Hi freelancers, I just posted a call for pitches for @technologyreview.com's upcoming print issue. The theme is Nature. Pitch deadline is December 5. More info here! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Just *looking* at these photos gives me claustrophobia, but cool to see a new habitat in the works! Story by @meharris.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/07/1...

Make that @danvergano.bsky.social!

"The complexity of the architecture precludes alacrity” is a good summation of the problem. Nice story on continuing issues with US moon plans, from @dangaristo.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

Who could say no to a meerkat in a sweater? www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/17/1...

How Millie Dresselhaus paid it forward. I met her a few times. A truly amazing human being as well as an extraordinary physicist... www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/21/1...

This feature from @antonioregalado.bsky.social is hands down the most mind-bending story in our upcoming issue of the magazine. You can take a sample of skin cells, turn them into stem cells, and create something that looks like an embryo. So...is it human? www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/21/1...

Fewer grad students means less science, but many STEM PhD programs in the US are cutting back on admissions this year due to federal funding uncertainties. Words by me for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪

Really fascinating dive into the world of BECCS - a carbon removal approach that captures the emissions from burning wood and other biomass. And why Microsoft and others are so gung-ho about it right now. new from @jtemple.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...

This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.

So proud of our entire climate team for this fabulous new list of the 10 climate tech companies that we think stand a chance of making a difference. It's our 3rd edition of the list and it's better than ever. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

I wrote about the removal of another ICE-tracking app from the tech platform it was based on, and what it says about the administration's efforts to re-categorize tracking ICE activity as violence against ICE. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

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...