Our brilliant features and investigations editor @asilverman.bsky.social being interviewed by Erika Hayasaki about the world of being an editor! thereportedessay.substack.com/p/tackling-s...

it turns out that if you videotape mathematicians working on hard problems at the chalkboard ... ... you can see their bodies give off a "tell" just before they have an "aha" breakthrough moment super cool research item #7 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...

If you read one story about the autism announcement, make it @amymaxmen.bsky.social's. One detail that others miss: "Fevers can harm the mother and the developing fetus, she said, adding that fevers are more strongly associated with autism than Tylenol." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Pitches for @technologyreview.com's Crime issue are due Friday!

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

For many years — until some kind of mandated clean-up removed all unauthorized postings — I kept a poster on my office door titled "Understanding nuclear weapons," from the webcomic Subnormality. Here's why I love it: doomsdaymachines.net/p/understand...

Now here: AI-designed genomes www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...

Re-upping this call for pitches for @technologyreview.com.

My new book of cartoons is out soon. I am bringing it to SPX/BETHESDA TORONTO, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, MONTREAL and QUEBEC CITY starting this weekend! Visit www.tomgauld.com for more details and preorder links!

This is really interesting. I learned something!

Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.

New call for feature pitches for @technologyreview.com! This time, the theme is Crime. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Pitches due Friday Sept 26.

New call for feature pitches for @technologyreview.com! This time, the theme is Crime. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Pitches due Friday Sept 26.

I miss the small screen iPhones.

Forgive a self-flack, but I have a story out about how cuts to US research funding will utterly bork the life cycle of scientific discoveries --> commercial products. The venture investors who often make that happen see it coming and are freaking out. www.inc.com/adam-rogers/...

We've finalized our climate/clean tech speakers for this year's EmTech. I'm thrilled to get to chat with: Google's head of advanced energy, Lucia Tian; MIT nuclear prof Jacopo Buongiorno; and Carnegie Mellon's @costasamaras.com (intellectual godfather of the veggie McRib). You can register here 👇

Want to know who new CDC head Jim O’Neill is and what he stands for? Look no further. @jesshamzelou.bsky.social put together this very timely in-depth profile for you. www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/30/1...

I wrote about tech CEOs and lobtailing www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/11/1...

Preprint servers are strugging with an influx of AI content. "How do you do quality assurance while keeping things relatively light touch so the system doesn’t collapse on itself?" by Traci Watson | @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Pitch slam for early-career international science journalists. Join us!

Are you an early-career international science journalist? On Fri, Aug. 15, join the International Students Slack Community for a Pitch Slam with editors @rachelcourtland.com, @wwrfd.bsky.social, and @laurenjyoung.bsky.social. Join the Slack and learn more. www.theopennotebook.com/internationa...

Freelance writers: we have a new call for feature pitches from MIT Technology Review (@technologyreview.com). The theme is 🛠️Breakthroughs🧪. Pitch deadline is Monday August 11. See our pitch guide for more, including details on word rates and who to contact www.technologyreview.com/how-to-pitch...

Interested in writing for MIT Technology Review (@technologyreview.com)? Here's our pitch guide. Now with 2026 magazine themes! www.technologyreview.com/how-to-pitch...

A Trump administration plan to build 25 miles of wall along a remote stretch of rolling grasslands and mountains on the Arizona-Mexico border would block one of the largest and most important remaining wildlife corridors on the state’s border with Mexico. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...

Specifically a "cognitive disadvantage". That's a big claim.

This is great! Also I think I failed the quiz—there are no theories that fit my preferences.

Many thanks to @philipcball.bsky.social for doing this beautiful piece for us www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In which I try not to fangirl completely but totally fail because I am speaking to the ACTUAL, AMAZING @marthawells.com www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...

A new hyper-focus in the wellness space is metabolic syndrome. In my latest for @theguardian.com I dig into why it's an important health issue, but it's also a fertile space for misinformation. 🧪 www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

The major large satellite constellations are still too bright, reports a new paper. arxiv.org/abs/2507.00107 Almost all Starlink, BlueBird, Qianfan, Guowang, and OneWeb satellites impact astronomy, and most are above the limit where they are visible to the naked eye too.

"They're quietly letting all of these highly skilled, well-educated researchers just roll off the books."

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: It's looking increasingly likely that China will win the "Mars sampling" space race, as its Tianwen-3 mission approaches a 2028 launch and a more ambitious U.S.-Euro rival effort flounders. By @andrewjonesspace.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/chin...

NASA scientists will apparently no longer be able to read @nature.com at their jobs, as the Trump administration has canceled all subscriptions to Springer Nature journals, per the agency. (1/3) 🧵

Oh hey, an @alexckaufman.bsky.social byline in @technologyreview.com

Are we playing Russian roulette with humanity? Leading off our new issue, @gracehuckins.bsky.social looks at what could happen as we give AI agents more and more autonomy www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/12/1...

Sam Altman says an average query to ChatGPT uses about 0.34 watt hours of electricity in a new blog post. But I have some questions about this number (short 🧵) #energysky

This is really cool: Recent research is showing how long-distance bird migration is powered by mitochondria with an usually large capacity for generating energy. www.quantamagazine.org/turbocharged...

Re-upping this pitch call. We're still looking for some really big narrative feature swings.

12 data centers have requested 6 gigawatts of new electricity generation in Nevada, which would amount to a 40% expansion of the state's power sector. We found the projects could also consume billions of gallons of water in the nation's driest state. <Now sharing my deep dive with a gift link.>

You can’t fool me.

What a wild finding!

A data center building boom is happening outside Reno, Nevada, centered at an industrial park bigger than the city of Detroit. @technologyreview.com's @jtemple.bsky.social reports on what it means for the region, especially when it comes to water www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

I've paused more before using ChatGPT to wonder about the energy cost, something OpenAI does not disclose. @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social and @caseycrownhart.bsky.social take us step by step through what happens after the prompt—and how it all adds up www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

@technologyreview.com published an ambitious package on AI & energy today that reveals new insights into how much electricity generative AI really uses — & what it all means for the climate. Please be sure to check out the main piece by @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social ‬& @caseycrownhart.bsky.social

Freelance journalists: I just sent out a new call for pitches for @technologyreview.com, for our last print issue of 2025. Theme: The Body. See here for more! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Oooo. Though what's spaetzle-making without gloppy dough getting everywhere?

Congratulations to this year's AAAS #MassMediaFellows! The AAAS Mass Media Fellowship is one of the best opportunities for people interested in science journalism and communication. @technologyreview.com is looking forward to being a host again this year.

Amazon has apparently only built a few dozen of its planned 3,200 Project Kuiper satellites. Pretty wild if true. They need to launch 1,600 by July 2026 in order to retain their FCC licence. Looks, uh, possibly a little unlikely. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...