What’s the secret to a great cup of tea? From where the Camellia sinensis bush is grown to whether the leaves are withered or fermented, much can influence the popular drink’s molecular and flavor profile 🍵 ✍️ Amber Dance: knowmag.org/Tea_bluesky

In HS biology we learn about DNA, RNA, proteins. My @knowablemag.bsky.social story describes the other major building block of life: #glycans knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles. ✍️ Nicola Jones knowmag.org/4lcyNsh

Great read! Congratulations @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on your insightful @knowablemag.bsky.social piece exploring the remarkable biology of the Aedes aegypti #mosquito knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

For her 2025 #PulitzerStaffPicks, Alexandra Waddell, Digital Content Coordinator & Research Assistant at the Pulitzer Center, selected "The Pernicious Infections Infiltrating Ukraine’s Front Lines," by @richardastone.bsky.social for @knowablemag.bsky.social. 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25

A few months ago I worked with @adance.bsky.social to create a science comic for @knowablemag.bsky.social about the journey sperm makes to reach the egg. Little did I know that that this would involve me being immortalised in cartoon form. Check it out .... knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Have you ever wanted to see the Sperm's Journey portrayed by the Lord of the Rings fellowship? Then you are in luck 😍 Behold, this new comic by @makinaro.com & Amber Dance for @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

“It’s really easy to make a wolf, because..their diet mirrors their body..But it’s really, really hard to make a moose, because a moose’s diet does not.” Fascinating story by @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on nutritional challenges of herbivores knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Explore the rich SciArt ecosystem on Bluesky with my SciArt Starter Pack. Paleoart to fine art, comics to medical illustration, bioart to space imagery. 150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡. And no gen AI or NFTs. 🥳

Who knew that whales blasted snot through their blowholes, or that drones could collect the viscous fluid and teach us so much about whales in the process? Written by @gennarotomma.bsky.social for us at @knowablemag.bsky.social -- and a very fine story it is 🧪

Genetically engineered color-changing Arabidopsis 🧬📷- attempt #3 I think I finally nailed it with this one.

YAY! this is excellent! From Knowable Magazine: How Arabidopsis thaliana, a humble weed, became a superstar of plant biology | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

"It is impossible to do justice to the countless discoveries made in this area based on the study of this small yet mighty weed." Those words (on abiotic stress response) from 2015 Tansley Review apply to the whole plant and the research community! thanks for kind words @nikogeldner.bsky.social

From Knowable Magazine: How #Arabidopsis thaliana, a humble weed, became a superstar of plant biology | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Today's the big day — we're officially on strike all day! We'll be picketing from 8am to 8pm at 1776 Massachusetts NW. Come show your support! @wbng.org @newsguild.org

Arabidopsis, a little weed in the mustard family, joined the celebrity ranks of Drosophila, E. coli and other model organisms in the 1980s. There was a lot of pushback-- in some circles it was referred to as the "A-word" (!)

AI 'slop' has come for herbalism by @aishadown.bsky.social one book is #1 bestseller in Amazon’s skincare, aroma therapies and herbal remedies, subcategories. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

A warm congratulations to @ljevanso.bsky.social, whose feature story, “Getting along with grizzly bears,” is a finalist at the Webster Awards 2025 in the category “Excellence in Feature Reporting – Print/Digital.”

Happy birthday to us! 🥳 Today, we celebrate Knowable Magazine’s 8th year. That’s 8 years of diving into big questions in science and research; 8 years of burrowing into data and citing our sources; 8 years of evidence-based solutions and forays into wonder and awe...

AI is helping map millions of tiny earthquakes, writes @alexwitze.bsky.social An AI-based quake catalog was 5x more complete than the human-made one & was made in a day rather than months. Here's a terrific (hype-free) look at ways the tech is changing seismology knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Curating the Art & Sci section is one of my favorite newsletter duties- we feature scientific images; original works by artists; compelling pieces from the history of art and ideas, graphics created by science communicators, maps, fiber arts and more. Tag me with ideas!

