Correction--the @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social auction runs through Monday, May *11*! Bid to zoom with me and AMA👇

Today feels kinda' big! My new book, years in the writing, decades in the musing, is out today! It's about the very profound effect that our minds have on our physical health. Also contains anecdotes about my dog. Best read with tea. Milk. No sugar. @atlanticbooks.bsky.social #science #scicomm 🧪

I really, really hate to sharing this, but last week, we @biographic.bsky.social learned that the California Academy of Sciences will no longer be providing the magazine with financial support, including money we were expecting to receive this year. We're in a real bind.

I'm thrilled to announce that my book LOST IN CURIOSITY: Field Notes from Scientists' Adventures into the Unknown is available to pre-order now and has been chosen for Indies Introduce, the American Booksellers Association's list of best summer/fall debuts! www.instagram.com/p/DYCj597DTp... (1/N)

It's pub day at last! Here's what I've been up to, and (of course) what an animal has to say about it: elizabethgpreston.substack.com/p/how-to-brood 🧪

Seattle Children's employees: my DMs are open. Would love your thoughts on the ongoing helipad discussions.

HAPPENING THURSDAY: Current freelancer? Considering adding or transitioning to freelancing work? Have an interest in hiring and working with freelancers? Join us to connect, collaborate and commiserate. Open to all NASW members. Join the May 7 event:

My first live radio! This was a fun chat and listeners shared some great animal stories (including a cat who made a cockroach into her pet??)

On Thursday, April 30, 7PM, I'll be joining @robertmoor.com at @powells.bsky.social to celebrate & discuss his truly wonderful new book, IN TREES. It's a brilliant meditation on trees literal & figurative; botanical, familial, & conceptual — trees as ways of thinking & being. Highly recommended!

To celebrate spring, the next NSWA Science Salon- on May 1 from 6-9pm - will focus on phenology, the seasonality of natural life cycles! It's a potluck so please bring a dish to share and your beverage of choice. Register today! lnkd.in/gYsWCtrx

SCIENCE WRITERS WANTED: Can you help students learn more about the field of #sciwri? This summer, the David Perlman Virtual Mentoring Program, organized by NASW's Education Committee, returns, and NASW members are invited to serve as mentors. Learn more and sign up by May 1:

My book BEYOND BELIEF is out today! It says: in a world flooded with questionable claims and misinformation, evidence from science can help show what’s nonsense – and what’s not. In other words: "Essential reading for the rational-minded". Please repost! 1/🧵 @princetonupress.bsky.social

Earlier this month, I traveled to Southern Oregon to witness the growing momentum among Pacific NW Indigenous elders, youth, knowledge holders, and their supporters as they gathered to revive an essential part of their culture: 🔥fire🔥 1/

"How to cover the federal appropriations process," 1pm EDT, Thursday (April 30), online discussion with @maxkozlov.bsky.social @virginiagewin.bsky.social @alesszimm.bsky.social

Some professional news... I'm delighted to be @cangeo.bsky.social's new (part-time*) Western Canada Editor! Coverage area: MB, SK, AB, BC, YT, NWT. I'll have more detailed pitch guidelines once I get settled in, but in the meantime, I'm at [email protected] if you'd like to get in touch.

For Hubble's 36 anniversary, NASA has released this image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarius. It's a beautiful image, one that also calls up a lot of emotional history for me (a short thread). 🧪🔭 science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...

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Join us on April 23 for a reading celebrating new books by Patricia Smith, Ashley M. Jones, Donika Kelly, and Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Register for this FREE event: https://bit.ly/4dSVhwO

The view from yesterday. Happy Earth Day to all

Somehow, it's been a year since my most recent book launched. Happy birthday to MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER—on Earth Day, appropriately. This is our home. Let's make it a loving place for everyone, not a resource for the ultra-wealthy to exploit. 🌍📘🎂

Thanks to you @jasongale.bsky.social for the book, "After Covid," and our discussion with @marynmck.bsky.social today. Great talk. #covid19 #longcovid #virus #science 🧪 Archive of the talk is on youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihdG...

New climate comms paper has my full attention! They revised 10 of the most-cited messaging strategies & then conducted what a massive preregistered study. Quick summary: the right frames are persuasive, but effects are small. There are no magic words. So glad to have this research to build from.

📖 My book BEYOND INHERITANCE is out today. tinyurl.com/5yjsr97n This journey started with a fact I couldn’t ignore: Even in otherwise healthy adults, mutant cells can appear in the blood—quietly doubling the risk of heart disease and stroke.

