmosphere-than-previously-thought/)
- [Trump campaign gamed Facebook ads even better than we thought](https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/26/17055666/facebook-trump-ads-parscale-pennies-clinton-digital)
- [Antarctica is home to considerably more volcanoes than previously thought](https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/13/16140266/antarctica-volcanoes-science-geology-ice-sheet-study)
- [Fossilized Footprints Reveal Human Habitation of North America Thousands of Years Earlier than Previously Thought](https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/fossilized-footprints-reveal-human-habitation-north-america-thousands)
- [The Earth's center is 1,000 degrees hotter than previously thought](https://phys.org/news/2013-04-earth-center-degrees-hotter-previously.html)
- [Health impacts of abuse more extensive than previously thought, research says](https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/health-impacts-of-abuse-more-extensive-than-previously-thought-research-says)