Oh hey look at that. My piece Portrait of a Human is featured in @knowablemag.bsky.social #sciart

While Ukraine is resisting Russia's invasion, on the frontlines, doctors and scientists are fighting another war, one against antibiotic-resistant "superbugs". Grantee @richardastone.bsky.social spoke with those containing the deadly bacteria. Story for @knowablemag.bsky.social. bit.ly/47phkY7

Authors, @sciencewriters.org find your book in the Anthropic settlement database (try different spellings of your name and titles to catch small errors)

Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🦑🌎🧪

Turns out that the technology for better EV batteries is already here, get all the deets from our new explainer

Drug-resistant bacteria are spreading and strengthening amid the chaos of the war in Ukraine. Read this important piece by @richardastone.bsky.social (reported from the field w help from @pulitzercenter.org); edited by the terrific @rosiemestel.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk. ✍️ Elie Dolgin knowmag.org/46jrGbH

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It's Thursday and that means I'm putting together the @knowablemag.bsky.social newsletter, which features our new stuff plus other smart takes on what's going on the world of science. If you read/wrote/helped make something especially good recently, let me know!

If you suffer from migraines, or know someone who does, her story is an essential read. Check it out 👇

If our environment promotes obesity, why do some people stay thin? 🤔 This new popular scientific article by Ute Eberle in @knowablemag.bsky.social delves into this question 👇 1/8 @cbmr.science knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

this is fascinating- Amber Dance wrote a piece for us recently on how cancer cells hijack & manipulate their surroundings- astonishing, really, & may inspire therapies @erictopol.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

One of my duties is helming the @knowablemag.bsky.social newsletter. It features our new stuff, cool #sciart and smart takes on goings-on in science (the bad news & good reads) Tag me if you read/wrote/made something especially good & get our newsletter here! knowablemagazine.org/newsletter-s...

Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control. ✍️ Ute Eberle knowmag.org/4ndXiVE

#3Dart about #antimatter — by me for Knowable Magazine [email protected] knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... #SciArt #scienceillustration #3D #C4D #ZBrush #NoAI #science #physics 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭

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What have researchers learned about the physiology and genetics of pregnancy at high elevation? This was discussed at a meeting convened last year in Cambridge, England. 👉 Read @timvernimmen.bsky.social's report knowmag.org/4hmhwsU And check out the proceedings from the meeting (quoted below 👇) 🧪

“Pollen is a very, very interesting biomaterial.” It might seem like useless dust, but pollen has some fascinating materials science -- including a rigid outer shell called “the diamond of the plant world” via @KnowableMag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

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Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease. ✍️ Katarina Zimmer

shared this story with family and friends in New England, delighted to learn that eastern North America's continental margin has "so much going on there that some geologists have humorously dubbed it a “passive-aggressive margin.”

How did eastern North America form? With many collisions and much crumpling of rock, down the ages.

Our genomes are littered with the DNA of long lost viruses - some of these bits (known as jumping genes) help us, but others are harmful and may fuel some cases of Alzheimer's and ALS. Amber Dance wrote a terrific explainer for us: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

"“For a plant to perform this work would require the existence of a mechanism of plant water uptake unknown to science” botany.one/2025/05/scie...

Worm therapy explored, courtesy of Amber Dance, to the delight of us here at @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Attending AHCJ Health Journalism 2025 in Los Angeles? We’d love to say hello! Editor in Chief @eva-emerson.bsky.social and Executive Editor @rosiemestel.bsky.social will both be in attendance and participating in Friday's PitchFest. #HJ25

"Anyone who thought this story was over doesn’t know Elizabeth and her ability to craft a narrative," Tyler Shultz write in this @statnews.com First Opinion: www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/t...

Thermogenic plants: something to delight in! New-found respect for cycads. by @rachelscience.bsky.social for our @knowablemag.bsky.social