@kennaculture
Content Manager at Space.com and freelance science writer focused on animal intelligence, corvids, cephalopods, quantum technology, and AI. Works in Nat Geo, Science Friday, Scientific American, New Scientist, Ars Technica, Nautilus Mag, etc.
I have a big announcement! I am #writing a book on #octopuses to be published by Princeton University Press late 2026/early 2027! I'm so excited to share the full story of the larger Pacific striped #octopus and citizen #scientist Arcadio Rodaniche! Follow my website and socials for more updates!
Psst! For all my #colorado #journos out there, @sciwrirockies.com is hosting its annual holiday party on December 8! I hope to see you all there! Register below and meet other members of the science journalism community!
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I've helped create this virtual #readingclub where once a month we'll dive into a #shortstory that's #sciencefiction themed! Please sign up and join if you love #books and #reading and #scifi!
Love #sciencefiction but don't have time to read a full #book? Space.com has you covered as we're kicking off a new reading club where we read a #scifi short story every month.
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#books #reading #shortstories #reader #sciencefictionbooks #spacebooks #halloweenreads
Join me next month along in a FREE virtual panel hosted by @sciwrirockies.com as I discuss #careerchange and #jobswitching. I'm honored to be a panelist next to Dr. Jimmy Negus and Karin Kirk and can't wait to see what insights they share.
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Super excited for @kennaculture.bsky.social to share her wisdom with us!!
It's time for another "Debrief Weekly Report" podcast with @stephgerk.bsky.social! Listen as we talk #lasers, #cannabis, and #wood!
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Join us on April 2 to learn about how to protect sources & navigate sensitive stories — featuring investigative journalist @charlespiller.bsky.social! If you're interested in storytelling & ethics, this webinar is for you. Free for @sciwrirockies.com members:
www.sciwrirockies.com/event-detail...
If you haven't yet registered, be sure to do so to learn all about protecting sources and navigating sensitive stories!
Another week calls for another "Debrief Weekly Report" #podcast. Listen as MJ Banias and I talk weird #spacestations, extinctions, and, no surprise, #conspiracytheories.
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Another week calls for another episode of the "Debrief Media Weekly Report" #podcast with @stephgerk.bsky.social and myself! Listen as we talk about #lidar, #impactcraters and brain computer interfaces!
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Great story by @kennaculture.bsky.social in the #debrief on the new model for working memory by Michael Frank and Aneri Soni from Carney's Center for Computational Brain Science. 🧠
Another week calls for another episode of the
"Debrief Weekly Report" #podcast! This week
@mjbanias.bsky.social joins me in discussing #robots, #cleanenergy and screen detoxing. It's all here and more!
thedebrief.org/hydrogen-min...
@stephgerk.bsky.social
Another week calls for another episode of the "Debrief Weekly Report" #podcast with myself and @stephgerk.bsky.social! Listen as we discuss pagan rites and medieval hordes, music therapy, and radio astronomy!
open.spotify.com/episode/3gzT...
The next season of "The Debrief Weekly Report" is here and we have a great new #podcast episode for you. Listen as @stephgerk.bsky.social and I discuss Kenyan #spacedebris, #bats, and #exoskeletons!
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Listen now!
Congratulations to JILA Fellow, NIST Physicist, and CU Boulder Physics professor Adam Kaufman for being honored with a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his groundbreaking work in optical tweezers!
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Same to you Robin! Wishing you and yours a safe and warm holiday season!
It was such a joy to write this piece! Thank you Robin for all your expertise with this story!
Just in time for Cephalopod Week, @kennaculture.bsky.social brought us the untold story of Arcadio Rodaniche, the diver and artist who discovered a bizarre octopus but was dismissed by the scientific community for decades.
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/arc...
No new DEBRIEF WEEKLY REPORT today but guess what? My co-host @kennaculture.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! So follow her for cool science stuff.
New DEBRIEF WEEKLY REPORT podcast episode with
@kennaculture.bsky.social! We talk Martian oceans, movies and terror birds!!
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I am SOOO excited to see my first #byline in "National Geographic!" I've been wanting to write for them forever! My article dives into how the world's smallest penguins are under attack from their raven predators.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
While my output for #freelance #writing, outside of my normal side hustles, has slowed down a bit, there's still a lot to cover! I'm so excited to have an #article recently published in @thetransmitter.bsky.social, focusing on #corvids and #neuroscience.
www.thetransmitter.org/evolution/nu...