So... recently I got to speak on a panel at MIT! The conversation centered on storytelling, ethics, and humanity in AI development. Here are the main points I made: kathrynhulick.substack.com/p/i-spoke-ab...

This is a cool computer science story about a new method to find the shortest path between two points. “This thing might as well have been discovered 50 years ago, but it wasn’t” - Mikkel Thorup 🧪 www.quantamagazine.org/new-method-i...

Appreciate Quanta for shining a light on our joint work with Simon Gsell, Sham Tlili (@shamtlili.bsky.social), and Matthias Merkel (@merkellab.bsky.social).

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

Welcome, fall! 🍁🍃

My latest story in Science News. 🧪 “Even when [side effects] can be rare, when they happen to you, it means all the world,” says public health researcher John Ayers.

This is starting in 15 minutes! Listen to me and several other experts tell stories about inventions.

Scientists are using AI to understand animal communication. Fact or fiction? It's actually true! A new activity I wrote to go along with my new book The UFO Files helps students use critical thinking to check facts: www.patriciamnewman.com/litlinks-tru... @patricianewman.bsky.social

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

My latest story for Science News covers a really interesting experimental computer chip. It reuses energy that typical chips waste as heat: www.sciencenews.org/article/comp... If this scales up, it could help make AI cheaper and more efficient. 🧪 @sciencenews.bsky.social

I did a lot of colored pencil drawing this summer. Here are some of my favorites 🍃 open.substack.com/pub/kathrynh...

Thank you @sierramagazine.bsky.social and @kathrynhulick.substack.com for highlighting our work!🐋Read the quote from Daniela Rus (@csail.mit.edu), PI on CETI Machine Learning and Robotics Team and more in the piece “Could AI Help Humanity Understand Whales?” here: bit.ly/45tksRL 📸: Arun Madisetti

"Inventions almost always inspire curiosity since they – by their nature – have never existed before." I'm excited to be on this upcoming panel discussing invention and innovation, hosted by @ecornellonline.bsky.social September 30, 1pm ET, free to attend 🧪 ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/ove...

It wasn’t even on my bucket list… but just checked off “triathlon in the pouring rain” 🌧️ 😅

I’m here at Word on the Street until noon for an author talk and book signing! For my new book The UFO Files. Hope to see you. @quartokids.bsky.social www.quarto.com/books/978071...

Do you wish we had holograms or helper robots in our daily lives? What might future tech be like? Here’s my latest story for kids and teens, out this week in @snexplores.bsky.social 🧪 www.snexplores.org/article/futu...

Will we ever have robots doing our laundry or hologram conversations? Will we design and 3D print clothes and shoes at home? Read my new feature for @snexplores.bsky.social about tech that could change our daily lives: www.snexplores.org/article/futu...

Ooh I just found out about #InverteFest - perfect time to share this oddly mutated lady crab we found earlier this summer! Folks on iNaturalist were very excited about it: www.inaturalist.org/observations... 🦀

When tech reads your thoughts, hopefully it won't read out ALL of them! Researchers had subjects imagine the password "Chitty chitty bang bang” to activate a mental speech decoder. 🧪https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/an-inner-speech-decoder-reveals-some-mental-privacy-issues/

Wow, my upcoming book From Bam to Burp! was included in this list of recommended titles in yesterday's @washingtonpost.com book section! Thank you, librarians! tinyurl.com/yc53ahvf @charlesbridge.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #edusky #kidlit

What's your favorite alien story? This morning I appeared WNPR's "Where We Live" to talk about my kids book The UFO Files and why people find the possibility of alien life so fascinating. Listen to the show: www.ctpublic.org/show/where-w... @quartokids.bsky.social

I'll be on the radio Monday morning! Tune in to WNPR at 9am on 8/25 to hear me talk about the possibility of alien life and my new book The UFO Files: www.ctpublic.org/show/where-w...

If you haven't yet heard about zombie insects, get ready to squirm! This is “a pretty gruesome story” says Conrad Labandeira. 🧪 www.snexplores.org/article/fung... @snexplores.bsky.social

One alien sees black holes. Another smells with its hair. Check out what kids imagined at my book launch for The UFO Files on Sunday! And try the activity yourself - link in my Substack. @anunlikelystory.bsky.social @quartokids.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kathrynh...

