A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed.

Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.

#VaccinesSaveLives

A sign from nature to PERSIST.

Learn why many rodents have short nails on their thumb rather than long claws, a trait that has helped them eat and thrive for millions of years. www.discovermagazine.com/rodents-oddl...

Webspinners (order Embioptera) spin the finest silk fibers known in nature, which they use to build shelters that, when wet, form a strong, protective film. A new study explores silk-water interactions in four webspinner species, w/ lessons that could be applied in human-made, bioinspired materials.

Really cool new generational heat tool from @climatecentral.org that lets you compare the number of extremely hot days added by climate change across generations.

Learn what cesium-137 is, how food can become radioactive, and what to do if you recently purchased shrimp. www.discovermagazine.com/radioactive-...

"This is no Dutch bike lane with a safe, modern design and well-funded construction. This is an American bike lane—a blood-pumping obstacle course of neglected asphalt and ideas from the 1970s."

One more tool to fight malaria. My latest for @discovermag.bsky.social

Retired coal power plants could provide backup or emergency power to the electricity grid – but this time drawing on heat energy stored in dirt instead of burning fossil fuels.

More details on how this clean energy repowering option works in my article 🧪

www.newscientist.com/article/2491...

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

Thanks for the support!

Using next-generation technology could offer fresh insight into unprecedented ocean extremes driven by climate change or other factors.

Science is coming up with ways to do biomedical research without lab animals. My latest for @snexplores.bsky.social.

rain on the roof

Today the 1st case of CRISPR 3.0 (Prime genome editing) announced for a teenager with chronic granulomatous disease
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Folks, Sara Niksic / Inner Child is fundraising for the next iteration of her phenomenal whale song/music science communication project - please consider a small donation to help make this happen 🎶🦑🐋 whydonate.com/en/fundraisi...

Did you miss our big news last week: #SciWri25 has a new location and dates! Get ready to gather in Chicago Nov 7-9. The virtual portion will take place Oct 22-24. Thank you to everyone for your support during this journey.

Details: www.nasw.org/article...

I have those in my garden. They smell like grapes.

If you think you’re smart, check out orcas. For this Discover piece, I learned about their amazing brains, social lives, and how we may soon know more about what they’re saying to each other. @orcawatcher.bsky.social @discovermag.bsky.social

www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth...

I’m ashamed.

One of my favorite books!

My best guess as to why the increase was so large last year (besides human emissions of CO2) is due to global wildfires and the start of the year in an El Nino.