1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

FASCINATING interview with @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social. "I really wanted to reach people who had been let down by the education system. I tried to propose a liberal arts math class, but the university wouldn’t let me do it. So I thought, well, I guess I’ll write it." @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social

Surrogate pregnancies are increasingly popular in tech circles, and the practice is expected to explode globally in the coming decade. It’s also shockingly unregulated. This is a story about what happens when it goes horribly wrong.

the dust-choked solar panels on NASA’s InSight lander prevented further operations in 2022. but the mission’s data continues to reveal new information about Mars, lately how its insides are both like & unlike Earth: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/s...

“I want people to be able to gaze at math,” she said. “You can still enjoy music, even if you can’t play.” @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social spoke with me about her mission to bring math to the masses & the inspo behind her new book, Unequal: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...

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astronomers discovered a quadruple star system: a brown dwarf dancing around another, locked in orbit with two brighter stars also circling each other 💫 the universe is so cool. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...

NEW: The White House wants to kill off Juno, NASA's mission to uncover Jupiter's secrets. Fortunately, its legacy is clear. Juno's a scientist, but also an artist: it revealed Jupiter as a living van Gogh painting hanging in the sky. Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

astronomers on tuesday announced that my favorite planet has a new moon! 🌌 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/s...

There are a lot of details in yesterday's sweeping executive order, but the bottom line is that it gives political appointees immense power over scientific grants, which have until now been stewarded by career civil servants and experts. My reporting: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I learned a lot about Fresnel lenses for this amazing series of lighthouse photographs by Michal Siarek: nyti.ms/41qkFCN

Breaking: NSF is suspending roughly 300 grants with UCLA, following a DOJ finding on Tuesday that the university violated Title VI by "creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."

a federal judge ruled against an order that would restore all of the funding terminated by the NSF. some context here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/n...

In 1976, Gaillard, Ellis, & Ross published a paper explaining how to search for gluons (then only theoretical) in e+e- collisions. In 1979 gluons were discovered at DESY using their method. "Dr. Gaillard left CERN in 1981 after she was passed over for a senior staff position."

This is definitely worth reading

Mary K Gaillard, a theorist who had a knack for telling experimental physicists where to look, died in her home on May 23 at 86. Dr. Gaillard was an unpaid scientist at CERN for more than a decade, & the first woman physicist hired & tenured at Berkeley: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...

honeybees are harmed by a combination of factors: unpredictable weather, habitat loss, pesticides and disease. but another, potentially worse threat looms: Tropilaelaps, a parasite that could ravage a large part of our food supply. by me & @emilyanthes.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/s...

A good NY Times article about beekeeping, Dr. Sammy, and the Tropilaelaps mites [Gift Link] Written by @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social and @emilyanthes.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/s...

if you are a federal or federally funded scientist interested in going on the record about losing your job and/or project funding, pls shoot me a DM. looking specifically for non-health scientists doing basic (non-applied) research. thank you!

My latest for @nytimes.com -- please repost so your followers can see this for free. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“We are always constructing a simulation of reality,” a neuroscientist said. “We don’t have direct access to that reality. We live inside the simulation that we create.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/s...

In the past year, only 17% of Americans have paid for news, per Pew The #1 reason they give is that the information is available free elsewhere www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

how to get in touch w me for science-related NYT coverage: • [email protected] • signal: katrinamiller.04 the more lead time, the better, & we love exclusives. i’m always happy to answer questions you may have about my process, how the press works, etc. before going on the record, too.

Congratulations to this year's Diversity Summer Fellows! Led by the NASW Diversity Committee, the program provides supplemental income for six trainees to pursue a chosen internship. We're excited to celebrate the fellows and wish you all many summer adventures in #SciWri. www.nasw.org/article...

Smile, universe! It is time for your close-up with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. by @kchang.bsky.social and @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social for the @nytimes.com 🧪🔭 #RubinFirstLook www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...

Vera Rubin’s legacy — both how she transformed our understanding of the universe & charted a path for more women in astro — carries on in her namesake, even amid a troubled scientific landscape. the latest in our @nytimes.com Rubin Observatory package: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/s...

Great article from @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social about the Vera Rubin Observatory, accompanied by a killer photo of the observatory. Rubin will be a game-changer for 'fast, wide, and deep' surveys of the Universe, providing insight into dark matter, dark energy, and how the Milky Way assembled. 🧪☄️

@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social traveled to Chile to check out the magnificent new Vera Rubin Observatory and learn about what it will discover in the sky. Here's her story. Gift link: nyti.ms/3I3gFkN

Rubin Observatory, like the astronomer it was named after, will transform the way humans understand & explore the cosmos: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/s...

Good article by @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social on the muon experiments and clash between the experimentalists and the theorists. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/s...

dennis wrote a great piece on the potential death of scientific dreams: “The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” Are we in danger of running out of stories? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/s...

i can’t help but wonder about Rubin and Roman

evidence of new types of matter & energy yet to be discovered by physicists *might* be hiding in the deviant behavior of a muon’s tiny wobble. or maybe not: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/s...

Too many books? I think what you mean is not enough bookshelves.

if you are a federal or federally funded scientist interested in going on the record about losing your job and/or project funding, pls shoot me a DM. looking specifically for non-health scientists doing basic (non-applied) research. thank you!

thank you @scifri.bsky.social for having me on to chat about science funding cuts & where it might lead open.spotify.com/episode/6GZ6...

Long live Sesame Street! 🥹 Had so much fun at the Sesame Workshop gala! Thank you, with all of my heart, for your commitment to coming together to help children grow smarter, stronger, kinder ✨

Sixteen states are suing the NSF for 1) terminating grants that support diversity in STEM and 2) attempting to implement a 15% cost cap on indirect research expenses. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/n...

I spoke to violence interrupters, block club captains, residents and officials to find out how West Siders are tackling violence and its root causes. Huge thanks to the great editors @cplhouse.bsky.social and @rubybailey.bsky.social! Read more of this series: makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org

👀 I’m looking for cool, curious comedians to guest on my astronomy podcast Comment or email palebluepodcast[at]gmail if you’re interested or know someone!

A little something that @emilyanthes.bsky.social and I whipped up: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

NEW: Under Trump, the National Science Foundation is awarding grants at the slowest pace in decades. We took a detailed look at every area of science affected by the funding lag. Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

More than half of the National Science Foundation grants terminated since April fund programs that would help students train in science, engineering and math. Story by @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3Shu4rt

an overwhelming percentage of cuts at the NSF are to STEM education. experts see it as part of a broader attack on DEI, as well as on education as a whole. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...

The city has opened an investigation into Uber overcharging riders a Downtown congestion fee. If you believe you've been overcharged by Uber or another ride-hailing company, please fill out our form: buff.ly/QRcHzCy

Here's a quick look at how science fares in the proposed Trump budget, from William Broad, @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social @kchang.bsky.social and me. nyti.ms/437jhFw

Trump budget proposes more than 50% slash to NSF funding, eliminating grants for climate, clean energy & other “woke” and “low priority” areas of science. all DEI programs set to be cut. live updates here www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

There’s poetry in the science pages of the Times: “More than a billion cups of coffee are consumed daily: French-press, espresso, cold brew, whatever it takes.” This article is pure joy! @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/s...

let’s fkn goooooooo

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