Emma Gometz (they/she)
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Happy #CephalopodWeek! If you were a cephalopod, you’d deserve a fancy name.
Using your first initial, last initial, and favorite color, you can make one for yourself! 🐙
Share yours in the comments, and check out our cephalo-bration: buff.ly/mlzthqQ
Using your first initial, last initial, and favorite color, you can make one for yourself! 🐙
Share yours in the comments, and check out our cephalo-bration: buff.ly/mlzthqQ
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Lights, camera, action, and D.A.R.E. we say, don’t lick that toad. 🚨
Science Goes to the Movies to explore the effects of ingesting the amphibian toxins that inspired a psychedelic trip in “Friendship.”
Science Goes to the Movies to explore the effects of ingesting the amphibian toxins that inspired a psychedelic trip in “Friendship.”
Don’t Lick The Toad From ‘Friendship’
In the movie, Tim Robinson seeks a psychedelic experience from an unusual source. Herpetologists want others to just say no.
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This week, Hollywood celebrated moviemaking innovations at the Sci-Tech Awards.
Darin Grant, co-chair of the awards committee, joins us to discuss new behind-the-scenes technologies, like an on-skin gel that lets performers safely be set on fire.
Darin Grant, co-chair of the awards committee, joins us to discuss new behind-the-scenes technologies, like an on-skin gel that lets performers safely be set on fire.
And The Oscar Goes To … Science
The Sci-Tech Awards honor behind-the-scenes technologies that bring movies to life, from car flippers to safe burn gel for fire stunts.
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Pre-reporting—or developing a story before it’s been accepted for publication—presents “a complicated calculation” for any journalist, @loisparshley.bsky.social tells @bwfund.bsky.social early-career fellow @emmalgometz.bsky.social. 🧪
What Is Pre-Reporting—and Do You Really Need to Do It? - The Open Notebook
Many reporters hesitate to invest time or money in a potential story without any guarantee of a return, but they overlook pre-reporting—or developing a story before it’s accepted for publication—at th...
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Extreme metal vocalists use a completely different pattern of vocalizing than we see in other styles of music," says Dr. Amanda Stark. She and death metal singer Mark Garrett join us to discuss how to safely scream like a demon.
How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations
Vocal researchers are learning how death metal singers safely produce extreme vocal distortions, in hopes of improving vocal health care.
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