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"You ask too many questions, boy." he/him
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Bethany Halford
about 6 hours ago
Fleet fingered element lovers, it's time to take C&ENās periodic table challenge. Can you beat my score? 28 on Minute Challenge
#chemsky
cen.acs.org/education/sc...
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Quiz: C&ENās periodic table challenge
Can you remember all 118 elements in the periodic table without looking at the answers?
https://cen.acs.org/education/science-communication/periodic-table-challenge/104/web/2026/02
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Eric Umansky
about 10 hours ago
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens. - Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide -There's worms & mold in food -300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
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McSweeney's
3 days ago
It's Axl Rose's birthday today, so no better way to celebrate than by sharing this classic
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Notes on āSweet Child Oā Mine,ā as Delivered to Axl Rose by His Editor
Hi, Axl ā Just got your manuscript and demo for the song āSweet Child Oā [sic] Mine.ā I think we need to talk. As your editor, I am responsible for...
https://buff.ly/R7A8nB5
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jennifer uncoolidge
4 days ago
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistābecause the person felt she did didnāt deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00254-z
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Science Magazine
4 days ago
š Congratulations to Meha Jain, winner of the inaugural ASUāScience Prize for Transformational Impact, for pioneering work that uses satellite data and artificial intelligence to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change while protecting the environment. Learn more:
https://scim.ag/3McGb9K
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MSU Museum
4 days ago
What effect has living in an era of informational "noise" and emergence of AI "slop" had on our nervous systems and bodies? Artist-researcher Eryk Salvaggio explores these questions through an award-winning video essay and hybrid performance happening at the MSU Museum on Feb 12:
bit.ly/BR_2_12_26
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"The cathodic sonnet at C3 serenades the reduction of a wispy oxide film caressing the nickel surface. " Now I kind of want to start a symphonic metal band just so I can call it Cathodic Sonnet.
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Planet Detroit
5 days ago
š£ DEADLINE EXTENDED: You now have until Sunday, Feb 8 to apply for Planet Detroit's Neighborhood Reporting Lab! Learn to report on environmental and health issues in your Detroit neighborhood. No journalism experience needed. Apply ā
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Planet Detroit 2026 Neighborhood Reporting Lab Application
Apply for the 2026 Neighborhood Reporting Lab to tell stories about leaders and change makers in your neighborhood, focusing on environment, health, and local solutions. Train with Planet Detroitā¦
https://buff.ly/zRSfXg3
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Will Oremus
5 days ago
Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough š
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar⦠Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
https://www.gofundme.com/f/standing-together-for-guild-colleagues
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Dave Birkett
6 days ago
For everyone whoās ever asked why I call a concussion a brain injury or had a debate with your spouse about whether your child should play football, this videoās for you. Thanks to ā¦āŖChris Nowinski and ā¦āŖMatt Hasselbeckā¬ā© for joining me on radio row at Super Bowl 60
www.freep.com/videos/sport...
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Why it's better to call a concussion a brain injury
Ex-NFL QB Matt Hasselbeck and Chris Nowinski, CEO of the Concussion and CTE Foundation, discuss brain injuries and diagnosing CTE in the living.
https://www.freep.com/videos/sports/nfl/lions/2026/02/03/why-its-better-to-call-a-concussion-a-brain-injury/88497206007/
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Corey Seeman
7 days ago
Squirrels cast shadows, or they may not. No way to predict the weather.
#SquirrelHaiku
#GroundhogsDay
Fox Squirrels in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on February 2nd, 2026
#flickr
#Squirrels
#SquirrelOfTheDay
#SquirrelWisdom
#Michigan
#sqrlpix
#squirrelsofbluesky
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Sasha Killewald
7 days ago
Excited to share the findings from Therese Christensen's and my article! In a nutshell: living in Denmark doesn't prevent you from experiencing a motherhood earnings penalty, but it does give you access to government benefits that help offset those financial losses.
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Lansing Area Facebook Marketplace Finds
10 days ago
Should not be used.
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Max Kozlov
10 days ago
I'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders.
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.
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Fionna Samuels
10 days ago
Yāall must read this deep-dive on ultraprocessed foods by
@edelger.bsky.social
! At the very least, scroll to the quiz and see if you can figure out the line between āprocessedā and āultraprocessedā foods š„¦š¦šÆ ngl, I got a bit salty over some of them
cen.acs.org/policy/US-ul...
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US ultraprocessed food policy accelerates with bipartisan support
The science is still emerging, with researchers calling for more funding
https://cen.acs.org/policy/US-ultraprocessed-food-policy-accelerates/104/web/2026/01
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The State News
10 days ago
No. 13 Michigan State womenās basketball will face the biggest game of its season Sunday when it welcomes No. 9 Michigan to East Lansing, but first, the Spartans took care of business on the road.
