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

2024 award winner @alecluhn.com’s recently released newsletter, Ice Mushroom, features ongoing climate stories from icy and mountainous places, highlighting how places like these are changing and the wild schemes to try to save them. Learn more: icemushroom.substack.com/p/coming-soon #scicomm

Science touches every part of our lives — yet journalists around the world struggle for the space, trust, and resources needed to tell science stories. Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm

On Nov. 14th @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social celebrated the 2025 winners of the Awards for Excellence in #SciComm. Learn more about the 24 winners whose creative storytelling and communication bring #STEM to people around the world: www.nationalacademies.org/news/nationa...

What happens when half a million barrels of toxic waste disappear into the ocean? Join us on December 11 for a special @dceff.bsky.social screening of "Out of Plain Sight" at the NAS Building, followed by a discussion with director Rosanna Xia and scientists. Register: www.cpnas.org/event/specia...

2024 award winner @cbo.bsky.social will be part of an @issuesinst.bsky.social panel tomorrow from 3-4pm ET discussing science's "social contract." Tune in and register at: issues.org/event/was-sc... #scicomm #stem

Congratulations to LabX and The Science & Entertainment Exchange on their Silver Anthem Awards win for the "I Was Born" video series! Through interviews with scientists working in exciting frontiers, the series brings to life the wide range of possibilities in STEM careers. 🧑‍🔬 #AnthemAwards

I’m in DC this week to celebrate with amazing scientists, videographers, podcasters, writers, and people who combine these categories to share science. We really do care about helping you understand our world. It’s an honor to be recognized for the work ✨ (Lol at this video starting alphabetically)

A number of factors have contributed to the declining quantity and quality of #ScienceNews, making it easier for science #misinformation to spread. Our November 13 webinar will examine these new challenges and suggest ways to bolster science #journalism: https://ow.ly/Zm2Q50Xm4S3

"Take advantage of these tools that evolution has given us in order to contextualize our existence, bring meaning to the meaningless." A must watch.

Halloween is also #DarkMatterDay! 🎃🌌 Celebrate the invisible forces that shape our universe with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social. Studying the origins, elements, and mysteries of the cosmos — connects us all: youtu.be/xbrom_qFwsA #scicomm 💫

Truly proud to be among this group of journalists, researchers, and science communicators. Thank you, @nationalacademies.org and @schmidtsciences.bsky.social.

It is a true pleasure to celebrate these outstanding #scicomm innovators, who engage on everything from whale farts to vaccine safety. Highly recommend clicking through & following their feeds 🎉 A huge thank you to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org @nationalacademies.org too!

Nos complace compartir que el periodista Iván Carrillo es uno de los ganadores de los Premios Eric y Wendy Schmidt a la Excelencia en la Comunicación Científica de las Academias Nacionales de Ciencias de EE.UU. de 2025. @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org

We are thrilled to share that writer Iván Carrillo is a winner of the 2025 National Academies of Sciences Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org

#ICYMI - yesterday our program welcomed 24 new award winners! 🏆🥳🎉 The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators. Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...

Congratulations to all the tremendous science communicators honored this year! bsky.app/profile/scic...

Congratulations to all the winners of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications! I've served on the jury for the @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org awards for the past 4 years, and it's a highlight of the year to sink into so much outstanding storytelling!

I’m excited to announce that I’ve been selected as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org)! Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm

Congratulations to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, MedPage Today's editor-in-chief, who was chosen as a winner of the 2025 National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications! ✨🎉 @nationalacademies.org @schmidtsciences.bsky.social

I’m honored and excited to have my work included by @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org. It's a hard time to be a freelance science journalist, and yet the stakes couldn’t be higher.

The @schmidtfellows.bsky.social & @nationalacademies.org have announced the Schmidt awardees for 2025. I was lucky enough to receive this honor in 2024 & was blown away by the community these awards have created www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...

I'm thrilled to share that I’ve been picked as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org). www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...

Congratulations to this year's winners of our Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications! Follow @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org to learn more about the winners and their work.

