Calling on my ancestors for guidance but the only one who answers is a weird eutherian rodent-mammal from the early cretaceous period. "EAT BERRY SLEEP UNDER ROCK" it says. Pretty good advice
We are proud to unveil the world’s longest underwater timelapse, starting May 1st 2023 and running 1,000 days through January 28, 2026. This 10fps period covers summer 2023’s coral bleaching mortality event, but then recovering and growing through ‘24 & ‘25 into ‘26 #coralcitycamera
The freedom of the press is literally inscribed into the constitution. The arrests of Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, layered atop the raid of that WaPo journalist's home earlier this month are clearly political acts designed to silence journalists, and create a chilling effect on free speech.
Final days! Get those applications in by tomorrow, Jan 15, if you'd like to join us in Woods Hole this May!! 🦑🧪🦠🐙🔬🐟
Shucks, thank you! 😊 Happy to pitch in this year and excited to meet some very cool journalists!
It doesn’t matter if decades have passed or new information has emerged --
If the EPA goes through with this, it won't be able to revise hazardous air pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.
My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/air-...
Calling science-curious journalists & writers! This year I'm helping run @mblscience.bsky.social's Logan Science Journalism program, a 10-day immersive field experience in Woods Hole. And there are just 9 days left to apply! Send me any Q's, and hope to see you in May! www.mbl.edu/education/lo...
Some days I think my job is pretty normal, and then other days I find myself paging through an obscure Flemish herbal written in the 1500s
🧵 3/3 Bottom line for 🧪:
The last remaining fight over the Billionaires' Bill is this week (*right now*) and in the House.
The fight for science funding in FY26 starts *next week* in the House and will continue during the summer.
So: don't lose hope...it's a *summer-long* fight for science!
You can read the original story that inspired this episode at: hakaimagazine.com/features/rai...
Back in 2021, I came across a strange story about some folks raising baby sharks taken from dead mothers caught by fishermen. That story became a feature for Hakai Magazine, and today, it's in @radiolab.bsky.social as part of their "Week of Sharks" !! open.spotify.com/episode/2SkQ...
The cuts to NSF, NASA and the NIH come just as interest in STEM fields is booming. This administration is literally crushing the dreams of young people in the USA. Not to mention the impact on the STEM workforce. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢
I adored this fascinating, hopeful @betsymason.bsky.social story for @biographic.bsky.social about the intelligence of urban wildlife, and how we can coexist: www.biographic.com/the-coyote-n...
Are baby whale sharks "holding their breath" to hide from predators and bulk up after birth? www.biographic.com/whale-sharks...
It was a joy to work with @colinschultz.bsky.social once again for this, my first story in @biographic.bsky.social!
Whale Sharks’ Low-Oxygen Advantage
Whale shark babies seem to find safety in dangerous oxygen minimum zones.
by @cgeib.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/whale-sharks...
Today I was overjoyed to hear the first peepers and the first returning osprey of the season...and then I also found the first two ticks of the season 🙃 guess that's spring in New England, baby
“We are really trying very, very hard ... to move our world forward" through "foundational, sometimes groundbreaking research, and then you get flagged and blacklisted because there is a word like ‘female’ in your project.”
My latest, w/the brilliant Agnel Philip
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
"Phenology" has been a big scary word for me for a while now. There's something about shifting seasonal cycles, and species out of alignment, that makes me nervous. But most stories I've read about climate change and phenology have felt distant, abstract.
Not this one.
A book on a wooden desk, with an ombre orange-yellow-blue cover: The Craft of Science Writing, selections from The Open Notebook, edited by Siri Carpenter.
Could anyone use a copy of @theopennotebook.bsky.social's Craft of Science Writing? I've taught it for 4 yrs & we recently upgraded to the new edition, but it's still an excellent resource! Would love to send it (free!) to a student or someone just breaking into the biz.
Every day the news is terrible but I'm so grateful for the folks out there doing the work. grist.org/politics/the...
In June, I had the pleasure of spending a day observing the kelp harvest of the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers, the first Indigenous-owned kelp farm on the East Coast. My story on their work, to restore local waters and reclaim land & water sovereignty, for @nature.org: www.nature.org/en-us/magazi...
Bird researchers are combining the age-old tech of radio tracking with the newer advances of aerial drones—my first story for @audubon.org magazine, and the second produced with the support of a generous grant from @ijnr.bsky.social: www.audubon.org/magazine/fol...
If you're in New England and wondering if you just felt an earthquake, yes, you did! (Me, too!)
Say hello to @biographic.bsky.social's first news story:
Who Watches the Watchers?
The recent charging of prominent documentarians in British Columbia court is raising important questions about the ethics of wildlife videography.
www.biographic.com/who-watches-...
Two redline airedale terriers, large reddish brown dogs with scruffy, curly fur, relaxing in a gray-carpeted hallway. One is cozy in his travel crate, while the other sprawls beside him on the ground. Now retired from bear-chasing, life is good for these two.
This reporting was supported by a grant from @ijnr.bsky.social, which enabled travel to Montana to see these drone professionals at work—and, importantly, meet two of my favorite characters in this story: Huck and Gum, the retired bear-hazing dogs. More stories from that travel coming soon!
I have a new story up in @theguardian.com: how drones are showing promise in scaring predators, like grizzlies & wolves, away from human spaces in the American west—a way to keep both humans and animals safe as predator populations grow there. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
In honor of @hakaimagazine.com merging with biogGraphic (a crossover event made for science journalists!), here are some of our favorite alumni pieces from both outlets:
First up, @cgeib.bsky.social, '16, explores the wild world of artificial shark uteruses: hakaimagazine.com/news/scienti...
The plastics industry wants to market plastic bags as "recyclable," even though they're virtually guaranteed to end up in a landfill or incinerator. Their logic: the bags are "capable" of being recycled.
My latest: www.propublica.org/article/plas...
w/incredible art by Max Erwin
