For science journalist and video producer Jesse Nichols, curiosity is key. 🎥 🧐 By sparking curiosity first, Jesse helps audiences become more open to new ideas and deeper conversations about climate change, the environment, and the science that shapes our lives. #SciComm #ScienceJournalism

Pleasure to chat to @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social for @mongabay.com about her latest: playing poacher with shark fins, 3D x-rays and AI to flag potential trafficking of marine animals. @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org

How do "forever chemicals" reach one of Britain's most remote inhabited islands? @danielshailer.bsky.social's investigation traces the mystery of high PFAS levels in Fair Isle and examines emerging research on how these pollutants may travel through sea spray. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A new statement from presidents of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, and National Academy of Engineering reaffirms the importance of the Ocean Observatories Initiative to U.S. #OceanScience. Read: https://ow.ly/oqPZ50Z9ym5

For @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social , a fascination with the ocean became a mission to better understand and protect some of its most extraordinary inhabitants. 🐋 This #WorldOceanDay 🌊, she reminds us that whales are not only remarkable animals, but essential to healthy ocean ecosystems.

Science shapes the world around us in ways we may not notice. From your morning coffee to GPS navigation, science is woven into our experiences everywhere we look. 2025 #scicomm award winners explore how curiosity can transform ordinary moments into opportunities for discovery.

Emily Zhang is a writer and director who specializes in making science videos for YouTube. 🎬 In 2026 she started her own channel Rabbit Hole 🐇 to cover extraordinary answers to everyday questions. We talked with her about everyday rabbit holes at: www.nationalacademies.org/news/the-rab... #scicomm

The future of U.S. innovation depends on a strong research enterprise. Join us June 2 for our annual #StateOfTheScience Address with National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt and leaders across science, policy, and industry: https://ow.ly/J6Mm50Z4p53

The 21st century information ecosystem is increasingly challenging for children and youth to navigate as they connect, create content, seek information, and more. Join @nationalacademies.org on June 11-12 to examine promising initiatives for supporting their media literacy needs: bit.ly/3QjC4u8

Sea and space may seem worlds apart, but both invite us to ask the same fundamental questions: Where do we come from? What connects us? And how much is left to discover? From reefs to distant galaxies, #scicomm awardees explore the wonder and sense of connection that drives scientific discovery.

We love a #scicomm awardee collab! ✨ @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social interviewed @chanda.blacksky.app about her new pop-science book which explores cosmology, creativity, and the big questions that made her want to become a physicist in the first place. Read here: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/s...

For journalist and podcast creator Golda Arthur, a deeply personal story became a podcast with a powerful call to action for women’s health. Through Overlooked, she brings visibility to gaps in research, injustice, and the urgent need to talk openly about women’s health. #WorldOvarianCancerDay

A new piece by #SciComm awardee @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social with insights and research from fellow awardee @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social, explores a mysterious humpback whale behavior — “gaping,” where whales linger with their mouths open. 🐋 🔗 www.scientificamerican.com/article/hump... #MarineLife

Science shapes our lives — but how often do we talk about how it connects to society? We spoke with 2024 SciComm Excellence award winner C. Brandon Ogbunu on why creativity and communication are essential to science itself. Read: https://ow.ly/X51R50YQLhy

For independent journalist and documentary photographer Sanket Jain, science is something people live every day. Reporting from remote villages in India, he brings forward the lived realities of communities on the frontlines of climate change. www.nationalacademies.org/programs/NAE... #scicomm

For ER physician, musician, and writer @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, medicine and music are deeply connected. 🎶🩺 Through Inside Medicine, he makes complex public health information accessible, reminding us this #WorldHealthDay and #NPHW that clear communication is key to healthier communities. #scicomm

Deadline to apply for our #scicomm awards is TOMORROW at 11:59 pm ET! 🏆⏰ Apply now: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel...