I'm so thrilled and honored to be selected for this award, and really grateful to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org for their support of science communication. www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #scicomm

I’m excited to announce that I’ve been selected as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org!! Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm

Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social ! Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm

@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social is a science reporter for @nytimes.com who writes about the universe and how the pursuit of understanding it impacts society. We asked her about covering #astronomy and #physics, shifting from research to journalism, and more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...

A new, free tool designed specifically for local journalists! 📝 The Science Reporting Navigator by @theopennotebook.bsky.social equips reporters on any beat to incorporate scientific evidence, voices, data, and context into their stories. Try it out: www.theopennotebook.com/science-repo...

As a researcher, @stevenstrogatz.com sees #math everywhere — around us and inside us. 👀 ♾️ Read about his love of #mathematics, where it shows up in his everyday life, and what sparked his efforts to communicate about it: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/08... #scicomm

Ripple bugs are aquatic insects about the size of a grain of rice, and it turns out that they can surf! 🦟🏄 A recent discovery by team @bhamlalab.bsky.social ‬found that these insects harness tiny fans to surf streams and glide across fast-flowing water. More at: bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...

2023 @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org winner Steven Strogatz sees #math everywhere, around us and inside us. Read about his love of #mathematics, where it shows up in his everyday life, and what sparked his #ScienceCommunication efforts in our new interview: buff.ly/YBsXz4Z

From hip-hop inspired podcasts to science comics, new media storytelling can make complex topics in science not only accessible, but unforgettable. Award-winning sci-commers discuss how creative storytelling across mediums can engage different audiences. Watch here: youtu.be/Sff1WpZnkm8 #scicomm

In a new interview, we asked 2024 @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org winner @andyluttrell.bsky.social about #SocialScience, what sparked his #ScienceCommunication efforts, and lessons from his Opinion Science podcast. Read: buff.ly/DmpCDZx

@andyluttrell.bsky.social is a social psychologist studying people’s opinions and how they change. We asked Andy about social science, what sparked his efforts to communicate about it, and lessons from his podcast, Opinion Science. Read the full interview: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/08...

From clean water to air pollution, local journalism connects people to the issues that shape their lives. @ycabreraoc.bsky.social and Fredrick Mugira reflect on the importance of local journalism and covering local issues like pollution and public health. Watch here: youtu.be/Pgol5CuWIeg #scicomm

@sapnaparikh.bsky.social is an award-winning journalist, artist, environmentalist, and visual storyteller with an incredible journey into #scicomm. 🎤📸 Learn more about Sapna and her path to science communication: youtu.be/35iwptmGCY4 #explorer #medicine #journalism

To build healthier communities, scientists and science communicators have to meet people where they are. #scicomm award winners Calvin Mackie, Janina Jeff, and Elijah Yetter-Bowman share why communication is the cornerstone of better health outcomes. Watch here: youtu.be/vL0U_o9WY7E #publichealth

Applications are open for the New Voices Program 2026–2028 cohort! Join a network of mid-career STEM leaders at the @nationalacademies.org tackling national and global challenges. 📅 Application Deadline: September 3, 2025 🔗 Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/new... #NewVoices #scipol

Check out @andyluttrell.bsky.social's interview with fellow #scicomm awardee @alexdainis.bsky.social for his SciComm Summer series of the Opinion Science podcast!

Are you a grad student or early-career STEM professional interested in learning about careers in science policy? Apply today for the 2026 #MirzayanFellowship at @nationalacademies.org, held March 2 – May 22, 2026! Learn more and apply by August 20, 2025: mirzayanfellow.nas.edu

⚛️ The physical sciences are part of everything we experience — from the forces that let us walk upright to the energy that powers our phones. @stevenstrogatz.com, @bhamlalab.bsky.social, and Janina Jeff discuss how the physical sciences shape our daily lives. Watch here: youtu.be/sKeNfJTMb-Y

🌱 Science belongs everywhere, and one of the best places to bring it to life is in your own neighborhood. Xavier Cortada, Calvin Mackie, @ycabreraoc.bsky.social‬, and Eli Yetter-Bowman discuss how #scicomm engagement starts by listening and meeting communities where they are. youtu.be/8BciEwKZd6E

The main work of the National Academies is conducted through our rigorous study process, but we are also committed to engaging the public through programs like our @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org and @labx.org. Learn about our engagement activities: buff.ly/JqNzLi0