A soft, robotic device can autonomously navigate the trachea to support rapid and self-guided intubation outside of hospitals and could expand and democratize intubation for emergency responders and resource-limited environments. #ScienceTranslationalMedicine https://scim.ag/4n0bxxt

A new Science study of ants in Fiji—involving genomic sequencing of over 4000 ant specimens from museum collections—shows that most native species have been in decline since humans first arrived in the archipelago 3000 years ago. https://scim.ag/489mI2o

M. Dempsey et al. (2025) Limb bone robusticity is coupled with mass distribution in terrestrial tetrapods Royal Society Open Science 12(9): 251103 doi: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

My Scientific American piece on dinosaur armor is out now in the April issue. This was great fun to write, and it features fantastic art from Owen Weber and Dr Mark Witton www.scientificamerican.com/article/dino...

Figure I’ll start playing a bit more in the Bluesky space. To help kick things off, here’s my Scientific American article from last year on feathers. #feathers #flight #birds www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Maybe this take is unpopular but I don't think people who are statistically more likely to sexually assault children should be allowed to use the same bathroom as the rest of us. That's why need separate bathrooms for Donald Trump's advisors.

"The AVMA never recommends raw diets for dogs or cats because of the risk of multiple pathogens..." and the spread of H5N1 makes raw feeding riskier than ever. "The strain that’s currently circulating has a near 90 percent case fatality rate in domestic cats” www.popsci.com/health/how-t...

You all are hating on AI but you can't deny that it's solving the existential problems of our age.