We launched a special package on fundamental climate science - feat. @gregbarber.bsky.social on the math of tipping points, @zacksavitsky.bsky.social's history of climate modeling, @wanderinggaia.bsky.social on energy as an evolutionary force, and more! www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...

Our brilliant features and investigations editor @asilverman.bsky.social being interviewed by Erika Hayasaki about the world of being an editor! thereportedessay.substack.com/p/tackling-s...

Hii! Last week Quanta published a project I've been working on all year — a special issue about climate science, or what research into climate change is revealing about how our planet works www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

A German court ruled Apple can no longer market its Apple Watch as "CO2 neutral": esgnews.com/german-court... Be sure to read @gregbarber.bsky.social's earlier TR deep dive into the company's climate claims here:

Some personal news, as they say: after three years, @johnarchibald.bsky.social, @johnhammontree.bsky.social, and I are finally launching our limited-series podcast on Eric Rudolph and right-wing extremism. Follow us and give us stars (five would be nice) here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

Two new notions of infinity challenge a long-standing plan to define the mathematical universe. @gregbarber.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/is-mathemati...

Out today: a new special series from @quantamagazine.bsky.social about science in the age of AI! It explores the roots of AI in fundamental science, how researchers are trying to make sense of AI today, and the ways they’re grappling with an uncertain future. www.quantamagazine.org/series/scien...

AGU has filed a new lawsuit to prevent the Administration’s dismantling of U.S. scientific agencies. We’re proud to take this stand with our plaintiffs’ coalition for our federal workforce. buff.ly/3U56ooz

Fantastic new big story out today from Greg Barber about Big Tech's plans to plant its way to being carbon neutral. Wonderful read, with sensational art and photos. Enjoy! The kind of big ambitious piece that makes me proud to work at @technologyreview.com www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/24/1...

More than a year ago, when Apple announced a “carbon neutral” Watch, I got interested in one aspect of their claim: eucalyptus. Here’s how the tree became the tool of choice for companies looking to scale up carbon removal fast—and what that looks like. www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/24/1...

Sad to see Moss Landing’s big battery go up in flames yet again. Grid fires are rare (and getting rarer) but the science of how to put them out when they do happen is…not great! And there’s v little public data on HF and heavy metal emissions. Some (old) context: www.wired.com/story/big-gr...

A new proof marks the first progress in decades on important cases of the “kissing spheres” problem. 😚 @gregbarber.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicia...

For @them.us, I’m looking to interview queer couples who decided to get married ahead of the incoming Trump administration. I would be honored to tell your story. If you’re interested, feel free to DM or email at [email protected].

Here are the biggest breakthroughs that happened in mathematics this year. www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...

Daniel was thrilled about the upcoming birth of his son. He had no idea a cottage industry of adoption agencies pays cash to women who place their kids for adoption—and that his wife was one of those women. Inside Utah’s thriving, devastating adoption industry: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Wrote about tying some cool shapes into some other cool shapes, for @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.quantamagazine.org/teen-mathema...

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ICYMI two of the best science magazines ever — @hakaimagazine.com & bioGraphic — have joined forces, allowing both to continue their shared mission. However they still need donations to bring more former staff onboard and cover their 2025 budget. Details: www.biographic.com/hakai-magazi...

Just a quick note to say that the wonderful climate solutions magazine I write for has made to Bluesky. Give them a follow at @anthropocenemag.bsky.social for daily science news and in-depth features.

A new proof on “shapes of constant width” has made a corner of the geometric universe accessible for the first time. www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicia...

Wrote about the unique pleasures of the radio play-by-play in @nytimes.com. Will be out in this Sunday’s magazine. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/m...

Asked myself the same question energy geeks have been asking for a more than a century: why isn’t Hawaii, a volcanic island chain, a geothermal powerhouse? Turns out state officials are asking the same thing—and trying to change it.

In the wind power business, bigger is better! Could the world's biggest plane help supersize onshore wind turbines and transform the economics of wind power? Start-up aerospace company Radia unstealths today with this WSJ exclusive: www.wsj.com/business/ene... 🔌💡

Mining is the weak point where climate alliances will often fray. For @technologyreview.com's first “Big Story,” I explored how the fundamental tension between emissions goals & environmental concerns is unfolding in a tiny Minnesota town, as a battle brews over a proposed nickel mine.

A first-of-its-kind enhanced geothermal project in northern Nevada is now supplying energy to the grid. It's a preamble to bigger plans from geothermal startup Fervo www.wired.com/story/new-ge...

WIRED: Why Teslas Totaled in the US Are Mysteriously Reincarnated in Ukraine www.wired.com/story/why-te...