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Katya Zimmer
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · 3d
A rare piece of good news: New research reveals how the Ampurta - a small carnivorous Australian marsupial - is thriving despite drought conditions. My story for @nautil.us showcases its nifty drought-resisting tricks that made this feat possible

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Deep Sleep Is This Mammal’s Super Power
Few Mammals Sleep as Deeply as the Ampurta: How a threatened Australian marsupial is thriving in the face of drought.
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Lesley Evans Ogden @ljevanso.bsky.social · 6d
The Big Bad Wolf is Afraid of You. Fascinating experiment on wild wolves in Poland. By me for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...
The Big Bad Wolf Is Afraid of You
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · 8d
Around the world, growing quantities of drugs are excreted by human bodies and slip, along with wastewater, into lakes and rivers. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social explores how this is influencing the behavior, reproduction and biology of aquatic animals

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How Human Medicines Are Disrupting Aquatic Ecosystems
More drugs are entering aquatic habitats. Scientists are teasing apart how they influence the behavior, reproduction, and biology of organisms that live there.
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koenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · 9d
There’s more to seed banks—efforts to preserve threatened plants—than simply storing the seeds safely, @katarinazimmer.bsky.social explains:

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Lesley Evans Ogden @ljevanso.bsky.social · 17d
Writing a news story for Nature about the impacts of US government cuts to science on Canadian science and scientists. If you are a Canadian scientist affected by Trump's funding cuts to science or other impacts, please get in touch via my contact form: www.lesleyevansogden.com

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Canadian Scientists: Are Trump's cuts to science impacting you?
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 20d
For a look at the latest techniques for keeping plant material for the future, cryopreservation among them, read @katarinazimmer.bsky.social's recent story. knowmag.org/3Zfy8w6
The surprisingly tricky art of seed banking
To safeguard threatened plants, science must unravel the hidden biology of often-persnickety seeds as they age, sleep and awaken
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · 20d
Thanks so much for your helpful insights on this issue, Emma!
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · 20d
Thanks so much for sharing!
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 23d
‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully @nature.com @katarinazimmer.bsky.social
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‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews.
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Emma Dunne @emmadnn.bsky.social · 20d
It was great to chat with @katarinazimmer.bsky.social for her important article on discrimination and microagressions in peer review.

Without system-wide changes, we must rely on individual action - if you experience this behaviour, inform the editorial team ✏️

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‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews.
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · 22d
Thank you so much for speaking with me!
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Mirella Miettinen @mimiet.bsky.social · 24d
Thank you @katarinazimmer.bsky.social for interviewing me, along with many other experts, for this insightful piece "How Human Medicines Are Disrupting Aquatic Ecosystems" | ACS Central Science pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/....
How Human Medicines Are Disrupting Aquatic Ecosystems
More drugs are entering aquatic habitats. Scientists are teasing apart how they influence the behavior, reproduction, and biology of organisms that live there.
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · 23d
Humans aren't the only animals that get irritable and angry when it's too warm. In this fun story for @sciencenews.bsky.social - which features an experiment dubbed "salamander fight club" - I unpack why many other animals respond the same way.

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Just like humans, many animals get more aggressive in the heat
From salamanders to monkeys, many species get more violent at warmer temperatures — a trend that may shape their social structures as the world warms.
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · Aug 29
Long-Form Feature Content > Consumer

☀️ ”For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids” | Victoria Uwemedimo and @katarinazimmer.bsky.social
For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids
Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid solar panel installations to bring reliable electricity to remote communities — setting a model for other African countries
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · Aug 28
Love story but it's not by me!
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · Aug 25
Great to see an old piece of mine making the rounds again, where I explain why the Amazon rainforest does not produce 20% of the world's oxygen. (In fact, the Amazon’s net contribution to the oxygen we breathe likely hovers around zero!)

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Why the Amazon rainforest doesn’t really produce 20% of the world’s oxygen
The myth that the Amazon rainforest forms the “lungs of the Earth” is overstated. Here’s what scientists say.
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · Aug 12
“Noise exposure has also been linked to a range of long-term health effects, including heart disease and diabetes – and noise-sensitive people may suffer the most from mental health impacts.”

✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social, BBC Future
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How noise sensitivity disrupts the mind, brain and body
Though noise sensitivity is often dismissed by doctors, it can have long-term effects on our mental and physical health.
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · Aug 5
BBC Future let me write about how much I hate noise, and what being "noise sensitive" does to our health:

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How noise sensitivity disrupts the mind, brain and body
Though noise sensitivity is often dismissed by doctors, it can have long-term effects on our mental and physical health.
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Aug 4
‘We have committed ourselves to this toxicity’

Article about some of our work on microplastic, including the toxicity debt hypothesis

By @katarinazimmer.bsky.social

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‘We have committed ourselves to this toxicity’
Matthias Rillig’s research reveals a range of impacts of microplastics on soil-dwelling worms, bacteria, and plants—some of which may even harm human health
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · Jul 23
I love learning about new scientific theories - like whether the fungi that inhabit our bodies could be influencing our minds and brains. My latest for BBC Future:

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Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain
The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for.
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · Jul 18
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · Jul 15
Hi! I’m a freelance reporter writing a story for Nature Careers
about bullying during peer review & solutions to the issue, and am looking to speak with folks who have personal experiences. If you have a story you'd like to share, please write to me at [email protected]. Thanks so much!
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · Jul 18
I had such fun writing this recent article for @knowablemag.bsky.social about the latest advances in light microscopy and all the surprising new things we're now learning about cells. Check out the beautiful images!

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Super-resolution microscopes showcase the inner lives of cells
Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease
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Kendall Powell @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social · Jul 15
Help a reporter (and her editor) out?

If you've dealt with #AcademicBullying during #PeerReview, please reach out to Katya👇🏻
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · Jul 15
Hi! I’m a freelance reporter writing a story for Nature Careers
about bullying during peer review & solutions to the issue, and am looking to speak with folks who have personal experiences. If you have a story you'd like to share, please write to me at [email protected]. Thanks so much!
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Katya Zimmer @katarinazimmer.bsky.social · Jul 15
Hi! I’m a freelance reporter writing a story for Nature Careers
about bullying during peer review & solutions to the issue, and am looking to speak with folks who have personal experiences. If you have a story you'd like to share, please write to me at [email protected]. Thanks so much!
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