A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Applications are OPEN through 10/31 for our early-career fellowship program supported by the @bwfund.bsky.social! Work with a mentor to plan, report, and write articles for The Open Notebook and become part of the TON team. 🧪

These kids are so cool 🥹

It hasn’t made it to English-speaking outlets yet but reports from the area are saying that @alecluhn.bsky.social has been found and is receiving medical attention ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Overjoyed for everyone — I cannot imagine the relief felt by his wife and family www.vg.no/nyheter/i/B0...

My friend and fellow journalist @alecluhn.bsky.social is missing. If you have any info/sway that could help this situation please send me a message 💛

as Syria rebounds from dictatorship, its people are demanding to rebuild with the climate in mind for @atmosmag.bsky.social, @mariannedhe.bsky.social reports on the hopes and dreams for the nation's post-Assad future 🌍🧪

Tiny matters. Big matters. It’s all space to me! Check out this week’s Pale Blue Pod about the tiniest things in space with @samjscience.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Had a blast on Pale Blue Pod chatting about tiny things in space with @goastromo.bsky.social ! 🔭

Feeling stressed? 2024 award winner @samjscience.bsky.social shares how building strong social connections, taking a step back when you feel overwhelmed, and focusing on things you enjoy are some ways to deal with stress contagion. Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202... #scicomm

Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

🎧 If you want to treat your ears to a science podcast, tune in to Tiny Matters! Dive into the microbes, molecules, and other other tiny things that have a big impact on our world. Not sure where to start? Here are some top episode picks from our award-winning executive producer, Sam Jones.

Today's episode of Tiny Matters is one I've been mulling over for a while, partly because I wanted to find the perfect guest. (Spoiler: I did). @joelbervell.bsky.social joins us to discuss the ways race science, dating back centuries, still influences medicine today open.spotify.com/episode/0jwQ...

NASACORE 👩‍🚀🌌 We are still on cloud nine from our NASA visit last week. Seriously such an honor to be in the presence of the Roman Space Telescope with @goastromo.bsky.social and @samjscience.bsky.social! We probably won't stop talking about this for a while.

🌟Submissions are OPEN for the awards for excellence in science communication given by @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social to science communicators, journalists, and researchers. I was thrilled to have been one of last year's winners. 🔗 www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel...

This week’s Tiny Matters features @restingdinoface.bsky.social who guides us in exploring the complex and essential relationship between plants and animals across evolution and some of the pivotal moments that led to our world today. Listen anywhere you get podcasts open.spotify.com/episode/3ieM...

🧪For science (or dog! or both!) enthusiasts in the DMV area — come see a very cool comparative oncology doc I was a science consultant on, premiering at the AMC Montgomery 16 in Bethesda on Tuesday, February 11th at 7 pm. FREE to attend. Trailer and RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

pointing listeners in the right (sometimes cute) direction since 2022 😎

This is your sign to treat yourself this weekend in preparation for the week ahead, for no reason whatsoever…

🧪I had a blast curating this week's @pocketcasts.com guest list! Check it out and maybe you'll find a new podcast to fall in love with @acs.org @multitude.productions @okidokiboki.bsky.social 🔗 blog.pocketcasts.com/2025/01/16/s...

great starter pack to bring all kinds of science to your feed in all sorts of formats, from writing to podcasting to videos, from award-winning science communicators and journalists! go.bsky.app/R3WZmxy

Such an amazing night with @nationalacademies.org and Schmidt Sciences receiving an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communication. The past few days I’ve been surrounded by the smartest, kindest, most driven people and I am so grateful 💛

We're hosting an Instagram takeover with Tiny Matters Host @samjscience.bsky.social! Mark your calendars for December 9th from 1-2 pm EST to get all your burning podcast and science questions answered right on our stories at @multitudeshows. @amerchemsociety.bsky.social

One of my favorite mugs from one of my favorite science podcasts! If Tiny Matters isn't on your regular listening, I highly recommend it. @samjscience.bsky.social and the other amazing hosts, producers, and writers do an incredible job.

What can government scientists do now to minimize the damage that’s coming over the next four years, and what can we do to help them? I spoke to several experts to write this story for The Revelator Please share widely. 🧪🌎 therevelator.org/scientists-m...

Ahhh no longer a secret! Tiny Matters has joined the Multitude fam! 🎧 ❤️

The Support Homegrown Podcasts pins are here! Thank you to the MultiCrew for sharing your pics! We’re also grateful for our new merch partnership with @certifiedcrucial.bsky.social! Shop your favorites from @spiritspodcast.com and @jointhepartypod.com at multitude.certifiedcrucial.com!