Chilean astronomer @terepaneque.bsky.social shares her science and wonder with people around the world. ✨🔭 Teresa was a top prize winner of our #SciComm awards in the Research Scientist: Grad Student category. 🏆 Now it’s your turn! 2 weeks left to apply: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel...

A reminder that applications are currently open for the NASEM Schmidt #Scicomm Awards, which come with a top prize of $40K in each category and welcome into a networked community of previous winners. 🧪🔭⚛️ Submit your work for consideration! www.nationalacademies.org/programs/NAE...

🏆 The 2026 Science Communication Awards are now open! If you’re a science journalist, communicator, or researcher creating public-facing work communicating #STEM, I encourage you to apply. Deadline: April 3, 2026 Apply: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #SciComm

2025 winner @callimcflurry.bsky.social tells the stories behind scientific discoveries, focusing on the people and systems that make them possible. 🔗 Apply by April 3, 2026 for our #scicomm awards which recognize excellent science journalists like Calli: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel...

The application period for our 2026 SciComm Excellence Awards is now open. These awards honor science communicators, journalists, and researchers who communicated issues or advances in science, engineering, and medicine in 2025. Learn more and apply by April 3: https://ow.ly/HpTP50YoiIy

You should apply for this award, starting today & through April 3. I almost didn’t enter in 2025, and then someone reminded me my book was eligible. So I went for it - and won the top journalism prize! 💰 You can’t win contests you don’t enter. Submit your best work & you might win - just ask me.

This is a great awards program for science communication. Enter now (before April 3) and/or please encourage others to do so. Categories include researchers (early, mid- & late career), journalists, independent & institutional. From @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social

The 2026 Science Communication Awards are now open! If you’re a science journalist, communicator, or researcher creating public-facing work communicating #STEM, I encourage you to apply. Deadline: April 3, 2026 Apply: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #SciComm

🏆 Our science communication awards are now open! These awards recognize exceptional science journalists, communicators, and researchers whose work in 2025 made #STEM accessible and engaging for broad audiences. Deadline: April 3, 2026 Apply now: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #scicomm

🎬 Join us for a special screening of the film OBSERVER by @scicommlab.bsky.social to explore and celebrate the power of observation! 📅 Saturday, March 21 🕒 2:00–4:00 PM (doors open 1:30 PM) 📍 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 🎟️ RSVP now: www.eventbrite.com/e/dc-environ... #scicomm #film

In the most recent episode of Tiny Matters, two #SciComm awardees, @samjscience.bsky.social and @fieseler.bsky.social, explore the fascinating science and history of wind power. 🌬️ 🎧 Listen here: www.acs.org/pressroom/ti... #WindPower

In a recent PNAS QnAs, marine biologist and SciComm Excellence award recipient Jasmin Graham shares her work conserving sharks and rays and expanding access to shark science. As founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences, she shows how communication and inclusion strengthen conservation.

This #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩‍🔬, we’re proud to spotlight Andrea Obaid Carrión — a journalist who reinvented her career to make science accessible, engaging, and part of everyday life. Watch her story here: youtu.be/4YZPeDOPOPQ #WomeninSTEM #scicomm

Neil H. Shubin has been elected as the next NAS President! A leading evolutionary biologist and science communicator, Shubin will succeed Marcia McNutt on July 1. The Academy also named Cherry Murray as International Secretary and elected new councilors. Read more: www.nasonline.org/news/2026_pr...

Science journalist and educator J.D. Allen is helping reshape how science stories are told by putting community needs and perspectives at the center of reporting. 📻 🎙️ Learn more about his civic science media framework: www.nationalacademies.org/news/civic-s... #scicomm

Journalist and SciComm Excellence winner J.D. Allen is reimagining #ScienceCommunication by centering community voices. Our new interview highlights his work advancing civic science media by connecting research, solutions, and public engagement: https://ow.ly/GC2Z50Y6BiE#ScienceCommunication

