We've reached 6,000 confirmed exoplanets! I talked with @aussiastronomer.bsky.social about where things go from here. (A great graphic by @unamandita.bsky.social visualizes the amazing jumps in planet finds since the first ones were confirmed in the 1990s.)

Confused by patchwork COVID vaccine guidelines across states? @sciam.bsky.social has a map with the latest info from the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations. We'll keep tracking updates. 📊 @unamandita.bsky.social ✏️ @jaimieseaton.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

Congratulations, you've just lived through the three hottest summers on record 🫠 But with greenhouse gas emissions still piling up in the atmosphere, those records probably won't stand for terribly long. 🧪 (graphic by @unamandita.bsky.social)

An important story and nice collaboration between @sciam.bsky.social interns @humbertobasilio.bsky.social and @luyieve.bsky.social

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@meghanbartels.bsky.social just answered all my covid vax questions, and probably yours too 💉https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-is-eligible-for-the-covid-vaccine-in-2025-and-how-to-get-it/

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Took this photo at Taughannock Falls in the FingerLakes while on vacation last week! #sciaminthewild Happy 180th (!!!) birthday @sciam.bsky.social!

To celebrate its 180th birthday (!!) @sciam.bsky.social is running a photo contest (details here: sciam.com/180contest) to take #SciAmInTheWild. Where do you read about science?

For anyone who has ever mistyped their credit card number, immediately gotten an "invalid number" message, and thought "but how did they KNOW?"...here is the answer, you're welcome www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Has anyone ever written a dissertation on how kids are so good at information visualization because honestly this shit blows my mind sometimes

mRNA Vaccine Tech Could Transform Medicine and Cure Diseases. RFK, Jr. Just Pulled Its Funding.

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PSA for NYers: Amy Sherald exhibit at the Whitney is phenomenal and closes next weekend

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Ok can we all agree Spotify has gotten out of hand

ok i am aggressively not a sports person, but this story by @dodecalemma.bsky.social is so cool! and the graphics were fun to work on :) www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

What's the deal with private spaceflight? What are the pros & cons? Is it turning space into a playground for the ultra-wealthy, or are there benefits for all? Check out my chat with @cnn.com's @claresduffy.bsky.social on her "Terms of Service" podcast to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXnv...

After photos showed President Trump with swollen ankles and bruised hands, the White House revealed he has chronic venous insufficiency. Here's what that means: www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

A legendary TikTok featuring legendary graphics by @john-h-knight.bsky.social

For 40 years, virus detectives have flocked to NJ beaches to track avian influenza. Their clues? Bird poop 💩 I followed that team to explain H5N1's history in a special Science Quickly podcast series. Featured today in @sciam.bsky.social's bird flu issue: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

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!

for those who love a good math story (and/or jenga??), here's a fun one www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...

Good morning! Did you know SciAm is running a sale? You can get 40% Off Unlimited & Digital subscriptions through July 14. Help me keep reporting on the impacts of climate change, the most up-to-date science on pollution, and, of course, the latest shenanigans of the orcas. Sciam.com/getsciam

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

honored to have helped educate @hankgreen.bsky.social on whale melons (that's my graphic for @sciam.bsky.social right around minute 9)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmLA...

The "resurrecting previously eliminated diseases" beat is the worst beat but @laurenjyoung.bsky.social and I are on it www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

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...

A story and graphics by our excellent intern @ripleycleghorn.bsky.social looking at how vaccination rates over time reveal vulnerability to measles. 🧪

“This is like trying to pause an airplane in midflight and then subsequently firing the crew”- @agawande.bsky.social Gawande, fmr head of global health at USAID, on the cuts. Millions of children's lives have been saved by USAID funding @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/usai...

Why this year's flu season has been the worst in 15 years. By me with graphic by @unamandita.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Well at least we’re still doing groundhog day

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

A lot of things going wrong in this world but I’m proud to be raising a child who knows the difference between your and you’re

Important and timely piece by @parshallison.bsky.social featuring illuminating graphics by Ripley Cleghorn www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

So impressed and inspired by this beautiful and ambitious project by former SciAm graphics intern @zanewolf.bsky.social!

If anyone happens to need it this week for...reasons...this is the best graphic on the complexity of human sex determination I've ever seen. I use it in an undergrad course on gene regulatory mechanisms. Shoutout to @unamandita.bsky.social! www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...

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...

We don't know the causes of the Palisades, Eaton or Hursts fires yet, but humans cause almost all of the ones in California: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... This graphic shows the breakdown from agency statistics 🧪

Information is Beautiful Awards 2024 entries open TODAY! #dataviz works created from Sept 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024 are eligible. This year shifts the Awards window to include the full calendar year. Can't wait to see the submissions! www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024

Y'all, wear a helmet.

“Tell me you’re the child of a medical illustrator without telling me”

As a tiny action to encourage the spread of evidence-based thinking, I'm providing free access to the Science Communication Fundamentals chapter of my book Building Science Graphics (incl links to the work of many thoughtful people) 🧪📊 #SciArt #SciComm www.buildingsciencegraphics.com/science-comm...

Ugh. A legend www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/a...

Here, I have nothing useful to say but this article by @meghanbartels.bsky.social sure does www.scientificamerican.com/article/elec...

And something that's going to be important to remember on climate is that absolutely every little bit we do matters. Every tenth, every hundredth of a degree of warming we avoid matters.

Sure these first days of November are rough, but one great thing is all the little superheroes and princesses running around at the park because Halloween isn’t over til they say it’s over

I left bowls of candy out while I took my kid trick or treating this afternoon and I can’t remember another Halloween when I worried that the chocolate would melt. www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-2...

2024 will almost certainly be the hottest year on record. The most important thing you can do about it, if you can vote, is vote. www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-2... by @andreatweather.bsky.social with @unamandita.bsky.social 🧪