Important article summing up many of the risks of AI agents. "The world is at a pivotal moment: the foundational architecture of AI agents — and the infrastructure that governs them — is being imagined and built right now." 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I’m at the Barnes & Noble in Natick signing books this afternoon! Look for the alien. @barnesandnoble.com @quartokids.bsky.social

I'll be at An Unlikely Story in Plainville for a book launch celebration (with snacks! And a drawing activity for kids!) on Sunday at 3pm. Get free tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kathryn-hu... @anunlikelystory.bsky.social @quartokids.bsky.social

Here’s an activity to go with my book The UFO files. 🛸 Kids imagine, draw, and write about alien beings. 👽 Find it on #LitLinks patriciamnewman.com/?p=12919 #mystery #scienceforkids #stemforkids #STEM #literacy @patricianewman.bsky.social @quartokids.bsky.social

This is such a cool story about a teenage math prodigy. I wish I could understand the solution she discovered! 🧪 www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah... At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery | Quanta Magazine

Today’s the day! The UFO Files is out in the world. It’s a kids graphic novel with aliens, mystery, and unknown language, and more, all based on realistic science and technology. kathrynhulick.substack.com/p/that-feeli...

One-fifth of computer science papers may include AI content | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Passiflora suberosa exhibits heteroblasty (different-shaped leaves on the same plant). The 2nd photo shows leaves from a single plant. It’s part of the evolutionary arms race with butterflies. It may prevent gravid female butterflies from forming a search image. #Passifloraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Two assassin bugs I met this summer. Such stylish, alien little dudes! 👾 #nature #insects

How do I cover science and tech for young people? “Kids are just as smart as grown-ups. They just don’t have as much life experience. I never dumb things down.” Read the full story in Colby News: news.colby.edu/story/kathry...

I recently partnered with the Gene Drive Network to create a blog about how biotechnology helps conservation of the black-footed ferret. Here it is: 👩🏻‍🔬🌏🧪 genedrivenetwork.org/blog/science...

My first story for Sierra magazine! What could sperm whale sounds mean? “Understanding is not just about translation—it’s about listening, about honoring another way of being.” - Daniela Rus, MIT 🧪 @sierraclub.org @projectceti.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/could...

TIL that plants give off dim red light when they are healthy. “It’s the photosynthetic heartbeat of the organism.” - Ozzy Mermut and now drone could help track this. 🧪 physics.aps.org/articles/v18...

What special nature encounters have you had lately? These are my top five from this summer (so far!) #nature 🦋 open.substack.com/pub/kathrynh...

Don't these look like pieces of a light saber? Actually, they are crystals scientists fabricated as a new source of blue light. Existing materials that emit this color can be toxic, so this could be a better option for displays. www.newswise.com/doescience/n... 🧪 Image: Kun Zhu/Rutgers University

🧪 Science Poem 🖋️ New research has found that vampire bats can lick rabies vaccines off each other, spreading immunity through grooming Here’s my poetic response and explainer: scienceblog.com/thepoetryofs... #SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry #Vaccines #Bats

Book launch events just dropped! If you’re in New England, Come celebrate with me August 10 or September 6! I’ll lead a kids activity and sign books. open.substack.com/pub/kathrynh... @quartokids.bsky.social

At @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social last week, scientists reported the first biomarkers from a Snowball Earth event(!!!!) It’s a first glimpse of life under the ice at a time when glaciers blanketed the world from pole to equator. New from me for @science.org 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Long-term #MusicalTraining can provide neural resources to help cope with effects of #aging, but how? @leicogsci.bsky.social &co show that cognitive reserve acquired via music training holds back age-related neural recruitment during speech-in-noise perception @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44NIkxZ

"the ideas were more grounded in science fiction than in actual science and the grip on reality was tenuous at best. 'What this sort of crystallized for me... was that these tech guys — who people think of as knowing a lot about science — actually, don’t really know anything about science at all.'"

The year is 2033. An alien spacecraft has arrived on Planet Earth. What could be inside? It's the last day for this special offer on my new kids book THE UFO FILES. Get 25% off with code PREORDER25 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-ufo-fi... @quartokids.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com #BNPreorder

New AC technologies are going to help here - but the risk is people buying and over-using the cheapest, most polluting AC with the worst (in terms of global warming potential) refrigerants. share.google/VMHa5QxDPgHy...

Last year I wrote about the tools Glaze & Nightshade that artists can use to protect their work from AI scraping. Now, a new tool can "wash off" the protection. 🧪https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/10/1119937/tool-strips-away-anti-ai-protections-from-digital-art/ @technologyreview.com

My new kids book THE UFO FILES launches (or should I say, lands?) soon! This week only, get 25% off if you preorder with @barnesandnoble.com Use code PREORDER25 here: www.barnesandnoble.com/.../the-ufo.... Then enter our preorder giveaway! www.quarto.com/campaign/The...

"The American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest U.S. teachers’ union, said on Tuesday that it would start an A.I. training hub for educators with $23 million in funding from three leading chatbot makers: Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic."