Clara Moskowitz
@clarakm.bsky.social
Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering astronomy, physics and math. She/her 🏳️🌈
Wouldn't it be a ginormous waste to send a rover all the way to Mars to collect rock samples for study back on Earth and then to just...abandon them? By @astrojonny.bsky.social 🧪
NASA Found Something on Mars. Now We Might Just Leave It There
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
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November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Wouldn't it be a ginormous waste to send a rover all the way to Mars to collect rock samples for study back on Earth and then to just...abandon them? By @astrojonny.bsky.social 🧪
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Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
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The woman who discovered the first black hole
Betty Webster is a name to remember. Also: more rogue binary jovians
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
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badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
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True nightmare fuel: Scientists just confirmed the first known death from a severe meat allergy caused by a tick bite.
The man, who died in 2024 after eating a burger, had alpha-gal syndrome, a bizarre disease triggered by tick bites.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/man-...
The man, who died in 2024 after eating a burger, had alpha-gal syndrome, a bizarre disease triggered by tick bites.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/man-...
Man With Tick-Borne Meat Allergy Dies after Eating Burger
Lone star tick bites are the most common cause of alpha-gal syndrome, which causes severe allergic reactions to red meat
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November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
True nightmare fuel: Scientists just confirmed the first known death from a severe meat allergy caused by a tick bite.
The man, who died in 2024 after eating a burger, had alpha-gal syndrome, a bizarre disease triggered by tick bites.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/man-...
The man, who died in 2024 after eating a burger, had alpha-gal syndrome, a bizarre disease triggered by tick bites.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/man-...
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I, for one, welcome our new trash panda overlords.
But for real, fascinating science on how we might be seeing the very early stages of domestication in action in wild animals. 🧪
By @marinacoladas.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social
But for real, fascinating science on how we might be seeing the very early stages of domestication in action in wild animals. 🧪
By @marinacoladas.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
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November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I, for one, welcome our new trash panda overlords.
But for real, fascinating science on how we might be seeing the very early stages of domestication in action in wild animals. 🧪
By @marinacoladas.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social
But for real, fascinating science on how we might be seeing the very early stages of domestication in action in wild animals. 🧪
By @marinacoladas.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social
“Deciding the line between non-life and life is not interesting. What’s important is the process.” Great talk by Jack Szostak at #SciWri25
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Deciding the line between non-life and life is not interesting. What’s important is the process.” Great talk by Jack Szostak at #SciWri25
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For what it's worth, the Planetary Society's @caseydreier.bsky.social will discuss Isaacman's renomination and other issues relating to space science policy at #ScienceWriters2025 in Chicago on Sunday, in conversation with @clarakm.bsky.social: sciencewriters2025.org/schedule/
Schedule - ScienceWriters2025
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November 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
For what it's worth, the Planetary Society's @caseydreier.bsky.social will discuss Isaacman's renomination and other issues relating to space science policy at #ScienceWriters2025 in Chicago on Sunday, in conversation with @clarakm.bsky.social: sciencewriters2025.org/schedule/
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social: After a leaked memo and a dust-up with NASA’s interim chief, Jared Isaacman’s renomination to lead the space agency portends potentially profound changes for U.S. space science and exploration. By @danvergano.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
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Rejected NASA Chief Pick Jared Isaacman Renominated to Head Agency
Ahead of Jared Isaacman’s renomination for the position of NASA’s administrator, a dispute between him and its acting chief Sean Duffy spilled into the open, with potentially profound consequences for...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Now on @sciam.bsky.social: After a leaked memo and a dust-up with NASA’s interim chief, Jared Isaacman’s renomination to lead the space agency portends potentially profound changes for U.S. space science and exploration. By @danvergano.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
Russia's nuclear missile is a very bad idea, by @danvergano.bsky.social
What Is Burevestnik, Russia’s New Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile?
Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed his nation conducted a successful flight of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Here’s how that missile might work
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October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Russia's nuclear missile is a very bad idea, by @danvergano.bsky.social
It's never aliens. By @astrojonny.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-...
Some Scientists See UFOs in Old Telescope Data. Others See a Teachable Moment
New peer-reviewed research reporting strange lights in the pre-space-age sky is sparking curiosity and controversy
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October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's never aliens. By @astrojonny.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-...
Don't forget to look up tonight! 🧪 youtube.com/shorts/4XYp0...
Look up tonight to see a comet AND a meteor shower
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October 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Don't forget to look up tonight! 🧪 youtube.com/shorts/4XYp0...
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The very strange math that shows how if you combine two losing strategies you can...win?!? 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/parr...
Two Wrong Strategies Do Make a Right in This Math Paradox
In certain circumstances, losses create a sure path to victory, an idea with implications for biology and cancer therapy
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October 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The very strange math that shows how if you combine two losing strategies you can...win?!? 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/parr...
