In my latest for @sciam.bsky.social, this "clever little molecule" clings to carbon monoxide with such power that it might finally be a treatment for the 100,000 people who go to the emergency room each year with carbon monoxide poisoning.

It’s long been thought that certain risk factors explain most cardio events, until recent studies claimed that it can develop out of nowhere. But a new study calls this into question, finding that 99% of all events resulted from 4 risk factors. My latest @medscape.com tinyurl.com/2u9exxnd

In my latest for @medscape.com, much of our understanding of long COVID — specifically in researching biomarkers, viral persistence, chronic inflammation, and antiviral treatments — came from years of prior research into HIV. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

A recent @nature.com depicts life in the Kuril–Kamchatka & W Aleutian Trenches, two hadal trenches in the W Pacific that were explored with submersible Fendouzhe. @sarafnovak.bsky.social www.discovermagazine.com/using-deep-s...

Updated COVID vaccines are still the best tools we have to reduce severe disease and death from the virus. @sarafnovak.bsky.social explains the latest research for @sciam.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman #5amwritersclub

Diabetes and weight loss treatments such as Ozempic and Wegovy, known as #GLP1 agonists, could significantly reduce the risk of developing any type of #dementia. My latest @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2475...

A growing number of people are “microdosing” – by taking lower-than-standard amounts of weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro for a host of health reasons, but does it work? My latest for @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

Only around 3 percent of women who suffer from postpartum depression are diagnosed and treated through remission. But a new biomarker could one day predict the condition and open the door for better treatments and prevention. My latest @sciam.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/post...

Hearing the name Tiffany in a historical film or reading it in a historical book may distract the audience from the story momentarily since, surely, people were not named Tiffany centuries ago. Ohh but they were....My latest @discovermag.bsky.social www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-tif...

If you're looking to get away, I mean really get away. Another fun one. Only around 5 percent of the universe and 26 percent of the ocean floor have been visited. My latest @discovermag.bsky.social explores deep sea and deep space travel. #5amwritersclub www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...

My latest for @discovermag.bsky.social is a fun piece on how the ancients viewed outer space. Sometimes you just need to space out :) #sciencewriting #writingcommunity www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...

Breaking News: An unvaccinated child died of measles in Texas, officials said, the first known death from an outbreak that began in January.

We've all been through it--when a moment makes us cringe with embarrassment all those years later. My latest for @discovermag.bsky.social is on how to stop reliving embarrassing memories. #writingcommunity

A busy month it's been. It's a work all weekend kind a week. So here we go. #5amwritersclub.

"The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on." — Charles Dickens #5amwritersclub

I dare you to ask him to get off the sofa. #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

Great to catch up with friends and colleagues at the #AAASmtg in Boston. So many story ideas, let's go! #sciencewriting #writingcommunity

Very excited to open up the mailbox and see this. My latest for @discovermag.bsky.social is a Q&A feature with the Paleo Protector Larisa DeSantis, a paleontologist who has set her sights on protecting modern mammals from climate change based on our knowledge of the fossil record.

Exhausted. That's all. Happy Friday. #writingcommunity

My latest piece on the first detailed analysis of plesiosaur soft tissue in @nytimes.com! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/s...

“Keep your face toward the sunshine–and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman #5amwritersclub

Interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals allowed for genetic segments to spread amongst the population, giving humans resistance to diseases that they had not come in contact with previously. My latest @discovermag.bsky.social #sciencewriting #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/drrsdwws

Well, yesterday was a blast. In the south, we don't have sleds, we have to use boogie boards instead. #writingcommunity 😂

It's a winter wonderland out there. Off to go sledding in South Carolina. ☃️☃️☃️ #writingcommunity

Getting my work done early this morning because it's a snow day outside! Sledding and snowball fights in South Carolina, I just can't believe it. The first time ever my 4-year-old has seen snow. #5amwritersclub ❄️☃️❄️☃️

"Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look." –Jodi Picoult #5amwriterclub

Really important piece on a sometimes awkward conversation. I learned a lot writing this. My latest @sciam.bsky.social #writingcommunity #sciencewriting tinyurl.com/2n8zmejh

Look what came in the mail! Very excited to be featured in @discovermag.bsky.social year in science 2025 issue along with some of my favorite science writers. #writingcommunity

We're all freezing cold. 🥶 #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

I'm hoping to mark 2025 with more features like this one. My latest is the cover story for Johns Hopkins Magazine on the mind altering nature of anorexia. Before writing this I was sorely misinformed with no idea that it's the most deadly mental health illness next to opioid use disorder.

I just filed my last 2024 article. It's been a wild year--prolific, but also creative and inspiring. Here's one of my favorites from the year. Now vacation! 🎄🥂☃️ #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity www.smithsonianmag.com/history/disc...

Women might have lost their life expectancy edge during the Medieval Period because they were treated so poorly. Really fascinating piece @discovermag.bsky.social and also telling. tinyurl.com/y3wbcudm

This is getting real.

This was a really fun one. How color vision in animals came well before bright colors.

One guess who's not stressing over the holiday to-do list. 🎄🎁

Parents! Do you ask other parents whether they lock up their guns before allowing your kids to go on a playdate at their house? I'd love to speak with you for an upcoming article.

This bear was giant and super cool. Meet the short-faced bear, the most enormous mammalian carnivore ever to live in North America. www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...

After giving up social media for a time. I'm back and I've decided to give this one a try. Hello writing and science friends. I have missed you. 🌱🦖📚