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No. 13 MSU womenās basketball cruises past Purdue with Michigan on deck - The State News
Michigan State womenās basketball took care of business on the road before turning its attention to a rivalry matchup. Behind a dominant first half and relentless defensive pressure, the No. 13 Spartans rolled past Purdue 86-65 in West Lafayette, improving to 19-2 and setting the stage for a top 15 showdown with No. 9 Michigan.
https://statenews.com/article/2026/01/no-13-msu-women-s-basketball-cruises-past-purdue-with-michigan-on-deck
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I, for one, welcome our new big small cat overlords.
bridgemi.com/outdoors-lif...
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Michigan sees record cougar reports in 2025 - Bridge Michigan
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources confirmed 31 cougar observations in 2025 and the number is expected to go up. That doesnāt necessarily mean there are more cougars in the state, but at lea...
https://bridgemi.com/outdoors-life/michigan-sees-record-cougar-reports-in-2025/
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Mary (geographile)
12 days ago
A friend shared with me a girl scout cookie link from a group that's having a hard time selling in Minneapolis right now.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
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Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop58515c477?fbclid=Iwb21leAPnmSZjbGNrA-eZGWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHi2VI4FysTu22ksUroPLx9rFrJIkIKPC90erHgMQtjsM_UgGepamZSVPiVCl_aem_Hxz8KI-mPHqf_HkQ7Q3TIg
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Shobita Parthasarathy
18 days ago
Public trust in science and technology is a serious, growing problem, especially now. Instead of trying to solve it with better communication, we should adopt a more inclusive approach to innovation that takes low-tech, incremental, and system-wide solutions seriously. My new piece
@science.org
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Repairing trust in science requires a more inclusive understanding of innovation
These are extraordinarily challenging times for university researchers across the United States. After decades of government largess based on the idea that a large and well-financed research ecosystem...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6955
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Sam Bagenstos
12 days ago
It's shocking that they're doing unlawful voter purges in Ypsilanti Township. Good work by the
@acluofmichigan.bsky.social
to discover what was happening and challenge it.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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ACLU warns Ypsilanti Township over alleged removal of 200 from voter rolls
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is calling for Ypsilanti Township to review voter registrations that have been canceled due to undeliverable mail and reinstate those township voters, as...
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/01/aclu-warns-ypsilanti-township-over-alleged-removal-of-200-from-voter-rolls.html?gift=e594a5ef-3223-438d-af8b-47f1c84f99e4
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National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
12 days ago
ENTRIES CLOSE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1: Enter your best work from 2025 in the National Association of Science Writers' Science in Society Journalism Awards or Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards by February 1, 2026. Discounted entry fees for members. Membership not required:
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Submit by Feb. 1: Entries open for NASWās annual awards
Each year, the #SciWriAwards recognize some of the best works in science journalism and science writing, as judged by fellow science journalists and science writers. Deadline to enter is Feb. 1, 2026.
https://www.nasw.org/article/submit-feb-1-entries-open-nasws-annual-awards
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George Takei
13 days ago
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Michigan Advance
14 days ago
āWhat we know in research is that there are people who would be alive today if they hadnāt had access to a firearm when they were acutely suicidal,ā said April Zeoli, director at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan. Story from
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Suicide prevention advocates emphasize importance of Michiganās red flag law, mental health orgs ⢠Michigan Advance
Michiganās Extreme Risk Protection Order, or ERPO, law, which allows a personās firearms to be temporarily removed from their possession in the case of a mental health crisis, was a point of focus for...
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/26/suicide-prevention-advocates-emphasize-importance-of-michigans-red-flag-law-mental-health-orgs/
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Kashana
17 days ago
Thank goodness everyone spent months deciding that the Chinese were stealing our data so we could switch to good old patriotic American data stealing
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max nesterak
17 days ago
Itās -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Annie Roth
18 days ago
The scientific illustration for this paper is sending me. Post your best caption below
phys.org/news/2026-01...
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Chimpanzees are better at solving resource dilemmas in larger, more tolerant groups
Despite being one of the most cooperative species on the planet, humans routinely fail to manage shared resources sustainably. We overfish from the oceans, burn fossil fuels, and over-prescribe antibi...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-chimpanzees-resource-dilemmas-larger-tolerant.html
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Look. Alls I'm saying is that if you were serious about being a highly mobile warrior, you'd be drinking horse milk.
https://bit.ly/4pQi5iM
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Got milk? Mineralized dental plaque from the Iron Age provides insight into the diet of the Scythians
A team of scientists has discovered that the diets of Scythian populations living in Iron Age Ukraine relied on milk from herd animals such as cows, sheep and goatsāand in one instance, horses.
https://news.umich.edu/got-milk-mineralized-dental-plaque-from-the-iron-age-provides-insight-into-the-diet-of-the-scythians/
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Iain Roberts
20 days ago
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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19 days ago
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Kara Gavin
21 days ago
The choir was just a warmup - the NAACP president and MLK's godchild are issuing strong challenges to U-M and academia as a whole in their remarks. Please watch later if you can't watch live.
#MLKDay
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I remember running through the wet grass Falling a step behind Both of us never tiring
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Kara Gavin
25 days ago
We can't say this often enough or loud enough...