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Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
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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...
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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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October 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
Finding order in chaos by @lyndie.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
Fractal Chaos Discovered in Prime Numbers
Mathematicians have found a new way to predict how prime numbers behave
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October 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Finding order in chaos by @lyndie.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
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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October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Maybe dark energy is completely different than we imagined: @rboyle31.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-d...
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Day 25 #SciArtSeptember prompt tireless: 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (née Yardley, 1903-1971) who solved a longstanding #chemistry conundrum of the shape of benzene, here with her drawing of electron density for hexachlorobenzene (green) & model of hexamethylbenzene. Her husband said, 🧵
September 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Day 25 #SciArtSeptember prompt tireless: 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (née Yardley, 1903-1971) who solved a longstanding #chemistry conundrum of the shape of benzene, here with her drawing of electron density for hexachlorobenzene (green) & model of hexamethylbenzene. Her husband said, 🧵
This is a truly wild caper by @danvergano.bsky.social on the disappearance of the El Ali meteorite: www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
The Meteorite That Vanished: A Tale of Lies, Death and Smuggling
How a space rock vanished from Africa and showed up for sale across an ocean
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September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is a truly wild caper by @danvergano.bsky.social on the disappearance of the El Ali meteorite: www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
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Some interesting sociology of space news to watch with the NYT dropping a fairly thin, but obvious piece by one of their anointed today www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u... saying the obvious: NASA's SpaceX lunar landing plans are unlikely to work anytime soon despite a lot of U.S. chest beating. 1/n
U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Some interesting sociology of space news to watch with the NYT dropping a fairly thin, but obvious piece by one of their anointed today www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u... saying the obvious: NASA's SpaceX lunar landing plans are unlikely to work anytime soon despite a lot of U.S. chest beating. 1/n
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Ever wonder what happened to that $100 million interstellar spaceship program? Me too. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
A $100-Million Mission to Another Star Just Disappeared
An abandoned plan to visit another star highlights the perils of billionaire-funded science
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September 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ever wonder what happened to that $100 million interstellar spaceship program? Me too. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Great writeup by Sarah Scoles @sarahscoles.bsky.social on the apparent demise of Breakthrough Starshot
An abandoned plan to visit another star highlights the perils of billionaire-funded science
A $100-Million Mission to Another Star Just Disappeared
An abandoned plan to visit another star highlights the perils of billionaire-funded science
www.scientificamerican.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Great writeup by Sarah Scoles @sarahscoles.bsky.social on the apparent demise of Breakthrough Starshot
In 2016 billionaire Yuri Milner held a star-studded press conference where he pledged to spend $100 million to send the first spaceship to Alpha Centauri. But almost a decade later, Breakthrough Starshot doesn't have much to show for itself. What happened? @sarahscoles.bsky.social reports 🧪
A $100-Million Mission to Another Star Just Disappeared
An abandoned plan to visit another star highlights the perils of billionaire-funded science
www.scientificamerican.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In 2016 billionaire Yuri Milner held a star-studded press conference where he pledged to spend $100 million to send the first spaceship to Alpha Centauri. But almost a decade later, Breakthrough Starshot doesn't have much to show for itself. What happened? @sarahscoles.bsky.social reports 🧪
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Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The LIGO project is one of the coolest things going, and the Trump admin wants to effectively cancel it. Here's hoping it can keep on making amazing discoveries like this one 🧪
A Black Hole Collision Shows Einstein and Hawking Were Right
Spacetime ripples from a black hole collision across the cosmos have confirmed weird aspects of black hole physics
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September 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The LIGO project is one of the coolest things going, and the Trump admin wants to effectively cancel it. Here's hoping it can keep on making amazing discoveries like this one 🧪
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📸 Join the #SciAmInTheWild photo challenge!
🎁 You could win an Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus exclusive prizes for your next adventure.
⌛ Hurry! Contest ends September 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET
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September 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
LAST CHANCE!
📸 Join the #SciAmInTheWild photo challenge!
🎁 You could win an Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus exclusive prizes for your next adventure.
⌛ Hurry! Contest ends September 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET
⚠️ Terms & Conditions apply. See rules for entry: sciam.com/180contest
📸 Join the #SciAmInTheWild photo challenge!
🎁 You could win an Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus exclusive prizes for your next adventure.
⌛ Hurry! Contest ends September 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET
⚠️ Terms & Conditions apply. See rules for entry: sciam.com/180contest
For our anniversary, an ode to our enduring fascinating with quantum mechanics for 100 years and counting by @jacklinkwan.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
Quantum Mechanics Makes No Sense. So Why Do We Love It So Much?
A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics
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August 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
For our anniversary, an ode to our enduring fascinating with quantum mechanics for 100 years and counting by @jacklinkwan.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...