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Rebekah Valentine
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I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN
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"Cloacal diving" thank you
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www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/s...
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A Fish That Hitches Rides Where the Sun Doesnât Shine
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/science/a-fish-that-hitches-rides-where-the-sun-doesnt-shine.html
about 1 month ago
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All of this has happened before and all of it will happen again
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Meditating or Rebooting? A Robot Buddhist Monk Comes to Korea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/technology/robot-monk-buddhist-seoul.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.lpE3.yqiNP5vt4i5T&smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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Hello NYPD I'd like to report an invasion of privacy
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Overambitious Man Wants To Get 2 Things Done Today
AKRON, OHâSaying the expectations he had set for himself were completely unrealistic, friends of local man James Chao expressed skepticism this morning after the 25-year-old announced plans to get two...
https://theonion.com/overambitious-man-wants-to-get-2-things-done-today/
about 2 months ago
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This is my last-ever story I edited for The NYT Science desk. I could have headlined it "Where Has All the Food Noise Gone" for the
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about 2 months ago
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But what happens when COCAINE BEAR eats COCAINE SALMON?
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/s...
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These Salmon Got High on Cocaine. That Wasnât the Craziest Part.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/science/cocaine-salmon-sweden.html
about 2 months ago
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Joel D. Parker
3 months ago
Bat shit is good for the environment. They help trees spread far and wide. I'm always amazed to see over and over around the world how biodiversity is a good thing.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/s...
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Weâve Been Underestimating Flying Foxes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/science/flying-foxes-australia-economy.html
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Lora Kolodny
3 months ago
maybe YOU have been but i have notâŠ
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/s...
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Weâve Been Underestimating Flying Foxes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/science/flying-foxes-australia-economy.html
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Dave Levitan
3 months ago
Who is âweâ mfer
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/science/flying-foxes-australia-economy.html
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Jason Dinh
3 months ago
NEW: for
@nytimes.com
, I wrote about a new study showing that queen bumblebees can breathe underwater, surviving submerged for a week the âremarkableâ study stems from a lab snafu, when a co-author thought she accidentally drowned several beesâbut later found that they were alive đ§Ș gift link đ
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Bumblebee Queens Can Breathe Underwater
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/science/bumlebees-queens-underwater-breathe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SFA.sVfe.ZuCKYwk-0Fie&smid=url-share
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Michele Hanks
4 months ago
Iâm devastated that this (very interesting) article isnât about chimpanzees getting into New Age spirituality.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...
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Chimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/science/chimpanzees-crystals.html
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The Buster Bluths of the Galapagos Islands
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/s...
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The Sea Lions of the GalĂĄpagos Are Not Ready to Give Up Motherâs Milk
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/science/sea-lions-galapagos-nursing.html
5 months ago
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Miriam Elder
6 months ago
âYou and your sister live in aââ
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
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Lemon-Shaped World Is the Most Stretched-Out Planet Ever Seen
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/science/lemon-planet-pulsar-webb.html
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Dr Robin George Andrews
6 months ago
NEW: In 2023, twin earthquakes devastated parts of southern Turkey and Syria. All eyes are now on Istanbul, which has its own worrying fault systemâone that will, inevitably, produce a large and tremendously devastating earthquake. Me
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/s...