This book is so good

What are GLP-1s actually doing? In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I explore how patients experience these drugs & why the story may be more complex than many assume. nytimes.com/interactive/... w/ insights from @danieldrucker.bsky.social @seeleyrj.bsky.social among others #glp1

Writers and artists: My next investing/retirement planning workshop for creatives is coming up in June! If you're feeling unsure about how to invest or nervous that you're not saving enough for retirement, this class is meant for you: www.robertakwok.com/teaching

The shark doctor is IN! Ask me anything. Do you have questions about sharks? About marine biology? About ocean conservation? About me and my career? Ask me anything! And tag a friend who may have questions. I’ll keep this going all day today.

Floral revolutionaries on the road: Seattle and Miami Beach friends, I'd love to see you at my upcoming events. Register here: Seattle: www.elliottbaybook.com/events/50119 Miami Beach: shop.booksandbooks.com/event/2026-0...

Over two years ago, the magnificent Beth Mazur ended her life while visiting me. I miss her. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/s...

HEY WRITERS (not just SF/F writers) HAVE YOU BEEN PROCRASTINATING ON MAKING YOUR ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT CLAIM? SFWA is running a webinar event OPEN TO ALL WRITERS (not just members! not just SF/F writers!) on Thursday. Sign up here: www.sfwa.org/events/anthr...

Exciting news: You can get a signed copy of my book if you preorder through my beloved @portersqbooks.bsky.social! portersquarebooks.com/book/9780593... 🧪

Our goal is to hear from as many perspectives among working professional science communicators as possible. Help us spread the word, and please let us know if you have any questions!

Scrivener for Creative Writers is coming back Sunday, May 3. 90 minutes to learn how to make this overwhelming writing software work for you and your creative process. (Class will be recorded in case you can't make it live.) jaimegreen.net/classes

Save the date for ScienceWriters2026: Join us Sept 25-28 in Corvallis, Oregon for in-person sessions and fabulous local field trips and tours. Bespoke virtual sessions will be offered Oct 14-16. We can't wait to see you online or in person! LEARN MORE: sciencewriters2026.org

For journalists covering science and looking for support, @theopennotebook.bsky.social hosts a peer-mentoring community on Slack called Covering Science at the Local Level. Learn more and apply:

I will be live-streaming with the @scifri.bsky.social book club on March 27 at 4 PM ET. Join us!

Happy Publication Day to GRIZZLED—a day I’ve been dreaming about for 10 years! 🧪 ❤️‍🔥🐻❤️‍🔥

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

ScienceWriters2026 is a meeting for science writers, by science writers, and we need your help. Submit your idea by March 10: www.nasw.org/article... Learn what makes a great session: www.nasw.org/page/ho...

Ready for a new kind of animal book? A wildlife wonder-guide, if you will? GRIZZLED: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals drops NEXT WEEK! Get a taste over at @slate.com, which has published my bald eagle chapter in full! 🧪🦅 🦉🦑🐍🦊 slate.com/technology/2...

NASW Members: Are you interested in shaping the future of science writing? Do you enjoy working with a fun group of committed volunteers? Please consider submitting your interest to NASW's Nominating Committee by the March 18 deadline. Learn more about board service:

wonderful opportunity for climate journalists!! I always love reading all the winners, which ends up serving as an incredible collection of climate journalism from around the world

"The Economist is seeking promising journalists and would-be journalists to apply for the 2026 Richard Casement internship" www.economist.com/science-and-...

Please enter (or encourage your favorite climate cover-ers to enter) submissions for the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards.

@newyorker.com reveals their most anticipated books of 2026, including LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and COOL MACHINE by @colsonwhitehead.com via www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...

I spotted Spark in the wild yesterday at the Stetson branch of the New Haven Free Public Library. It was such a thrill to see the book and such an honor to bring Jim West’s life story to young minds. Yay, #STEM.

I played my new favorite game, which is called Are The Fellas In Sync? defector.com/are-the-fell...

In reporting this piece on the epigenetics of ancient humans, I got to find out what happens when archaeology guys get to work with fresh bone for the first time. 😂 Because you see, fresh bone still has marrow...which makes BLOOD. www.templeton.org/news/the-evo...

Rachel Carson's "Fable for Tomorrow" worked brilliantly — but only once. How can we create conservation fables for today? conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-to-bui...

solid review of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES in @newrepublic.com today by Sulmaan Wasif Khan, love this paragraph especially. Full story: newrepublic.com/article/2062... 🌍🐅