Teresa Schubert
@teresaschubert.bsky.social
Senior editor at Nature Reviews Psychology. Queer, foodie, word nerd, cat-lover. Posts do not reflect the views of my employer.
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Alright scientists! It's that time again!
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
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Sign up now 🥰
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December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Alright scientists! It's that time again!
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
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Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
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That is patently false: not only do immigrants score better than native-born Americans in tests, the mere presence of immigrants improve test scores for all students, when factoring in white flight
sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
That is patently false: not only do immigrants score better than native-born Americans in tests, the mere presence of immigrants improve test scores for all students, when factoring in white flight
sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
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We're heartbroken that yet another New Yorker was killed by a car driver, just for trying to cross the street.
We can prevent deaths like this one: a car-free Broadway would make this world-famous avenue a safe haven for pedestrians.
Pedestrianize Broadway below Central Park.
We can prevent deaths like this one: a car-free Broadway would make this world-famous avenue a safe haven for pedestrians.
Pedestrianize Broadway below Central Park.
Driver fatally strikes 60-year-old woman crossing Broadway in Midtown, police say
She had the right of way when she was hit by the driver turning left, according to the NYPD.
gothamist.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We're heartbroken that yet another New Yorker was killed by a car driver, just for trying to cross the street.
We can prevent deaths like this one: a car-free Broadway would make this world-famous avenue a safe haven for pedestrians.
Pedestrianize Broadway below Central Park.
We can prevent deaths like this one: a car-free Broadway would make this world-famous avenue a safe haven for pedestrians.
Pedestrianize Broadway below Central Park.
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Ancient Roman cement has stood for centuries and is much more durable than its modern equivalent. Now we know why.
Pompeii Time Capsule Reveals Why Ancient Romans Were Such Incredible Builders
Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now inspire modern engineers
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ancient Roman cement has stood for centuries and is much more durable than its modern equivalent. Now we know why.
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
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Hey Editors! Join our community for support in navigating challenging editorial work, developing a better understanding of how individual editors (and editors as a collective) can work to improve our peer review system for everyone.
We’re excited to announce the launch of the third cohort of our Editor Learning Community!
This ELC will create a space for editors to share strategies, challenges, and opportunities to improve peer review — read more here: go.iu.edu/8wnE
Interested editors can complete our interest survey here:
This ELC will create a space for editors to share strategies, challenges, and opportunities to improve peer review — read more here: go.iu.edu/8wnE
Interested editors can complete our interest survey here:
Editor Learning Community with Reviewer Zero
Join Reviewer Zero for a learning community to support editors who are interested in improving psychology and neuroscience by including a broader range of people, topics, and methods. Our goal is to c...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey Editors! Join our community for support in navigating challenging editorial work, developing a better understanding of how individual editors (and editors as a collective) can work to improve our peer review system for everyone.
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Spread the word: I'm looking to hire a postdoc to explore the concept of attention (as studied in psych/neuro, not the transformer mechanism) in large Vision-Language Models. More details here: lindsay-lab.github.io/2025/12/08/p...
#MLSky #neurojobs #compneuro
#MLSky #neurojobs #compneuro
Lindsay Lab - Postdoc Position
Artificial neural networks applied to psychology, neuroscience, and climate change
lindsay-lab.github.io
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Spread the word: I'm looking to hire a postdoc to explore the concept of attention (as studied in psych/neuro, not the transformer mechanism) in large Vision-Language Models. More details here: lindsay-lab.github.io/2025/12/08/p...
#MLSky #neurojobs #compneuro
#MLSky #neurojobs #compneuro
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And congrats to @cdelawalla.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social, who is one of Nature's "Ones to watch in 2026"!
Delawalla has been focusing on building resistance to the US government’s targeting of the nation’s scientific enterprise ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Delawalla has been focusing on building resistance to the US government’s targeting of the nation’s scientific enterprise ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Nature’s 10: Ten people who shaped science in 2025
A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And congrats to @cdelawalla.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social, who is one of Nature's "Ones to watch in 2026"!
Delawalla has been focusing on building resistance to the US government’s targeting of the nation’s scientific enterprise ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Delawalla has been focusing on building resistance to the US government’s targeting of the nation’s scientific enterprise ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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The 10 best nonfiction books of 2025, from the history of replaceable body parts to our AI future.
