Jackie Flynn Mogensen
@jackiefmogensen.bsky.social
Breaking News Reporter at Scientific American. (she/her)
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Thank you, I'm proud of this important journalism
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Thank you, I'm proud of this important journalism
How does adding extra room in the crotch area of a ski jumper’s suit actually change their jumping distance?
I spoke to some experts about the physics of 'Penisgate' and had too much fun writing this: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
I spoke to some experts about the physics of 'Penisgate' and had too much fun writing this: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The physics of ‘Penisgate’ and how ski jumpers fly
A scandal involving allegedly enlarged ski suits ahead of this year’s Winter Olympics has highlighted the intriguing physics behind ski jumps
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February 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
How does adding extra room in the crotch area of a ski jumper’s suit actually change their jumping distance?
I spoke to some experts about the physics of 'Penisgate' and had too much fun writing this: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
I spoke to some experts about the physics of 'Penisgate' and had too much fun writing this: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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FDA is refusing to consider Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine. Yet, as @angierasmussen.bsky.social explains, if we had mRNA vax technology for flu, we might have been able to quickly update this season's shots to cover subclade K before it hit the US. @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social reports @sciam.bsky.social
FDA won’t consider a new mRNA vaccine for flu despite the technology’s life-saving promise
The U.S.’s drug safety agency declined to review a next-gen flu vaccine that uses the same tech as the coronavirus shots
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February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
FDA is refusing to consider Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine. Yet, as @angierasmussen.bsky.social explains, if we had mRNA vax technology for flu, we might have been able to quickly update this season's shots to cover subclade K before it hit the US. @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social reports @sciam.bsky.social
What does watching the Super Bowl do to your health?
A fun one for today: www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
A fun one for today: www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
What watching the Super Bowl does to your health
Watching sporting events like the Super Bowl can influence our brains and bodies—and not always in a good way
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February 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
What does watching the Super Bowl do to your health?
A fun one for today: www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
A fun one for today: www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social: The Schrödinger equation just turned 100, but that doesn’t mean quantum physicists have solved all its mysteries. Chief among them: What, exactly, does it mean to incorporate observers into the gnarly math? By Joseph Howlett.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Schrödinger equation is getting a glow-up for its 100th birthday
A century ago, Erwin Schrödinger came up with an equation that says how the quantum world behaves. Now scientists are asking what happens when the observer is part of that world
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January 28, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Now on @sciam.bsky.social: The Schrödinger equation just turned 100, but that doesn’t mean quantum physicists have solved all its mysteries. Chief among them: What, exactly, does it mean to incorporate observers into the gnarly math? By Joseph Howlett.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Why can people watch the same video footage—and see different things?
I took a deep dive on the psychology of video evidence and eyewitness accounts: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
I took a deep dive on the psychology of video evidence and eyewitness accounts: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Video evidence and eye witness accounts: The science behind why people see different things
Why can people watch the same video footage and see different things? Neuroscience can help explain
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January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Why can people watch the same video footage—and see different things?
I took a deep dive on the psychology of video evidence and eyewitness accounts: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
I took a deep dive on the psychology of video evidence and eyewitness accounts: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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The, er, thing below is called a Prototaxite. Turns out it may be a new branch of life. That is extremely cool and I have absolutely no idea why you are laughing... 🧪
Mystery tower fossils may be a whole new kind of life
Towering prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science
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January 21, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The, er, thing below is called a Prototaxite. Turns out it may be a new branch of life. That is extremely cool and I have absolutely no idea why you are laughing... 🧪
Reposted by Jackie Flynn Mogensen
Astronomers measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time. 🪐
2024 award winner @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social describes a recent breakthrough that could enable further studies of “rogue” planets.
Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #scicomm #astro
2024 award winner @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social describes a recent breakthrough that could enable further studies of “rogue” planets.
Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #scicomm #astro
Scientists Just Clocked a ‘Rogue’ Planet the Size of Saturn
Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time
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January 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Astronomers measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time. 🪐
2024 award winner @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social describes a recent breakthrough that could enable further studies of “rogue” planets.
Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #scicomm #astro
2024 award winner @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social describes a recent breakthrough that could enable further studies of “rogue” planets.
Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #scicomm #astro
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Trump's CDC has officially changed the U.S. vaccine schedule, slashing the number of recommended shots in a move experts say will blow up decades of success with childhood vaccines. By @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...
U.S. Axes Number of Recommended Childhood Vaccines in Blow to Public Health
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the recommended number of vaccines to protect against 11 diseases, instead of the 17 it recommended previously
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January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Trump's CDC has officially changed the U.S. vaccine schedule, slashing the number of recommended shots in a move experts say will blow up decades of success with childhood vaccines. By @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...
