"The critical question is not whether AI can 'do' science but whether science—as a social, evolutionary system that generates trustworthy knowledge—survives the way AI does it," write Julio M. Ottino and Brian Uzzi in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4wDybRP

Getting short stories published used to be big business!

“Georgia has the potential to have a government that reflects the ideals of Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King, our two Nobel Prize winners who were born and raised in this state,” she said. “I think that is the majority that exists.”

I talked to the researchers at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory about their race to develop a PCR test for hantavirus in a weekend, before passengers on the MV Hondius arrived @sciam.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

In a state that’s already short on the resource, Los Alamos National Laboratory expects to double water use.

#GLANSIS got a facelift, go check it out! My whole team will be at #IAGLR26, so if you want to talk #GreatLakes invasive species data and where to host it, come find us in person in Winnipeg!

Writing tip: Before submitting your manuscript, read it aloud to yourself from beginning to end. Then go to the refrigerator and open its door. If the manuscript is good, all the potatoes will have turned into birds who fly out singing your name.

#AI regulation, #biotech, and #energy policy are moving fast. The @stpp-um.bsky.social post-graduate fellowship places technical experts with Michigan lawmakers to provide nonpartisan research and analysis. Read more in State & Hill: https://myumi.ch/n15QN @mollyak.bsky.social @shobitap.org#AI

Inside you are two wolves. One says “I want everyone to read my story.” The other says “oh God everyone is reading my story” and also that wolf is vomiting.

"I have made you a book with a bunch of tidbits on the oddities of the universe," @chanda.blacksky.app said. "The universe is stranger and more queer and more wonderful and more full of possibility than whatever limitations you might be experiencing." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/s...

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not a fan of genAI but this piece, from what I can only assume is an AIslop website (about our paper on the Alaskan megatsunami www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...), is gold. 🧪⚒️

New from @econroy.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern? FAFSA is a big deal for college access. Progress has been uneven, but over the last decade policymakers and a government team have made it significantly less burdensome. It is possible to fix things. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/good-news-...

A 10-year-old wrote MAGA Congresswoman Virginia Foxx for a school project. He chose to write about an electric vehicle tax credit. He thought it was good for the environment. Virginia responded by attacking him and his teacher for being propagandized. These people have power over your life.

"The chief of staff for a Michigan congressman has a side hustle running a political consulting firm in Michigan, and his taxpayer-funded House pay is structured so that he has avoided having to disclose his business or what he's made ..." via @melissaburke.bsky.social / @detroitnews.com

USDA says it's simply due diligence, but Indiana U. plant biologist who's been locked out of his lab thinks the US government is punishing him. www.science.org/content/arti...

like i said www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-t...

Last week the bioGraphic team learned that, owing to an ongoing financial deficit, the California Academy of Sciences—where we’ve made our home for the past decade—will no longer be able to provide us with financial support, including support we were expecting this year.

Photo by @nicolehester.bsky.social for The Tennesseean www.tennessean.com/picture-gall...

@micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Flora Lichtman, host of the @scifri.bsky.social, all about FEMA — and how the far-right militia movement has used climate disasters to gain a recruiting foothold.

I really, really hate to sharing this, but last week, we @biographic.bsky.social learned that the California Academy of Sciences will no longer be providing the magazine with financial support, including money we were expecting to receive this year. We're in a real bind.

Alabama Legislature is meeting on redistricting; we are under a tornado watch, and it’s flooding in the building. These metaphors are too on the nose.

I could look at this for hours. magnifiedsand.com/sand-under-m...

In the lower #GreatLakes, whitefish numbers have been declining in part due to invasive mussels - now a bill under consideration in the Michigan state Senate would allocate funding to the state's DNR for a rearing/stocking program to support whitefish recovery www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/05/05/m...

