UCS just released a very nice and concise guide for how to stay safe in the public eye -- for scholars and researchers, but also for anyone else concerned about safety during autocratization: www.ucs.org/sites/de...

Category 4 Super Typhoon Sinlaku is making landfall now over Saipan in the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sustained winds of 150mph and 50ft waves. Folks in Saipan are US citizens and they need our help.

Scientists are exposing the biological information hidden in ancient parchments without leaving a mark

It's been a week. Re-live the #ArtemisII Moon flyby with me, in the room where the science happened. 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fantastic #longread here from @ashleythesmart.bsky.social @undark.org about the push for germline #crispr genome editing. 🧬🧪 undark.org/2026/04/08/g...

"'No' is a really powerful word for scientists, because it makes you kind of think around corners." A fascinating story about how DNA is helping researchers study manuscripts not just for the words they contain but what they tell us about the ancient world in which they were made. @nature.com

Wow -- female mouse embryos with a single letter change in their DNA develop male reproductive organs. Incredible story by @rfieldmouse.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪🐭🧬 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"You chase grants, publish papers, recruit students, handle teaching and manage relationships, all while trying to keep your mental health from hitting zero." New @nature.com, a researcher reflects on art imitating reality in a popular "young faculty simulator". 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Calling all physics/astronomy science communicators! Applications are open for the 2026 #Scicomm Collider at @perimeterinstitute.ca! A great opportunity for folks doing all kinds of astro/phys engagement to meet, network, and share expertise on connecting the public with science! ⚛️🧪🔭🎢

“It had its own biography, its own deep history. It seemed like an archaeological site between covers.” @marlabroadfoot.bsky.social takes a deep dive into biocodicology, the study of ancient manuscripts as biological objects. New @nature.com @marlabroadfoot.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nice 25th amendment you got there, shame if anyone invoked it

Choosing to aim my attention skyward, as ever. Excited to share some absolutely stunning images of our Moon. This was yesterday’s eclipse from Artemis II. Image from @alexwitze.bsky.social LOOK AT THIS!! The Moon occulting the Sun! The size, milky haze, *aliveness* of our star’s atmosphere!

Women are far too unpredictable and irrational to command our armed forces or to have access to a nuclear arsenal.

Did a cat write this?

Obama wore a tan suit and wanted everyone to have healthcare.

#Sciart jellybeans for Easter artologica.etsy.com/listing/4374...

🚨🚨🚨 New book alert! Writer-extraordinaire @roxannekhamsi.bsky.social's debut book on the ever-changing state of our DNA is coming soon. 📚 Preorder it now! @bookshop.org 🚨🚨🚨 bookshop.org/p/books/beyo...

Ahh, thanks Judge Pappert, will definitely tone down my rhetoric knowing that it's a "list of Jews TO PROTECT" that the Trump Administration wants to compile. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_...

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And in horrifying news, Idaho's governor has signed the felony bathroom ban, with 5 year penalties for second offense bathroom usage, into law. This is the most significant criminalization of trans people to date. On trans day of visibility no less. It will require a new "Do not travel" warning.

What happens when you combine automation, robotics and #AI? New @nature.com, inside the 'self-driving lab' revolution. By @rachelbrazil.bsky.social 🧪🤖 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“What I see is one person trying to run science like a king, deciding which research is acceptable based on political ideology rather than scientific merit”. Totally 🔥quotes from @michaeldgreen.phd in this excellent article by @melodyschreiber.com.

1. Idaho has passed the most extreme anti-trans law in the nation, a bathroom ban. The second offense would be 5 years in jail, and the 4th offense could lead to life in prison due to Idaho's 3 strikes law. It now heads to Governor Brad Little's desk. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Not so marvelous news. ~95,000 scientists have left the federal government since the Trump regime took over.

Look at these ultra-blue dinosaurs, @restingdinoface.bsky.social ! (From a park in Oregon)

Braaaains, er, genomes ... Researchers have resurrected ‘dead’ bacterial cells by replacing their defunct DNA with the working genome of another species. go.nature.com/40Tfrio

For cash-strapped and early-career researchers, archived data sets can fuel new science go.nature.com/41pxVXX

Are AI tools eroding the very skills a PhD is meant to build? I wrote about this for @newsbynature.bsky.social and the approaches doctoral candidates take to this tech revolution.

