Beware the fallvinder, o Viking archaeologist! nyti.ms/47m8YRp

I learned a lot about Fresnel lenses for this amazing series of lighthouse photographs by Michal Siarek: nyti.ms/41qkFCN

They do things a little differently in Denmark. But hardly shocking when you stop to think about where pet food comes from. nyti.ms/4mtD2Ps @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social @emilyanthes.bsky.social

Kid at lemonade stand today: “Want some lemonade? We take Apple Pay.”

Not just one but four radioactive wasp nests were found at the Savannah River nuclear facility in S.C., @emilyanthes.bsky.social reports: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/s...

You say potato, @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social says tomato: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...

Don'r miss the fourth and final installment of "Math Revealed," the extravaganzaesque NYT series by @stevenstrogatz.com !

Part 2 of the terrific "Math, Revealed" series by @stevenstrogatz.com and the superb visual team at @nytimes.com features Leonardo da Vinci and bellybuttons.

Astonishing and moving story by @susandominus.bsky.social nyti.ms/406oDzM about a family looking to sidestep mortality with the help of A.I.

Thrilled to reveal "Math Revealed," a weekly four-part math-appreciation series by the incomparable @stevenstrogatz.com in collaboration with The Times's ace visual team!

Visually stunning archaeological work being done by NOAA on Lake Ontario www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/s...

A little something that @emilyanthes.bsky.social and I whipped up: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

Friends, Brooklynites, book-lovers: Join us tonight at @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social in Brooklyn, where fab @susandominus.bsky.social will talk about her new book, "The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success," with equally fab @emilynussbaum.bsky.social. Curly hair alert!

Delighted beyond delighted at the publication at last of "The Family Dynamic: A Journey Into the Mystery of Sibling Success," by the phenomenal @susandominus.bsky.social !! It's an intimate, thoughtful and delightful exploration of the inner mechanics of families and the science of achievement.

My two cents: "The Trump administration is trying to change what counts as science." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/b...

“I’m not screaming, ‘aliens!’” said Nikole Lewis, an exoplanetary scientist at Cornell University. “But I always reserve my right to scream ‘aliens!’”

Wild, sad follow-up on last year's octopus sensation, by @emilyanthes.bsky.social. “'It’s unfortunately not that storybook of an ending. Fairy tales leave out a lot of details.'” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/s...

Symphypleona, or globular springtails, are ridiculous little creatures. They have this weird lever-like structure called a furcula that lets them spring off the ground and launch themselves into the air to escape danger. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXeS... 🌿 #Collembola #虫 #macrophotography 🪲🪳

Here is your Saturday Sunlit Snail. #invertebrates 🌿🐙📷

"We found the packaging of one bird, a McChicken, as part of the nest of another bird." Great interactive piece by @emilyanthes.bsky.social on coot archaeology! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here are some nice mushrooms

Reposting myself but with a shareable link! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

Such a lovely tribute by @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social "From ancient star streams to the innards of white dwarfs, the Gaia space telescope has seen it all..." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/s...

“We fell down the ~~~ staircase.” John Green gets “a little emotional” in his conversation about tuberculosis with NYT global-health reporter Stephanie Nolen. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

Frozen fuel from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket created a luminous swirl that lasted for several minutes and could be seen from Britain and much of Europe. The rocket from Elon Musk’s company launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying a classified U.S. government payload. nyti.ms/4hNudNJ

Meanwhile in Europe

Speedcubing in slo-mo — simply mesmerizing. And it makes the real-time version at the end all the more jaw-dropping. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The dark-energy mystery deepens

You don't know Spot. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/s...

“In the current outbreak, he said, ‘With no U.S.A.I.D. money and C.D.C. expertise, it was like Uganda was left to die.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...

#StandUpForScience Denver. Photo by Jeff Kanipe.

On the scene from yesterday's Stand Up for Science rally in D.C. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s... @standupforscience.bsky.social

My NYT colleague Katrina Miller on the #standupforscience protests taking place around the world tomorrow. (I'll be in D.C. tomorrow covering the gathering there, feel free to reach out on Signal at alanb.77). @standupforscience.bsky.social

BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support. The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.

I wrote about fungal networks. The video clips, from the Nature study, are amazing. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/s...