Our newest poll of people over 50 focuses on how Michiganders feel about the services available to them, and reveals differences by region, health/disability status, race and more. It provides data we hope policymakers and senior service organizations will find useful. Learn more: michmed.org/RMXDW

Can we use bird puke to reconstruct past ice sheets? Yes! #Paleoclimate #IceSheets #geology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I urge people to read both what Derek Peterson actually said in his commencement speech -- the whole thing -- and what he says in this article responding to the controversy. www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...

Awards isn't something that happens to you. In most cases, you have to actively self-nominate yourself, or have someone to do it on your behalf. Treat them as you'd treat grants. Self nominate yourself! You're worth it.

Huh. You'd think a comprehensive 6 episode audio investigation of youth gender medicine by a major US newspaper would include at least one interview with a trans young person or their parent.

"Never touched my per diem, Mando." #Maythe4thbewithyou

so exhausted took me three days to post this @sciam.bsky.social story www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-th...

"I sense much fear in six. Fear of seven. Why? Because nine, seven ate."

One in five women will experience a mental health condition during pregnancy or the first year postpartum. PSC affiliate Kara Zivin's new book, Persevered, blends personal narrative with research insights. RSVP to join her in conversation with Molly Spencer May 6: https://myumi.ch/3RZgk

Astronomers using radio telescope observations to get an inside look at an interstellar comet have gleaned new insights into when and where the celestial object formed. https://cnn.it/48zJHmI

We're in peak spring bird migration! Here's my guide to making the most of this incredible spectacle, for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪🪶🦉

Breaking my social media hiatus to share a story I've been pursuing for about a year. Last week, officials from Brazil and Germany announced the skull of the magnificent #Irritator will finally go home. Complex story with @tmitchellbrown.bsky.social in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Looking for recommendations for good mid-tier record players...or tried and true models you've been using. I recently purchased a low-end player to replace an ancient but effective one I received from my parents...and I regret doing so...

This is why I'm never within 50 yards of a simple machine after getting a physics degree.

NEW: Skyler Gill-Howard didn’t have 32 NFL hats at his draft party. Just one — his grandfather’s Detroit Lions cap. What happened next was either coincidence or fate, depending on who you ask.

My book is out in less than a week!! I tried to make a video about why you should buy it for Mother's Day, but now I'm not so sure. 🧪 Ordering options here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741329...

When we pointed ALMA at 3I/ATLAS, we never expected just how unique this object would be. Our findings, recently published in Nature Astronomy, tells us that 3I/ATLAS's home system was formed in extremely cold conditions, remarkably different to our own Solar System. Links in the comments.

“Only two states — Michigan and North Dakota — are completely drought-free.” Don’t forget that warming global temperatures are acting to dry things out more and more too. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

24 #UMich school of education students recently went to Ecuador to see how culture, language and geography shape learning. From urban centers to rural Indigenous schools, this interdisciplinary cohort didn't just study education—they experienced it. Read their story: 🔗 https://myumi.ch/E79P3

"We’re only seeing two great lights in the sky… a greater one for day and a lesser one for night? Thinking that maybe we weren’t clear in the original briefing. Definitely need more than just two great lights. Need to make this a memorable, high-value experience for our users."

I've written about research on health care for 26+ years, always following @apstylebook.com style. For 15 of those years I've covered the work of faculty who belong to the @umich.edu Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, whose name violated AP style. Today, the Stylebook caught up.

As federal climate action stalls, cities and states are stepping up. Join Grist and @climatemayors.bsky.social on May 4 for a live virtual conversation with local leaders who are proving that meaningful progress happens closest to home. 🌎 Sign up to join us: https://luma.com/a3qnk7s8

NEW: NSF has been funding research at a fraction of its historic rate. Last week, the agency finally began distributing money to its directorates and is now likely to pick up the grantmaking pace. But these allocations also amount to substantial cuts across the sciences. My reporting:

ALMA observations of 3I/ATLAS provide the first measurement of a water D/H ratio for an interstellar comet. A markedly high deuterium level suggests its water formed in a cold environment with minimal thermal processing in its protoplanetary disk http://dlvr.it/TSBL1H ☄️

If you read anything today, I recommend this: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...