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Turkeyâs Largest City Is Threatened by a Lurking Seismic Catastrophe
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/science/turkey-earthquake-istanbul-fault-line.html
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Sometimes I worry I'm trying too hard, and then other times I decide you know what, just let the Billy Ocean-inspired headline rip, even if 2 out of 3 colleagues didn't get the reference:
7 months ago
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Amanda Katz
7 months ago
First of all, rude
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John Schwartz
7 months ago
The sculptor Jim Sanborn has sold the secret to his Kryptos sculpture for nearly a million bucks â here's the story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
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Anonymous Bidder Pays Nearly $1 Million for Secret to Decode C.I.A. Sculpture
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/science/kryptos-cia-auction-sculpture.html
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Dr Robin George Andrews
7 months ago
NEW: Not long after Earth formed, it received a giant sucker punch when an object named Theia crashed into it, unleashing debris that made the Moon. But where did Theia come fromâthe outer solar system? Nope. The Moon-making impact was an inside job. Me
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
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The Moon Was an Inside Job
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/science/moon-collision-earth-theia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.gaYH.5wY95v_kwaFz&smid=url-share
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David Gofman
7 months ago
This is incredible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
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We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. Itâs a Revelation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/science/monarch-butterfly-migration-tracking-sensor.html
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Thiago Carvalho
7 months ago
If you're looking to launch Dark Pixar, here's your plot: "Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on their own mother."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
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Parasitic Queen: Now Sheâs Stealing an Ant Fief
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/science/ant-queens-parasites.html
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Pete Myall
7 months ago
ME (sobbing, folorn, bereft of hope): I don't think I'll ever know what a vindicated iguana looks li- THE NEW YORK TIMES:
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Alyssa Long
7 months ago
That iguana DOES look vindicated I have to say đ
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Caroline Dohack
7 months ago
Take your victory lap, girlfriend.
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Yell In a War
7 months ago
when youâre mean to me but it turns out Iâm right this is who youâre being mean to that turned out to be right
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Alexander C. Kaufman
7 months ago
Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
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Cynthia Brumfield
8 months ago
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
âThe rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations theyâve published.â
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The Editor Got a Letter From âDr. B.S.â So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/science/letters-to-the-editor-ai-chatbots.html
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Just occurred to me that â6,7â yields the answer to life, the universe and everything, Gen Alpha is profound
8 months ago
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Jason Dinh
8 months ago
NEW: this genetically engineered fungus lures mosquitoes to their deathâby smelling absolutely divine my latest in
@nytimes.com
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@michaelroston.bsky.social
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This Genetically Engineered Fungus Could Help Fix Your Mosquito Problem
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/science/fungus-mosquitoes-genetic-engineering.html
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Asher Elbein
8 months ago
My latest for
@nytimes.com
! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur â named Nanotyrannus â was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this: Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
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The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/science/nanotyrannus-tyrannosaurus-rex-fossil.html
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Katie Notopoulos
8 months ago
This story rules
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
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erin mccann
8 months ago
This story is BONKERS, and Iâm so happy to see
@jswatz.bsky.social
âs byline on it
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
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A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonianâs Vault
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/science/kryptos-cia-solution-sanborn-auction.html
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Daniel Radosh
8 months ago
Great story that takes a lot of turns but the top part, about how the solution was found, reminds me of a 1990s
@ajjacobs.bsky.social
article where he brought a police detective to a murder mystery weekend at a hotel, and while the other guests were playing by the rules...
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A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonianâs Vault
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/science/kryptos-cia-solution-sanborn-auction.html
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John Schwartz
8 months ago
Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
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A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonianâs Vault
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/science/kryptos-cia-solution-sanborn-auction.html
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Jack Tamisiea
10 months ago
The âgoldenâ rule of the deep-sea: if you want to survive near hydrothermal vents, be prepared to fight poison with poison! My latest for
@nytimes.com
about an incredible worm that uses biomineralization as a detox strategy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...
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This Golden Worm Fights Poison With Poison
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/science/arsenic-worm.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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The Museum of English Rural Life
10 months ago
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/s...
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Possible Planet Is Spotted Around Neighboring Sunlike Star
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/science/alpha-centauri-planet-webb-telescope.html
10 months ago
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History Clippings
11 months ago
I can finally reveal why this account has been on hiatus for the summer... I've been working on a piece for the New York Times on the 1980s cola space race!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/s...
Its been a great experience working with the Times editors on this.
#nasa
#space
#coke
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When Coke and Pepsi Fought for Soft Drink Supremacy in Space
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/science/coke-pepsi-nasa-space-shuttle.html
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Katy Huff
10 months ago
I've had a lot of questions about fission surface power this week. The delightful Ken Chang
@kchang.bsky.social
summed it up well in this piece:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/s...
