Not sure why this month-old essay is back on the homepage of the NYT today, but I'm not complaining! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

Thank you @deborahb.bsky.social !

This has been such a wild story arc. nypost.com/2025/10/02/m...

“Free speech is what we do instead of violence. Civilization started the day man first cast a word instead of a stone.” We must not lose sight of this civilization-defining distinction. 🎙️: @nicoperrino.bsky.social 📺: @cnn.com

"Periods of political violence do end. But often not without shocking retrenchments of people’s freedoms or catastrophic events coming first. There’s little reason to expect that this period will end differently."

Migraines and other chronic headache conditions have been noted throughout human history — perhaps as far back as the Paleolithic. “The problem may be as old as our species,” Jerome Groopman writes in the @newyorker.com in a review of a new book about headaches by science journalist @tomzellerjr.com

@brookeborel.bsky.social and @annarothschild.bsky.social are such nimble stewards on these journeys into the thorniest questions facing science and society. Don't miss this inaugural episode of Season Two! undark.org/2025/08/20/p...

The role of the Psychologist in treating headache disorders. @tomzellerjr.com, author of ‘The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Disorder’ (HarperCollins/Mariner, 2025). www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

"At any moment it can appear, creeping in like a shadow in some cases, ambushing like a predator in others." "The Headache," by former KSJ Fellow and current @undark.org editor @tomzellerjr.com, gets a review in The New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

On Hannah Murray's TRE in the Afternoon from 16.00CET - @richardhwrote.bsky.social's 'I'm Fine: A true story of trust, betrayal and exploitation', Franny Joseph-Zywicki's 'Hump Day Happenings' - celebrity gossip, and @tomzellerjr.com's 'The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction

Read an excerpt from “The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction – and a Search for Relief.” buff.ly/GuLxfbq

Despite being extremely common, headaches are still something of a neurological mystery. In his new book, journalist @tomzellerjr.com shares his own experience with debilitatingly painful cluster headaches, and chronicles his journey to uncover the science behind this “most confounding affliction.”

Humbled to see "The Headache" receive such expansive and thoughtful coverage in ‪the @newyorker.com‬. Many thanks to Jerome Groopman -- a staff writer, physician, and migraineur himself -- for the deeply insightful read. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

@tomzellerjr.com explores how medical misogyny impacted the practice of neuroscience (and the treatment of migraines).

Truly an honor, @bschillace.brandyschillace.com! 🙏

It's not news that women are often taken less seriously than men in health care settings, but the data can be eye-opening — and infuriating. From "The Headache" (amzn.to/44TeSXu). #migraine #headache

One ignores the testimony of @deborahb.bsky.social at their peril! :-)

"It is not merely a headache, and it deserves our attention." A truly wonderful review from @wsj.com for my new book, "The Headache." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Seven days left: Enter to win a free copy! bit.ly/goodreads-he...

"Some of Jay Bhattacharya's colleagues and supporters have struggled to square the man they know — who arrived at NIH promising to champion free speech — with the policies of the administration he serves."

If these trying times are giving you a headache, have I got the book for you! And for a limited time, you can get 25% off @barnesandnoble.com.

Uncorrected proofs. It's wild to see this thing emerging from its longtime home in my brain (often in the anxious cauldron of the amygdala), and into the corporeal world. Anyway, one step closer to publication day.

Some context on the NIH layoffs.... (1/3)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #measles, amirite? arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

When my book comes out in July, I will be forced to talk about headaches. I've had them for 30 years — a terrible kind that people close to me, but few others, knew about. I will be an imperfect spokesperson for inexplicable pain — and primary headache disorders are just that. But I will do my best.

Is throat cancer research Marxist? A nice joint piece by @undark.org and @notusreports.bsky.social: undark.org/2025/02/21/a...

Whoopsie.

Genuinely honored to see @undark.org named a finalist for a General Excellence National Magazine Award — and alongside fabulous publications @motherjones.com, @vqr.bsky.social, @bittersouth.bsky.social, and aperture.org. asme.memberclicks.net/asme-announc...

Do you want to run the premier science #journalism program in the country? Do you want to relocate to the staggering brain trust of Cambridge, Mass, and @mitofficial.bsky.social? Apply now to be the next director of @ksjatmit.bsky.social: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

lol. www.axios.com/2025/01/03/t...

Interesting passage in @saratalpos.bsky.social's recent interview with biosecurity expert Gerald Epstein. They set up an elaborate system for reviewing risky gain-of-function research projects, but almost no one submits proposals—even though ~20 percent of institutions report doing such work.

I have sad news: Deb Blum, who has spent 10 years reinvigorating the @ksjatmit.bsky.social program at MIT, is retiring. She cannot be talked out of it, alas. So: If you'd like to take the helm at the best science journalism fellowship program in the world, read on: ksj.mit.edu/news/2024/12...

"Such efforts have brought new public attention to some of the basic questions Imperiale and his colleagues agonized over in that conference room 12 years ago: How should society weigh the costs of engineering pathogens in the pursuit of public health goals?" undark.org/2024/12/11/u...

Supporters argue that gain-of-function studies are key to preparing for pandemics, but critics warn of their dangers. Read more here:

If you think you know how gain-of-function research is overseen in this country, you're in for an awakening. Don't miss the tour-de-force of reporting from @Sara_Talpos @undark.org #COVID undark.org/2024/12/11/u...

A lab? A wet market? We may never know where Covid-19 came from. What's undeniable is that the discussion around Covid origins has become hopelessly toxic. Can @undark.org's Entanglements podcast get scientists on opposing sides to talk it out? Listen in.... undark.org/2024/11/25/p...

It's time to apply for a Knight Science Journalism Program fellowship at MIT! We have 10 openings for a 2025-26 academic year fellowship and one opening for a one semester fellowship for journalists from Africa and the Middle East. Learn more here. ksj.mit.edu/news/2024/11...

Happy for @undark.org to join the @bsky.app community. Please let us know either here or at [email protected] what science stories you'd most like to see in the coming year. undark.org

(1/5) Science has always pushed boundaries, but the stakes are higher than ever in an age of risky science. Our new series dives into AI, genetic engineering, and other high-risk innovations.

Greetings new and old friends. I don't know what to post here, so I will start with this, from the trail camera in our yard.