1/ For this @opinion.bloomberg.com column, I looked at Trump's executive order to restore a gold standard in science. After talking to @briannosek.bsky.social and others devoted to reform, it became clear this order will not help the us get better quality science. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

A number of private startups hope to profit from geoengineering schemes - from darkening the skies with particles to altering the chemistry of the ocean. Experts say the public is right to be wary: My latest from @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

1/ In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column I look into that much ballyhood claim that dire wolves were resurrected after 13,000 years of extinction. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

In one of my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com columns I look at scientific explanations for our ideological rift - or why people who disgree with you seem so reprehensible. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...?

1/2 For a recent @opinion.bloomberg.com column I looked into claims that scientists would resurrect the woolly mammoth. They might make something that looks sort of mammoth-like but......

1/2 For this @opinion.bloomberg.com column I looked into claims that Covid vaccines are causing most cases of long covid. This was based on a misinterpreted Yale study. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... My latest piece for @opinion.bloomberg.com delves into a new Yale Med School study that's been misinterpreted to claim most cases of long Covid might be "Post Vaccine Syndrome".

1/3 For my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column I looked into the quickly-diminishing odds of a city-killing asteroid striking Earth in 2032. I'd written about asteroid strikes 20 years ago and was amazed to learn how much the science has advanced. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

My latest column for @opinion.bloomberg.com examines some scary claims that there's enough plastic in your brain to make up a plastic spoon. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

1/3 My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column delves into the bird flu threat and why it's spreading so fast now. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The strange paradox of modern science denialism "What’s interesting to me about this stream of science denial is the weird contradiction lying right at the heart of the enterprise." Astronomer Adam Frank on some responses to his appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast 🧪 bigthink.com/13-8/the-str...

I was fortunate to get to talk with @dornhaus.bsky.social , who is not just a world authority on ant behavior but also a subject in a fascinating experiment that compared teamwork capability in ants and humans. She had quite an inside view. For @opinion.bloomberg.com

This column for @opinion.bloomberg.com represents my recent thinking about all the changes happening now and which ones are most likely to have irreversible consequences that will be felt for decades or even centuries to come.

CNN has now confirmed this. www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...

My column for @opinion.bloomberg.com this week is about elders of the natural world, and why protecting 1000-year-old trees, 200-year-old fish or 120 year old whales is a good investment.

At about 30 minutes into this podcast @mtosterholm.bsky.social starts talking about a possible new epidemiology for H5N1 bird flu. He suspects transmission from "viral clouds" of dust mixed with bird droppings, moved around by the wind. Fascinating and important.

1/ My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com In ants, intelligence can emerge and grow with group size. In humans the same thing can happen, but more often than not adding people to a task makes us less effective.