. On moon reactors, I'm bullish. On setting unrealistic timelines in a race to moon reactors, not so much. [1/2]
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Joe Dragovich
11 months ago
Check out my piece in the
@nytimes.com
about the 1980s cola space race.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/s...
Worked with some great editors and a spoke with interesting people while I was working on this. Really pleased to see this published.
#space
#nasa
#spaceshuttle
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When Coke and Pepsi Fought for Soft Drink Supremacy in Space
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/science/coke-pepsi-nasa-space-shuttle.html
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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel
11 months ago
Skunks aren't the only ones with a distinkt advantage over the competition. đ§Șđ Also, I'm always here for a
@michaelroston.bsky.social
headline.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/s...
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Snakes Use Smelly Musk to Keep Ants Out of Their Pants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/science/snakes-fire-ants-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk8.VtL6.b4iudGpbLSW5&smid=url-share&et_rid=33785423&et_cid=5675126
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Kelsey Johnson
12 months ago
Fantastic article about Rubin (both the person and the shiny new observatory) in the
@nytimes.com
today. Unlike many (not all!) of the male scientists with household names, she was a profoundly good and caring human. ALL of the women in
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today are standing on her shoulders. đđ§Șâš
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Vera Rubinâs Legacy Lives On in a Troubled Scientific Landscape
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/science/vera-rubin-women-astronomy.html
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J. Sam Drolet
about 1 year ago
This is a great article. Sounds like a fascinating book.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...
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A Traveler Waits in the Stars for Those Willing to Learn How to Look
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/science/astronomy-yahdii-dene-alaska-native.html
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Michael Luongo
about 1 year ago
fascinating - so much Native American knowledge we refuse to believe or acknowledge - why wouldn't natives see things in the stars the way the Greeks did?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...
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A Traveler Waits in the Stars for Those Willing to Learn How to Look
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/science/astronomy-yahdii-dene-alaska-native.html
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Will Thomas
about 1 year ago
Nice feature this morning by Bill Broad on Dick Garwin, which draws on some of our resources
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/s...
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A Scientist Fighting Nuclear Armageddon Hid a 50-Year Secret
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/science/richard-garwin-hydrogen-bomb.html
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Emily Peck
about 1 year ago
Got an early start today to catch up on the business and finance news that broke overnight but instead I'm reading a journal article on Barbie's foot posture
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/s...
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Research Study Shows Barbieâs Feet Have Gotten Flatter Over Time
Researchers in Australia found that the dollâs feet have, over time, gone from arched to flat â a shift that correlates with each Barbieâs designated career or hobby.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/style/barbie-high-heels-feet-study.html
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Thomas Lin
about 1 year ago
Love how 70-year-old Don Pettit, NASAâs oldest active astronaut, seems like a big kid up in space playing with his camera gear and science experiments, injecting food coloring or dissolving an antacid tablet inside water spheres in zero gravity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/s...
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1 Astronaut, Many Cameras and 220 Days of Amazing Images From Space
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/science/don-pettit-photos-nasa-astronaut.html
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Apoorva Mandavilli
about 1 year ago
Over nearly 18 years, Tim Friede, injected himself with escalating doses of venom from 16 deadly snake species. He also allowed the snakes to sink their sharp fangs into him about 200 times. His daredevilry may help solve a dire problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...
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Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him Hundreds of Times
Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other deadly species.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/health/snakes-universal-antivenom-tim-friede.html
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Niamos! is the song of the summer and also the song of financing a rebellion by giving away your daughter in an arranged marriage that gives you the ick while fleeing storm troopers in a stolen TIE fighter prototype
about 1 year ago
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Alexandra Witze
about 1 year ago
"I imagine people 1,000 years from now ... who want to know about this critical moment in history when, for the first time, we were stepping into space." - space historian
@planet4589.bsky.social
, in a great Q&A with
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
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Jonathan McDowell on Retiring From Harvard and Leaving the U.S.
Jonathan McDowell is retiring from studying the universe. But heâs ramping up efforts to chronicle humanityâs exploration of space.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/science/jonathan-mcdowell-retirement-space.html
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