idk why we still fight about this. get your covid booster. it keeps you safer, it keeps me safer, it keeps people out of the hospital, it keeps kids in school. www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

More context added. Enjoy will i go take a nap

i've written a few nobel prize stories in my career and honestly the worst part is waiting for western hemi people to wake up and check email/vm to sked interviews. trying europe but gahhhh. update soon, but for now appreciate the committee compared MOFs to Hermione's bag - small space max capacity

Finally! After decades of also-runs, amazing molecular cages-which can do everything from trapping greenhouse gases to delivering and releasing drugs at specific parts of the body- won the Chemistry Nobel. Read @megha.bsky.social 's story, here, and watch for updates today.

welp, you get what you ask for. joking with coworkers that it's going to be mofs, and i'm really a med chem type so will i be able to do this and lol here it is. the Nobel Prize for chemistry for 2025 goes to the development of metal-organic frameworks. www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

the nobel prize for chemistry has gone to the folks who developed MOFs - metal organic frameworks. more to come

alright Texans, my first ever batch of @tacodeli.bsky.social doña salsa is underway as I prep for the #chemistry Nobel (this salsa is an emulsion, some maillard, some acidification, etc). prepare yourself for max capsaicin/trpv-r action 🔥🌶️🌮

i'll be covering nobel chemistry on wednesday so hmu with all your coffee memes because it will be so so so early.

fun fact: i wrote about this topic and interviewed fred ramsdell years ago. really glad to see a discovery that could change so many lives get the nod. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

This year's #medicineNobel was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering why the body doesn't attack itself—key for organ transplants and autoimmune disease therapies. By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

is it poss to be Taylor Swift’s loaf of bread for Halloween

I wrote about what we know about the safety of Tylenol (acetaminophen) in kids (spoiler alert: it's fine): www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t... Thanks to @megha.bsky.social for editing

a little inadvertent body shaming/diet culture talk today at the dr and this is your and my daily reminder that “cute” is how you feel and not a body size or shape. yada yada ted talk yada

NEW: Neon, an app that pays you to record your calls so your audio can be used to train AI, and already rose to the top #5 free apps on Apple's App Store, has gone offline after a security lapse. We found the app exposed users' phone numbers, call recordings, and text transcripts of those calls.

Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vessels

Join us at the Science Writers meeting in Chicago Nov. 7-9. ("Science" includes health, technology, environment or any scholarship, and "writers" includes any form of communication.) I'm running a session on advice columns with @megha.bsky.social, Hal Koss & Ismael Pérez sciencewriters2025.org

look a rock

hi @sciam.bsky.social fans. our september issue is pretty awesome. please read * peanuts * plastic eating microbiome * puking spiders * eeyore dogs www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/202...

sleep well frens www.scientificamerican.com/article/huma...

4/ “The CDC had gone dark,” said Terri Burke, executive director of the Texas nonprofit, the Immunization Project. “We had anticipated a measles outbreak, but we didn’t expect the federal government to be in collapse when it hit.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

🚨🧵My latest: As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding. The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

"“Kaboom” is not the sound you want a rocket ship to make, as a rule." the future of spaceflight needs to stop exploding. good read in @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

the words we use to search the internet can feed into our biases. nice story in @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.

no. absolutely no.

evidence matters publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

the end of influencers? www.wired.com/story/artifi...

the measles outbreak in texas may be over, but the disease could come roaring back now that we are back in school nice explainer by @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

We dug deep to answer this important question: How Many Federal Health Workers Have RFK Jr. and the Trump Administration Cut? @bxroberts.org @anniewaldman.bsky.social @pratheekrebala.bsky.social

Everything you need to know about hurricanes explained

One-off cases of malaria in the U.S. may become more common as warming temperatures lead to booming mosquito populations

rabbits with tentacles and horns reminds me of one of my favorite childhood books, bunnicula. someone save the lettuce good explainer in @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

you've heard of the endangerment finding. here's what it is and why repealing it could lead to lasting harm for health and the environment Op-ed by @ucs.org @carlo at @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

wanted: real people to do hard math; AI need not apply fun oped in @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: Brutal budget cuts for NASA could halt space missions, hinder climate research, and cede U.S. sci-tech leadership to other nations. At least, that's what John Grunsfeld—and every other living former NASA science chief—says. www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Trump's war on data will do lasting damage - former BLS commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social and William Beach write for @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/3UNbf0x

which experts? what scientist really thinks that having more than one vaccine platform is a bad thing?

bird flu virus can be aerosolized and this could be helping it spread www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...

sci am binoculars are dope please participate

idk when i was 17 years old, i was slinging espresso, listening to pearl jam and apparently should have been doing more math

The Science of Parenting: your kid's bff is an algorithm. here's how to help them understand what they are doing, what they might gain...and what they might miss out on. via @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/teen...

if we want to win the next chapter of the space race, the white house needs to step up. new op-ed in @sciam.bsky.social by matthew beddingfield www.scientificamerican.com/article/stro...

happy 180th anniversary to @sciam.bsky.social good history lesson by @danvergano.bsky.social "We will continue to speak out and provide scientists with a place to make their voices heard." www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...

please send grad school application immediately

8.8 is massive. hoping everyone heeds the alerts to get to higher ground www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

we rate dogs has been hijacked by gremlins needing hugs. i suppose i can participate

Other thing I wrote this morning (🫠). I tried to give a little more science context than I've seen in other coverage, such as the costs of climate change to the U.S. and the the harm it poses, particularly to younger generations who will feel much more of the impacts in their lifetimes. 🧪

wonderfully offensive ad from willow health - who approved this

i mean, i find cats confusing too arxiv.org/abs/2503.017...

Wild! Scientists turned the world's largest X-ray laser on superheated gold and found that it had reached 33,000 degrees Fahrenheit without melting. The discovery seems to upend longstanding predictions of thermodynamics. www.scientificamerican.com/article/phys...