Evrim Ağacı: Turkish pop science
The Telegram channel of Evrim Ağacı, Turkey's largest popular-science project, in Turkish: evolution, space, archaeology and research explainers.
What it is
Evrim Ağacı ("Tree of Evolution") is the Telegram channel of a popular-science project that describes itself as Turkey's largest and most visited. Everything is in Turkish. The feed mixes article teasers and excerpts from the project's website, videos from its YouTube channel and real-time earthquake alerts. Many stories arrive twice: first as a one-line hook, then as a longer post with an excerpt.
Why we picked it
This is serious popular science, well written. A recent post looked at ancient skeletons from the mountains of Central Asia, showing how huge migrations sometimes left almost no trace on the genetic map. Another explained why slowing neutron stars might swallow gas against their direction of spin, and a longer piece unpacked the Boltzmann brain paradox. There's also the history of ancient Ephesus and laser mapping that shows native forests spreading again in Scotland's Cairngorms.
The range goes well beyond the textbook: the little spa fish that nibble your feet are becoming a lab model for cancer research; hyper-real AI wildlife videos may be warping how we see nature; new rules for US federal science grants could reshape research funding. And there's a practical service too — earthquake alerts with magnitude, depth and coordinates based on AFAD data.
Where to start
- Read the post on ancient Central Asian genomes — one of the strongest recent stories.
- Look for the Boltzmann brain explainer if you like physics and paradoxes.
- Watch the video on Archimedes' principle for listening practice.
- Skim a day's feed to get its rhythm: teaser, article, video.
Who it's for
Turkish learners who want real science writing to read instead of textbook dialogues, and anyone curious about popular science outside the English-speaking world. If your Turkish isn't there yet, Telegram's built-in translation handles the short posts well, and a lot of scientific vocabulary in Turkish is borrowed from European languages, so terms like nötron yıldızı or evrim are easy to decode.
Quick answers
What language is the channel in? Turkish.
How often does it post? Many times a day; some stories appear both as a short teaser and a longer excerpt.
Can I read it without a Telegram account? Yes, the web preview at t.me/s/evrimagaci opens in any browser.