🦃 Around Thanksgiving, we often stop to consider what we’re grateful for. But gratitude is important for our relationships and physical health all year long. It has also been linked to decreased loneliness. So how do we cultivate a practice? Me for @washingtonpost.com 🎁🔗 wapo.st/3Zmq8tM

reason 12,567… to not drink raw milk 🥛

It feels like momentum is really building here — so hi! I’m Sam, a former scientist turned science journalist and exec producer of the podcast Tiny Matters. It’s early Saturday and I’m tired, so that’s all for now, but here’s a pic of my dogs giving “don’t talk about my child that way” energy

Tiny Matters is one of my favorite podcasts and even though @samjscience.bsky.social is not on BlueSky yet, I highly encourage people to submit cool science stories ✨🧪💕

Great Data Sovereignty READ featuring Native BioData Consortium and our cofounders, @kstsosie.bsky.social, Keolu Fox, and Matt Anderson. Thanks, @samjscience.bsky.social Nature journal “We have seen an egregious abuse of power, an egregious culture of extraction.” Keolu Fox, NativeBio cofounder.

🧬Tiny Matters just launched a new bonus series and we need your stories! Click on the link below and tell us your favorite science fact/news/story for a chance to be featured AND to win a Tiny Matters coffee mug! forms.gle/9TKr4uokFRA1...

🧪So excited to share that Tiny Matters is launching a newsletter! For updates on new episodes, video snippets from interviews, little blurbs on recent fascinating science discoveries, and maybe the occasional photo of my goofy dogs and Deboki’s far more refined cat…subscribe!🔗 bit.ly/tinymattersn...

🦠🧪Long COVID was a big, intimidating (and ever evolving) topic to tackle on Tiny Matters, but I'm so glad we did. Thank you to Abby Koppes, Mike VanElzakker and Ryan Prior for sharing their work and experiences with our listeners #LongCOVID 🎧available everywhere www.buzzsprout.com/2243575/1513...

🧪We’re launching a bonus series on Tiny Matters called ‘Tiny show and tell us’! Email [email protected] with your favorite science factoid, a personal science story, science news you’re itching to share…really anything you think listeners would enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/4AAq...

🧪 I write and podcast about human health, medicine, and disease a lot, so getting to write about new research on the emergence of bioluminescence (and learning it’s almost 300 million years older than we thought!) was so, so cool 🪸 @nytimes.com 🎁 gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/s...

🧪Understanding how our brains respond to certain situations and cues allows for the development of real solutions, so we can ditch useless advice like “just eat better.” 🧠My latest for @washingtonpost.com linking the lonely brain to unhealthy eating wapo.st/43UHP4u

🧪This year's Professional Development Day is on Saturday, May 4th (in-person & virtual!). The day includes a keynote talk, panel discussions and workshops for journalists and PIOs, lunch with local scientists, a writer-editor meet and greet, and more! 🦆Register dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-5643066

🧪anyone know of a DC-based science writer/journalist with an excellent newsletter? Please send suggestions!

🧪 It’s my birthday! As a gift to me, I would be so grateful if you subscribed, rated and/or reviewed Tiny Matters, the #sciencepodcast I exec produce 🎂 🎙️ Find your preferred listening platform here 👉 tinymatters.buzzsprout.com/share

🧪 The DC Science Writers Association @dcswa.bsky.social is having our professional development day on Sat., May 4th at George Washington University. I’m helping organize a panel on ethical use of AI in newsrooms and am looking for panelists! 🤖 Any suggestions for people in the DC area? Let me know!

🧪 Last fall @okidokiboki.bsky.social and I did a Q&A and mug giveaway episode where we answered listener questions about #science and #scicomm. It was a hit, so today we're back with round 2!🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/0Pfm... ☕ Want your very own Tiny Matters mug?🔗 www.eweb.acs.org/eweb/ACSTemp...

🧪Are you in the Washington, DC area and looking to connect with other science writers, producers, and journalists? @dcswa.bsky.social is hosting a pizza social at Sonny’s on Thursday, February 8th. Come mingle and grab a slice on us! 🍕 dcswa.org/event/pizza-...

DC isn’t experiencing -40, but I’m a wimp and waking up to 11 degree weather ain’t fun 🥶

Last call for our DCSWA science writing/editing/publishing boot camp, starts Sunday! Register here, then grab your own copy of Subatomic Writing (JHU Press, 2023) from your library! Level up to stay competitive. dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-5514496 🧪⚛️🔬⚗️🔭 @dcswa.bsky.social @samjscience.bsky.social

🧪~2% of pregnant people suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum — severe, persistent nausea and vomiting that can be life-threatening. Last month researchers reported what causes it, so what’s next?💊 Grateful to cover this essential topic for Nat Geo www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/arti...

🧪In 1980, the World Health Organization announced the successful eradication of smallpox. But before smallpox was on the WHO’s eradication docket, there was yaws, a bacterium-caused skin disease that can ultimately destroy bone. ✍️me for Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Save the date! @dcswa.bsky.social’s 2024 professional development day will be on Saturday, May 4th at George Washington University in DC and will also be offered virtually 💫registration and more info to come at DCSWA.org

Love the NASW energy, but want to meet like-minds closer to home? You can also find community in a science writing regional group—such as @dcswa.bsky.social in Washington DC! Learn more about these independently organized SciWriCongress local collectives: nasw.org/regional-sci...

You will be going to this @DCSWA 🐥🐥🐥Happy Hour next Wednesday, January 17. It's not even up for discussion. Details here: dcswa.org/event/happy-...