Every day is a good day for sharing one of the most useful papers about research data ever written. PLEASE get your people to understand and follow this advice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"It quickly became clear that the common denominator between people targeted for 'daring' to post about their academic accomplishments was not their discipline, but their gender." Powerful story by @juliet-turner.bsky.social today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I always say that it’s good to be in nature (surrounded by flowers and insects)… but to be in Nature (the scientific journal) is not bad either 😊

" #AI is a blessing, but it has made students lazy. People don’t go the extra mile to build the skill.” #PhD students increasingly use AI, but they don't trust it. @lindanordling.bsky.social @nature.com reports on the ambivalence students feel towards AI-based tools 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

BREAKING: @delauro.house.gov announces at a House Oversight hearing with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya that OMB approved the agency's apportionment last night. That means the agency should have access to its appropriated funds — 42 days after its spending bill passed.

" #AI is a blessing, but it has made students lazy. People don’t go the extra mile to build the skill.” #PhD students increasingly use AI, but they don't trust it. @lindanordling.bsky.social @nature.com reports on the ambivalence students feel towards AI-based tools 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Great to meet @juliasilge.com @jared-du-jour.bsky.social at my first SLC #rstats meetup!

"Can it run Doom?", but for science! Researchers have run the game on 🧫 🧠 🛰️ 🧪, but why? Great explainer here by @rfieldmouse.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tired: Thesis defense Wired: Faculty senate cage fighting

This administration has made synagogues less safe. DHS offers security grants, but under Trump they've added requirements which many synagogues, including my own, will not compromise their values to make—insisting that we reject DEI and turn away the stranger, directly contradicting the Torah.

One by one, hospitals are abandoning trans kids as they preemptively cave to HHS threats over Medicaid/Medicare funding. They ought to consider the terrible message walking away from some kids sends about their dedication to caring for all of them. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):

“My first thought when I saw Einstein was ‘game over’.” How a short-lived #AI tool for students is causing a reckoning over the use of technology in the classroom. By @scattercushion.bsky.social in @nature.com, feat @jacquelyngill.bsky.social 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“My first thought when I saw Einstein was ‘game over’.” How a short-lived #AI tool for students is causing a reckoning over the use of technology in the classroom. By @scattercushion.bsky.social in @nature.com, feat @jacquelyngill.bsky.social 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hi scientists of Bluesky! I’m on the lookout for positives. Tell me: Why is your field the best right now? What are you excited about? Have any good news to share? (Yes, I know. I’m working on something.) If you’re willing to talk to me, reach out here or Rebecca.B.Boyle at gmail. Please share!

A blend of chem & molbiol techns are enabling archaeologists to mine ancient sediments for clues about the people who once lived there. New @nature.com, @katarinazimmer.bsky.social reports on the molecular fossils enriching archaeology. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪cc @benmarwick.bsky.social

We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...

A blend of chem & molbiol techns are enabling archaeologists to mine ancient sediments for clues about the people who once lived there. New @nature.com, @katarinazimmer.bsky.social reports on the molecular fossils enriching archaeology. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪cc @benmarwick.bsky.social

Scientists say they have made some of the first direct measurements of how long it takes an individual, ordinary protein to fold – and the results were surprising. go.nature.com/3N4UrSD

The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office. A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8

Happy International Women's Day! @nature.com put together a collection of recent women's health and women in science stories--by @smjyoti.bsky.social, @scattercushion.bsky.social, @lindanordling.bsky.social , @sarahemilywild.bsky.social, and myself --to commemorate.

Check out our @nature.com collection for International Women's Day #IWD26! Featuring great work by @smjyoti.bsky.social @scattercushion.bsky.social @sarahemilywild.bsky.social @lindanordling.bsky.social &c, plus editorial direction by @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social www.nature.com/immersive/iw...