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McSweeney's
25 days ago
"Traffic isnāt chaos. Itās just therapy with horns. Every red light is a breathing exercise. Every missed exit is an opportunity for growth."
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Hi, Iām the Guy Who Gets in the Straight Lane and Then Merges into the Turn Lane Just to Avoid Traffic
Hi, my nameās Kyle. Yes, I get in whatever lane has fewer cars and then merge. I merge late so others can practice forgiveness. I donāt see it as c...
https://buff.ly/ZolPGoK
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"...the Great Lakes are the great uniters of the region. And they need all of us to stand up for them now as we envision and work to enact a better future."
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Bethany Halford
26 days ago
I'd like to chat with people who have applied for grad school in chem or biochem for fall 2026 for an article in C&EN (
@cenmag.bsky.social
) about how funding changes in the US are impacting admissions. If this is you, please fill out this form.
forms.office.com/r/5xUxaqEnfX
#chemsky
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Microsoft Forms
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Alexandra Witze
26 days ago
As various groups roll out their analyses of 2025 temperature records today (spoiler alert: itās hot) , NOAA and NASA are not holding the joint press conference they usually do to announce their recap. Data will be released but without the open chance to talk to agency experts that usually exists.
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Anna Clark
27 days ago
Targeting by the FDA. Toothpaste investigations. Medicaid changes that threaten to limit access. Even as critics of water fluoridation point to other sources of fluoride as an alternative ā usually in the name of individual choice ā many are creating barriers to these same products. My new story:
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After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources
Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to supplements as an alternative, but many are creating barrie...
https://www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-supplements-fda-rfk-jr-ken-paxton-restrictions
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David Zinn
26 days ago
Sam has been standing at this window all day but still can't think of anything to proclaim.
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Greg Pierce
28 days ago
I did not like reading this, but I did agree with it.
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Defector
28 days ago
Matt Ryan ate dinner and did all his homework, so he gets to be President of Football.
defector.com/matt-ryan-at...
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Matt Ryan Ate Dinner And Did All His Homework, So He Gets To Be President Of Football | Defector
The Atlanta Falcons have kicked off another rebuild, and their old quarterback is coming back to help them with it. The team announced Saturday that Matt Ryan will return to the franchise and serveā¦
https://defector.com/matt-ryan-ate-dinner-did-his-homework-so-he-gets-to-be-president-of-football
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Defector
about 1 month ago
Of course a strange maze would terrify a mouse that has only ever known a shoebox. But what of a mouse that has explored a vast field, ran from the spatter of raindrops, felt the warmth of the sun and the chill of night, and dug into the living soil of the Earth?
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What A Week Of Freedom Can Do For A Lab Mouse | Defector
Each time Matthew Zipple, a behavioral ecologist at Cornell University, releases a mouse that was born and raised in a laboratory into the green expanse of a field, he is amazed. He transports theā¦
https://defector.com/what-a-week-of-freedom-can-do-for-a-lab-mouse
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MSU Surplus Store
about 1 month ago
It is Friday and the store is open until 3:30pm! Today we have this good boy with the cone of shame for $15.
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Alexandra Witze
about 1 month ago
Amazing images from the Rubin observatory displayed tonight at
#AAS247
in Phoenix, at the Arizona Science Center. This is the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae first light image projected on a planetarium dome.
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James L. Edwards III
about 1 month ago
Knicks HC Mike Brown used to babysit Pistons HC J.B. Bickerstaff. You read that right. Talked to the top two coaches in the East ahead of Mondayās showdown about their 30-plus-year relationship, which features a love for Jelly Roll. Exclusive:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...
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Mike Brown used to babysit J.B. Bickerstaff. Now the coaches are atop the East
Babysitting matured into a mentor-mentee relationship, and more than 30 years later, the two bond over hoops and ... Jelly Roll.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6937828/2026/01/05/mike-brown-knicks-jb-bickerstaff-pistons-babysitting-jelly-roll/?source=emp_shared_article
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about 1 month ago
We are proud to announce the formation of the Chemical & Engineering News Guild. We represent staffers across the editorial and operations teams at C&EN. 1/6
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Natalia Jagielska (åØå”č)
about 1 month ago
Exciting news! I was interviewed by
@currentbiology.bsky.social
for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles!
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
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I absolutely love this video about semiconductors from my engineering and multimedia colleagues at
@umichnews.bsky.social
. It takes me back having the TV/VCR cart rolled into science class to watch Powers of Ten.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CFv...
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What it takes to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the US
YouTube video by University of Michigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CFv0zni1dI
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"There's a lot of bad stupid in the world right now and I think we need more good stupid."
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about 2 months ago
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What I wouldn't give to be an ancient jawless fish...
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about 2 months ago
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MSU Recycling
about 2 months ago
Potter Park Zoo will be collecting holiday lights to be recycled through the end of January! Proceeds go to fund their annual Wonderland of Lights. Read more at
bit.ly/3MF8sG3
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