Great read! Congratulations @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on your insightful @knowablemag.bsky.social piece exploring the remarkable biology of the Aedes aegypti #mosquito knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

The “2025: A Year in Stories,” a year-end special feature that highlights reporting projects selected by the Pulitzer Center staff, features four projects and stories supported through our Global Health focus area. Check out all our selections! 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25

For her 2025 #PulitzerStaffPicks, Alexandra Waddell, Digital Content Coordinator & Research Assistant at the Pulitzer Center, selected "The Pernicious Infections Infiltrating Ukraine’s Front Lines," by @richardastone.bsky.social for @knowablemag.bsky.social. 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25

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Happy Halloween! Here are some topical stories from the eerie vaults of @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

While Ukraine is resisting Russia's invasion, on the frontlines, doctors and scientists are fighting another war, one against antibiotic-resistant "superbugs". Grantee @richardastone.bsky.social spoke with those containing the deadly bacteria. Story for @knowablemag.bsky.social. bit.ly/47phkY7

A hopeful EV story from @knowablemag.bsky.social

Turns out that the technology for better EV batteries is already here, get all the deets from our new explainer

Fascinating and important look at the other arms race in Ukraine — a battle against multi-drug resistant infections on the front. @knowablemag.bsky.social story by the inimitable @richardastone.bsky.social, edited by @rosiemestel.bsky.social.

“When an animal’s biological age runs higher than its chronological one, it can signal physiological strain — a kind of molecular distress flare that may go off before any other visible signs of problems.” Highlighting research in Canada too. 🧪 #Canada #Stress knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

You can read this 2019 piece of mine examining research@ the time, which hasn't changed much since. I'll add that "environment" doesn't just mean *waves hands* the air or uterus or food or medications. It also involves the influence of your own *gene products* knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Friday afternoon after a long week: cave-dwelling lifestyle sounding appealing? Dr. Misty Riddle interview may be of interest! knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

When someone does something you don't like, what do you do? Call the cops? Complain on your local listserv? Keep silent? The impulse to tell is deeply human, but deciding to do it it is far from straightforward. A pleasure to edit this story by Emily Laber-Warren for @knowablemag.bsky.social

Pollen power is nothing to 🤧 at

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knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... My favorite advice piece. I compile this and other useful advice articles on my lab website: lowepowerlab.ucdavis.edu/resources

Today’s the day! 🥳 🎉 🎊 Teen Brain Bootcamp is now LIVE. Sign up and start your journey through the adolescent mind 🧠 🧪 knowablemagazine.org/teen-brain-b...

Reminder! The Teen Brain Bootcamp from @knowablemag.bsky.social kicks off tomorrow! 🧠✏️⭐

As the mother of a 7th grader, I can't wait for this!! Thanks to @em-underwood.bsky.social and @danafoundation.bsky.social and the rest of our @knowablemag.bsky.social team for getting some useful info out about this amazing age.

“With huh?  you say not just ‘I didn’t understand,’ says Dingemanse. It’s ‘I understand you’re trying to tell me something, but I didn’t get it.’ That reflexivity enables more sophisticated speech and thought." —Bob Holmes for @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

A fun little article about thermogenesis in plants that I am happy to have been interviewed for. I love talking about Cycads to anyone who will listen! Thanks @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

The connection between stress and cancer is messy, the research difficult to do. But a clearer picture is emerging, which this @knowablemag.bsky.social story by @dianakwon.bsky.social. conveys with grace and restraint! I learned a lot, editing her story.

We plan our stories months in advance. Small, steady gifts help us to grow stories from mere seeds of ideas into deeply reported, fact-checked science journalism. This spring, we have a goal: Gather 50 new monthly donors. 🌱 Help us grow: knowablemagazine.org/support-know...

Stunning job on this exhaustively reported story by Amber Dance, edited by @rosiemestel.bsky.social. It's full of important info but reads like a thriller.

Understanding these astonishing migrations through the human body, known as metastases, could suggest novel treatments. ✍️ Amber Dance knowmag.org/42aF6U7

Huh? Hm? What? Wow! Our recent story, "The valuable role of interjections" is now available in podcast form 🎙️ 🎧 Listen now on the Grammar Girl podcast 👇

And if you just can't get enough interjections, check out our special complementary episode of the Knowable podcast, available on: 🎧 Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... 🎧 Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4B7W... Or wherever you enjoy your podcasts!

Incredible storytelling and photography in this @knowablemag.bsky.social piece by about the comeback of what is arguably the most badass bird, the CA condor

So either this seed landed on the rock and grew toward the ground, or it landed in the split and grew toward the light. Either way works. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/02/05/b...

“Every day or so, a physician would get on the screen, and we would talk back and forth, and he would answer any questions I had. It was exactly like being in the hospital, but much more comfortable.” knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... via @knowablemag.bsky.social

Gem-like spores, such as those at a University of Kansas research center, may be a key to restoring imperiled plants and their ecosystems. Read more from @goesbykim.bsky.social in @knowablemag.bsky.social about @ku-eeb.bsky.social researcher Jim Bever's work. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

We ❤️ @makinaro.com's work! Check out his latest comic: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... (✏️ @bowlerhatscience.org) Or peruse the faces of our cartoonified staff: knowablemagazine.org/our-staff

Now here's a reason to think twice before foraging for mushrooms. A great piece by Terry Monmaney, for lucky us at @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Once seen as a distant prospect, the powerful capabilities of #AI have rapidly become a reality. How can we manage AI responsibly and ensure it serves humanity’s best interests? One expert at the forefront of that debate is political scientist Allison Stanger. Here's what she had to say👇