Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...

You may think that steak is the most indulgent restaurant meal. Wrong. Three perfect squares of seasonal ravioli. Somehow not enough sauce to cover them. Thirty US dollars. The closest I have ever felt to being royalty.

Do you know a #StartUp driving scientific breakthroughs in chemistry? Nominate a start-up for our #10StartUpsToWatch program by Aug 1. Self-nominations permitted. Nominate now: cen.acs.org/surveys/star... #chemsky

Huge news: a man in Echo Park gave me his dog to hold.

Data centers not only use a lot of energy, but they need a lot of water to keep from overheating. But that competes with other uses of water, such as for drinking. So China is looking to put data centers in the ocean. 🧪

We finally made it to Bluesky—just a few billion years after the Big Bang, and only slightly late to the party ✨🌌 We’re sharing some of our best stories from the year so far to kick off our Bluesky journey!

There's an interview with me in Scientific American: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...

I got to talk @alexclapp.bsky.social ‪about why he lived out of a backpack for 2 years visiting the smelliest parts of the most beautiful places on Earth for his new book Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/wast...

Thousands of federal grants have been terminated, effectively cutting lifesaving research and the careers of people behind the work. Read their stories, thoughtfully written by @rachelnuwer.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Each Friday this summer, I’m working with Today in Science to give you a book recommendation to bring to the pool, to the airport or just to your porch. Sign up for our daily newsletter Today in Science to get new science reading recommendations every week! www.scientificamerican.com/newsletters/

might help: 1 calling your reps 2 organizing your community 3 joining a local direct-action group 4 attending protests 5 volunteering 6 canvassing won't help: 7 yelling that we're doomed 8 bragging about how cynical you've always been 9 sneering at people doing 1-6

Trump's transportation secretary thinks the New York subway is unsafe. But public transit is actually far safer than driving, in terms of both vehicle fatality and crime rates. Story by me, with graphics by @unamandita.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-p...

We asked mathematicians what their favorite, most beguiling, intriguing and endearing shapes -- and they sent back a zoo! www.scientificamerican.com/article/thes...

Baaaabeeee squid do do do do do do ... 🧪

Get behind the "dire wolf" hype to what could be real conservation science: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

C&EN is reporting on the termination of international students' F1 visas and SEVIS status. Know any scientists affected? Signal me or @kvasquez.bsky.social (Laurel_Oldach.07)

Good morning! Please come on a bee adventure with me, I promise you won't regret it. 🐝 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/ther...

This was actually a really delightful piece to write, albeit for the dumbest possible reason. 🧪

🚨 Over 70 graduate programs in the biological and biomedical sciences have frozen or slashed admissions. The consequences are profound—how many brilliant minds are being shut out of research entirely? How much future discovery is being lost before it even begins? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

NEW: Trump cuts are threatening a standards laboratory who's work on atomic spectra undergirds the entire modern economy. The lab is run by just seven federal employees who have been paying out-of-pocket for their own coffee since 1973. www.npr.org/2025/03/26/n...

You rarely clock how often you swallow until you get a virus that makes it impossibly painful to do so.

The @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies happen tomorrow! Read more: “We’re trying to give folks somewhere they can feel powerful and have their voices heard.” 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...

It's been five years since the WHO declared COVID a pandemic. Where are we today, and what have/haven't we learned? My story in @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/on-c...

Fun Friday excuse not to work: “Make it stop!” Musical earworms stuck in your brain! New podcast from Scientific American on how to stop earworms, and why they’re there in the first place. Listen to Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, the ooga chaka song… and me definitely not singing. 🧪

Scientific American has internships for summer/fall posted! News: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring... Graphics: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring... Newsletter/Engagement: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...

Come work with me + @sunya.bsky.social + our incredible newsletter editor Andrea!

If you’re overwhelmed and maybe a lil paralyzed by the news, maybe take a little time this weekend to figure out how to take care of yourself moving forward? 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/feel...

Spend a possibly snowed-in #AAASmtg Saturday morning with Scientific American! 🧪 @kelsoharper.bsky.social @sunya.bsky.social @clarakm.bsky.social and I are at #AAASmtg hosting "Bringing Science and Technology to Life With Short-Form Video." Hope to see you there!

An incredible delight to work on this piece (and finally be edited by @andreatweather.bsky.social !!) 🧪

A delightful story about how humpback whale song follows some of the basic laws that govern all human languages. Biology and evolution are amazing. 🧪

Every regulation is written in the blood of a worker, or someone damaged by industrial pollution, or a kid who didn’t get to grow up.

If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happy Lunar New Year! 🐍 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/snak...

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Please repost! We’re trying hard to sort out rumors from truth + would like to hear from anyone affected by the new federal orders + NIH pause. Patients, scientists, health equity researchers: please contact us below. We won’t share anything without your permission. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...

🚨 Job Alert: STAT is hiring a DC correspondent! www.statnews.com/careers/wash...

Posting this again, for reasons. 🧪

I know we all have disaster fatigue, but the reason why historic LA fires get so much coverage is because there are more people in greater LA county than in *most US states*

@tyleraking.com The Mutual Aid L.A. team's resource list is up. Please boost, it's the best one I've seen: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Fast-moving fires, like the ones in LA, are becoming more common--they're also the most dangerous. (Text by @sipappas.bsky.social, graphic by @unamandita.bsky.social) www.scientificamerican.com/article/pali...

LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.

It’s never a good sign when I have an opportunity to post this exceptional public health graphic.

It’s the happiest day of the year 🥳📚 @sciam.bsky.social end-of-year book recommendations list here’s a behind the scenes look into how we put together www.scientificamerican.com/article/78-b...

Worth the login to watch a bee sucker punch an ant

Hi #ChemSky! @cenmag.bsky.social and I want to learn how the chemistry community might be affected by any immigration policies currently being proposed for 2025. If you might be impacted and can give any insight, I'd really appreciate if you could fill out this form: forms.office.com/r/87NQhFKrFh

Did you know Scientific American publishes original poetry every month? Each poem is previously unpublished and hand selected by the amazing Dava Sobel. This year we had poems about math, DNA, rocket launches, owls, fractals, plate tectonics and more. Here are a few of my favorites (a thread)

Scientific American has tote bag swag now and it’s very swanky—and the tier you get it at is half off through the weekend, and you can gift subscriptions. Just a thought! 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/getsciam/

to the tune of pink pony club: dead salmon hat, I'm gonna keep on wearing my dead salmon hat