This is definitely an important area of coverage, with more needed. Thank you!
December 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is definitely an important area of coverage, with more needed. Thank you!
Excited to say that today was my first day as a Breaking News Reporter at Scientific American!
Send your story ideas, tips, fun facts, etc. to me:
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December 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Excited to say that today was my first day as a Breaking News Reporter at Scientific American!
Send your story ideas, tips, fun facts, etc. to me:
Signal: @jackiefmogensen.01
[email protected]
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That’s right, I said it!
Let’s make 2025 the year we officially embrace the pigeon, writes @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social.
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
Hero of 2025: plucky pigeons
It's about time someone showed them a little appreciation.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
That’s right, I said it!
Melissa! This is so kind thank you ❤️
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Melissa! This is so kind thank you ❤️
Have you ever shared something personal—a secret, a worry, a problem—with ChatGPT? Asked an AI chatbot for advice? Just a few years ago, for many, that might've been an odd thing to do.
I spoke with scientists about what's changed: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I spoke with scientists about what's changed: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why do we trust ChatGPT?
The science of how AI chatbots captivate, entertain, and influence us
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Have you ever shared something personal—a secret, a worry, a problem—with ChatGPT? Asked an AI chatbot for advice? Just a few years ago, for many, that might've been an odd thing to do.
I spoke with scientists about what's changed: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I spoke with scientists about what's changed: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Jackie Flynn Mogensen
Thanks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social and @motherjones.com for a fun interview!
How to make people want to read about climate change
Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert's new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Thanks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social and @motherjones.com for a fun interview!
Ditto! Was a pleasure chatting
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ditto! Was a pleasure chatting
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RFK Jr. promised to take on plastic. Now he's part of an administration embracing it.
“The administration’s explicit goal to unleash the fossil fuel industry will also unleash plastic pollution.”
“The administration’s explicit goal to unleash the fossil fuel industry will also unleash plastic pollution.”
RFK Jr. promised to take on plastic. Now he's part of an administration embracing it.
Plastic is everywhere—including in us.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
RFK Jr. promised to take on plastic. Now he's part of an administration embracing it.
“The administration’s explicit goal to unleash the fossil fuel industry will also unleash plastic pollution.”
“The administration’s explicit goal to unleash the fossil fuel industry will also unleash plastic pollution.”
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Mother Jones runs largely on donations, so thank you for keeping us afloat for nearly 50 years!
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“Spoiler alert: we found that public institutions in large, Republican-leaning states are disproportionately affected by the policy.”
EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…
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September 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“Spoiler alert: we found that public institutions in large, Republican-leaning states are disproportionately affected by the policy.”
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For years, medical professionals and transgender advocates have been saying the "Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine" was not following the principles of evidenced-based medicine.
Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)
Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)
Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
For years, medical professionals and transgender advocates have been saying the "Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine" was not following the principles of evidenced-based medicine.
Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)
Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)
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Thinking about Brandi Hand, who lived through Katrina 20 yrs ago today—and Helene.
What people don't realize about these storms, she said, is the "small stuff": "The very ground underneath your feet is not solid in the same way again, for the rest of your life." www.motherjones.com/environment/...
What people don't realize about these storms, she said, is the "small stuff": "The very ground underneath your feet is not solid in the same way again, for the rest of your life." www.motherjones.com/environment/...
I survived Katrina only to end up in the path of Helene. Now, nowhere feels safe.
"I wanted to live somewhere where this would never happen again."
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August 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thinking about Brandi Hand, who lived through Katrina 20 yrs ago today—and Helene.
What people don't realize about these storms, she said, is the "small stuff": "The very ground underneath your feet is not solid in the same way again, for the rest of your life." www.motherjones.com/environment/...
What people don't realize about these storms, she said, is the "small stuff": "The very ground underneath your feet is not solid in the same way again, for the rest of your life." www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Thank you for hosting me, @sejorg.bsky.social!
Hello! I’m @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social, a reporter at Mother Jones magazine, where I cover climate, the environment, and the politics of science. I got my start in journalism by doing social media, so I’m thrilled to be on your feeds as part of #SEJSpotlight!
June 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Thank you for hosting me, @sejorg.bsky.social!
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#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social, who covers climate, the environment and the politics of science @motherjones.com. Check out her investigative features, reporting on new scientific studies, health and science Q&As and more here: www.sej.org/sejspotlight...
June 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social, who covers climate, the environment and the politics of science @motherjones.com. Check out her investigative features, reporting on new scientific studies, health and science Q&As and more here: www.sej.org/sejspotlight...