Wildfires don’t usually make us think about wine 🔥🍷 but maybe they should. 2025 #scicomm winner Nicola Twilley unpacks how smoke reshapes wine at the chemical level and how scientists are racing to understand and mitigate “smoke taint.” More at @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I’ve been lucky enough to get to know these brilliant scientists—deeply thoughtful, generous, and committed. Seeing people I admire and care about represented this way is genuinely moving 👏👏👏

Science isn’t just about equations and experiments, it’s an inherently creative way of understanding the world. @cbo.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, @onlinekyne.bsky.social, @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social, and @joelbervell.bsky.social share how creativity drives discovery: youtu.be/ID480ACTu50

Astronomers measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time. 🪐 2024 award winner @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social describes a recent breakthrough that could enable further studies of “rogue” planets. Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #scicomm #astro

When humans land on Mars, what should they do first? 🌌 #NASmember Lindy Elkins-Tanton joins @scifri.bsky.social to discuss the new @nationalacademies.org guidance for a crewed Mars mission, as well as lessons from NASA's Missions to Psyche. 🎙️ Listen: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cre...

The Leadership for Innovation and Excellence in Accelerating Research on Women’s Health Program call for applications is now open to exceptional mid-career African researchers dedicated to advancing women’s health! Learn more & attend an info session:

2023 SciComm Excellence award winner Elijah Yetter-Bowman’s #SciComm journey shows how lived experiences can shape #ScienceCommunication that impacts communities. 🔗: https://ow.ly/pXB350XVNiv

2023 awardee @dr-brein.bsky.social brought neuroscience to #AGDQ as part of @labx.org’s special programming. During the game Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, Ben served as the scientist commentator — connecting science with a global gaming audience. 🎮 Watch here: youtu.be/ckvrWZSsII0?... #scicomm

2023 award winner Simar Bajaj’s recent piece tells the story of a race against time and what it really takes to save an infant’s life through a heart transplant. 🫀 A powerful read on science, humanity, and the cutting edge of pediatric care. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w... #medicine

Filmmaker Eli Yetter-Bowman founded Ethereal Films to help solve problems with media, storytelling, and impact campaigns. We asked about their work with local communities and their perspective on science filmmaking in today's digital landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/news/from-il... #scicomm

Everything depends on water. 💧 It underpins the systems that sustain life, but when polluted or mismanaged, it can also pose serious risks to human health and wellbeing. Learn how storytelling and community action can protect our coastlines, our health, and our future: youtu.be/8uMvACJf8vg #scicomm

Last month I had the amazing opportunity to attend a storytelling workshop by Transom Story Lab. It’s so scary to stand up there with no notes 🫣 huge thanks to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org and Transom for giving me the training and the courage to tell my story youtu.be/MM3-S55LGAw?...

How can we help science and facts travel farther and reach everyone who needs them? That was the key question at the heart of @pbsnews.org’s live Reddit AMA last week featuring 2025 award winner Rollie Williams of @climatetown.bsky.social. Watch the event at: www.pbs.org/newshour/sci... #scicomm

Though some killer #whales are known to prey on dolphins 🐬 2024 award winner @alecluhn.com was on @newscientist.com’s podcast last week sharing a surprising finding — that orca whales and dolphins are working together to hunt salmon. Learn more: youtu.be/2dJubtCZhow?... #scicomm #marinescience

In her upcoming book, The Edge of Space-Time, 2022 award winner @chanda.blacksky.app embraces cosmic wonder and draws on poetry and pop culture to take readers on a mind-altering journey to the boundaries of the universe. 🌌 Available for preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... #scicomm

For millennia, humans have lived closely with plants 🌱 — yet the hidden world below ground has remained largely a mystery. In a new short film by @scicommlab.bsky.social, biologist José R. Dinneny literally shines a light on roots, bringing the unseen into view. Watch: youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...

Environmental hazards don’t make headlines every day, but their impact on human health lasts for generations. @ycabreraoc.bsky.social, Fredrick Mugira and Eli Yetter-Bowman share why uncovering these risks is essential to creating a healthier, more equitable world. Watch here: youtu.be/q_ADHdP-FgA