A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed. Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them. #VaccinesSaveLives

A sign from nature to PERSIST.

Learn why many rodents have short nails on their thumb rather than long claws, a trait that has helped them eat and thrive for millions of years. www.discovermagazine.com/rodents-oddl...

Webspinners (order Embioptera) spin the finest silk fibers known in nature, which they use to build shelters that, when wet, form a strong, protective film. A new study explores silk-water interactions in four webspinner species, w/ lessons that could be applied in human-made, bioinspired materials.

Really cool new generational heat tool from @climatecentral.org that lets you compare the number of extremely hot days added by climate change across generations.

Learn what cesium-137 is, how food can become radioactive, and what to do if you recently purchased shrimp. www.discovermagazine.com/radioactive-...

"This is no Dutch bike lane with a safe, modern design and well-funded construction. This is an American bike lane—a blood-pumping obstacle course of neglected asphalt and ideas from the 1970s."

One more tool to fight malaria. My latest for @discovermag.bsky.social

Retired coal power plants could provide backup or emergency power to the electricity grid – but this time drawing on heat energy stored in dirt instead of burning fossil fuels. More details on how this clean energy repowering option works in my article 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2491...

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

Using next-generation technology could offer fresh insight into unprecedented ocean extremes driven by climate change or other factors.

Science is coming up with ways to do biomedical research without lab animals. My latest for @snexplores.bsky.social.

Today the 1st case of CRISPR 3.0 (Prime genome editing) announced for a teenager with chronic granulomatous disease www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Folks, Sara Niksic / Inner Child is fundraising for the next iteration of her phenomenal whale song/music science communication project - please consider a small donation to help make this happen 🎶🦑🐋 whydonate.com/en/fundraisi...

Did you miss our big news last week: #SciWri25 has a new location and dates! Get ready to gather in Chicago Nov 7-9. The virtual portion will take place Oct 22-24. Thank you to everyone for your support during this journey. Details: www.nasw.org/article...#SciWri25

If you think you’re smart, check out orcas. For this Discover piece, I learned about their amazing brains, social lives, and how we may soon know more about what they’re saying to each other. @orcawatcher.bsky.social @discovermag.bsky.social www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth...

My best guess as to why the increase was so large last year (besides human emissions of CO2) is due to global wildfires and the start of the year in an El Nino.

Soon -- prob in a few days -- they're gonna ditch the old March-April issues of Discover to make way for the May-June issue. So if you wanna get your paws on my cover story on "quantum mechanics at 100," grab a copy while you still can! :) #science #physics

"Feedback from teachers ... suggests that the #philosophy sessions created an opportunity to engage with pupils and develop a whole #school #culture of #thinking, #listening, #speaking, using #logical #arguments" sciencealert.com/teaching-chi... #Semantics #SharedFacts #EmotionLogic

I've met a lot of school librarians when I do author visits at schools and I can tell you, they're the most loving, dedicated people. Thank you, school librarians, for helping kids see themselves and learn about the world in books. #schoollibrarymonth

Excellent point. Same with vaccines, and so many other things the government does.

“[Trump] is not America.” I saw America at the protests this weekend.

You had us at "a book of spells, the key to wonders."

Can you see it? Hear it? This is our thriving planet. 🌎 It’s up to all of us to protect it. What steps will you take this Earth Month to make a difference? nature.ly/43V0aR5

“ I truly believe there is more good than evil in this world and in this country”

MORE: Senators Jack Reed, Lisa Murkowski, Kirsten Gillibrand, & Susan Collins all joined the letter to the interim director of IMLS. Library advocates are making their voices heard. Congress is listening. ALA applauds this bipartisan action. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

It's not a just a revolutionary and safe vaccine technology – mRNA could help make the best and most expensive drugs in the world affordable for everyone.

Trump administration to cut vaccination funds. "The loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result," reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

📅❗There's still time to register for tomorrow's free course on soil-living invertebrates! ⤵️

A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

What a wonderful metaphor. This really made me feel better. (read all the way to the end)

Once demonized and hunted to the edge of extinction, #wolves have made an incredible comeback across much of Europe. www.iflscience.com/gray-wolf-po...

The AHA and the OAH have released a joint statement condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. To date, 23 organizations have signed on to the statement. 🗃️

Nice to get these things right.

Found a ledger book in the attic of an old house this morning. Butter, sugar, and eggs were big sellers on this date 150 years ago.

Pro tip: Be sure to put a corkscrew in the emergency storm kit you take to the basement.

Pretty much the way I feel these days.

A 1500-1800 year old #Roman red woolly sock, found in #Egypt - it has a split toe, one side for the big toe, the other side for the rest, so you could wear it with flip-flop type sandals (apparently socks with sandals was a thing in the ancient world..!) AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

Now streaming: Monterey Bay’s sublime symphony of whale vocalizations! 🎵🐋 Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully complex, weaving phrases and themes into masterful compositions.

This $38 billion is almost 4 times the annual budget of the National Science Foundation, which Musk is gutting.

An unvaccinated child has died from #measles in the West Texas outbreak. So tragic. Measles is a dangerous disease. Deaths are rar-ish, but they do happen. The measles vaccine is highly effective and safe. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/t...

Give a little love to student journalists this week. Our future depends on informed, engaged community members. That needs to start early because our young people consume so much social media from influencers who are NOT journalists.

People keep asking us: “Why are early-career scientists organizing Stand Up for Science?” Because early-career scientists—especially those from underrepresented backgrounds—are getting hit the hardest. Our futures—and the future of science itself—are on the line. 🧵 ⬇️

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

This is not easy. Too many people have no firsthand experience with: Ravages of childhood diseases Summer days with thick air pollution Rivers on fire with industrial waste I remember Kepone poisoning the James River. In Pennsylvania? Google "Donora smog". Republicans want us to go back there.

New in PN: The AP provides a model of effective press resistance "The dispute over the name of the Gulf of Mexico seems trivial, especially compared to the others horrors Trump is currently perpetrating. But tyrants are tyrants in part bc they insist on asserting control over even trivial matters."