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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 9h

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 15h

What a truly delightful piece of research!! 🧪

Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate Ages @climateages.bsky.social · 15h

A 126,000-year-old butt-drag just made fossil history.
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.

Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
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The 126,000-Year-Old Butt-Drag That Rewrote What Counts as a Fossil

How a small animal’s odd habit turned into one of the most unexpected stories ever preserved in stone Some discoveries make headlines because they’re dramatic: new...

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 16h

RIGHT?!? I will 1000% be citing this next time I am called out for bad table manners.

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 16h

My brilliant colleague came up with it!!

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 16h

My favorite quote from my version of the story: “They’re basically screaming with their mouths full”!!! I love them SO MUCH, Bethany!! www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...

Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

www.scientificamerican.com

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 18h

Jeffrey Kuhlman has been on the medical team of five different presidents, and in this great interview shares his experience with the White House: 🧪

Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 18h

On today's Science Quickly, I interviewed a former White House doctor about the president's care, aging and more: "It is a fact of science, it's not a political attack, that humans past the age of 60... start to have cognitive decline."

"We have a gerontocracy."

Listen on @sciam.bsky.social 🎧

Transforming Presidential Health Care: Insights from a Former White House Doctor

A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 19h

1. Scientists flossed mice. And delivered a vaccine through the floss!

2. This could mean people could self administer vaccines, something vital in a pandemic.

3. Ok but wait you want me to FLOSS!? Like let's not get wild here...

www.sciencenews.org/article/flos...

How flossing a mouse's teeth could lead to a new kind of vaccine

Flu viruses often enter the body through mucous tissue in the nose. Researchers are developing new ways to protect such areas.

www.sciencenews.org

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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite quote from the piece: “They’re basically screaming with their mouths full”

Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 1d

Please enjoy these super cute, secretly metal bats!! I love them!! 🧪 🌎 www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...

Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

www.scientificamerican.com

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 1d

Please enjoy these super cute, secretly metal bats!! I love them!! 🧪 🌎 www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...

Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

www.scientificamerican.com

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 1d

Nice!!

Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 1d

Ack, I'm sorry it got you--rest up and take care of yourself!

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 1d

Heck yeah!

Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 2d

Nice work!!

Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 2d

Nice work!!

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 2d

The science is in: COVID boosters are worth it, even if you've been vaccinated and/or infected before. Stay safe out there, friends!: 🧪 🛟 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 2d

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Amanda Montañez @unamandita.bsky.social · 2d

fascinating story about the convergence of traditional Chinese medicine and AI...and tongues! by @luyieve.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-s...

This AI Spots Disease by Reading Your Tongue’s Color

Inspired by principles from traditional Chinese medicine, researchers used AI to analyze tongue color as a diagnostic tool—with more than 96 percent accuracy

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 2d

Here's why to know about "metal-organic frameworks," which are...cooler than they sound, let's go with. And now Nobel-winning! 🧪

Josh Fischman @jfischman.bsky.social · 2d

Finally! After decades of also-runs, amazing molecular cages-which can do everything from trapping greenhouse gases to delivering and releasing drugs at specific parts of the body- won the Chemistry Nobel. Read @megha.bsky.social 's story, here, and watch for updates today.

2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment

Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s the thing I wish everyone could hold in their minds about writers—we love em dashes. We use em dashes. We are humans and not AI. We will not be deleting our em dashes just because AI uses them too. We were here first. You can pry my em dashes from my cold dead hands. F*ck AI.

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 3d

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Lee Billings @leebillings.bsky.social · 3d

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: This year’s physics Nobel goes to 3 researchers who demonstrated quantum tunneling on a superconducting chip. By bringing this microscopic effect into the macroscale world, they laid important foundations for quantum computing.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

This Year’s Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to Three Scientists for Work in Quantum Mechanics

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 3d

Today's Nobel, for physics, went to researchers who brought quantum mechanics to the scale of the real world. Here's what to know: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

This Year’s Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to Three Scientists for Work in Quantum Mechanics

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world

www.scientificamerican.com

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 4d

It's Nobel week! Here's @laurenjyoung.bsky.social with a great explainer on the science of today's winners, who developed our understanding of how the immune system avoids attacking the body: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 4d

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Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 4d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to some neat fundamental research on the immune system: peripheral immune tolerance. It's what keeps the body's defense mechanism in check—and could be key to new therapies for autoimmune disorders. @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...

www.scientificamerican.com

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 4d

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Tanya Lewis @tanyalewis.bsky.social · 4d

This year's #medicineNobel was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering why the body doesn't attack itself—key for organ transplants and autoimmune disease therapies. By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...

www.scientificamerican.com

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 6d

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Clara Moskowitz @clarakm.bsky.social · 6d

Maybe dark energy is completely different than we imagined: @rboyle31.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-d...

Are Black Holes Creating Dark Energy?

A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery

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