Scientific American’s Best Nonfiction of 2025
The 10 best nonfiction books of 2025, from the history of replaceable body parts to our AI future
www.scientificamerican.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The 10 best nonfiction books of 2025, from the history of replaceable body parts to our AI future.
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One of the Qs in my work advice column this week comes from someone whose very loud office neighbor may have hearing loss. But THIS advice is for anyone who has gotten hints or requests to get hearing aids: GET THE HEARING AIDS. Everybody else will immediately stop mumbling slate.com/advice/2025/...
I Know My Boss Is Struggling With Something Immensely Difficult Right Now. But It’s Not an Excuse for What She’s Asking Us to Do.
This is really becoming a problem.
slate.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One of the Qs in my work advice column this week comes from someone whose very loud office neighbor may have hearing loss. But THIS advice is for anyone who has gotten hints or requests to get hearing aids: GET THE HEARING AIDS. Everybody else will immediately stop mumbling slate.com/advice/2025/...
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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"Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record," via @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Chart shows large increase in ICE arrests nationally since Trump's return. The blue segment shows ICE arrests of people with no prior conviction or pending charges.
Chart shows large increase in ICE arrests nationally since Trump's return. The blue segment shows ICE arrests of people with no prior conviction or pending charges.
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record," via @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Chart shows large increase in ICE arrests nationally since Trump's return. The blue segment shows ICE arrests of people with no prior conviction or pending charges.
Chart shows large increase in ICE arrests nationally since Trump's return. The blue segment shows ICE arrests of people with no prior conviction or pending charges.
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I talked to Al Gore about Bill Gates's climate change memo.
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
Al Gore's case for optimism
Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
heated.world
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I talked to Al Gore about Bill Gates's climate change memo.
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
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The postal service is not a business, measuring it by revenue is the wrong frame for understanding its worth.
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The postal service is not a business, measuring it by revenue is the wrong frame for understanding its worth.
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Hi again! It's me with an another installment of the last book I ever thought would get banned--my picture book about a unicorn and kitty who are pals. A quick look at what this school district bizarrely found objectionable. 1/
You'll never guess what book got the Carroll ISD school library advisory committee to say "genitals" a dozen times in 20 minutes. @txfreedomread.bsky.social will have more on this story soon, but for now, you have to hear this audio. open.substack.com/pub/franklin...
Please don’t say “genitals” one more time, Carroll ISD SLAC.
Listen to the audio of the committee that decided to ban Pretty Perfect Kitty Corn from Carroll ISD. If you dare.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hi again! It's me with an another installment of the last book I ever thought would get banned--my picture book about a unicorn and kitty who are pals. A quick look at what this school district bizarrely found objectionable. 1/
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It's the most wonderful time of the year, best-of book list time! At @sciam.bsky.social we do a fun spin, highlighting a ton of books individual staffers read this year and loved, and it's always a pleasure to contribute. Check out this year's list (with lots of entries from yours truly): 📚💙
The Scientific American Staff’s Favorite Books of 2025
Here are the 67 books Scientific American staffers couldn’t put down this year, from fantasy epics to gripping nonfiction
www.scientificamerican.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year, best-of book list time! At @sciam.bsky.social we do a fun spin, highlighting a ton of books individual staffers read this year and loved, and it's always a pleasure to contribute. Check out this year's list (with lots of entries from yours truly): 📚💙
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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It’s Giving Tuesday. (It’s giving … Tuesday.) I really encourage you to donate to an abortion fund, which make the promise of equality real by allowing women to control their bodies and lives, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity. Find your local fund here: abortionfunds.org
Homepage - National Network of Abortion Funds
Our network of nearly 100 abortion funds builds power for abortion access. Find a fund, get support, donate, and join campaigns with NNAF.
abortionfunds.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It’s Giving Tuesday. (It’s giving … Tuesday.) I really encourage you to donate to an abortion fund, which make the promise of equality real by allowing women to control their bodies and lives, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity. Find your local fund here: abortionfunds.org
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Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Musk himself, who is the world's richest man.
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
The philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s richest man.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Musk himself, who is the world's richest man.
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I spent months talking to many, many people for this long post-mortem of the Inflation Reduction Act: What forces were responsible for creating it, and how could it be gutted so unceremoniously? What might come next?
No easy answers ofc but hopefully a bit of clarity
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
No easy answers ofc but hopefully a bit of clarity
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I spent months talking to many, many people for this long post-mortem of the Inflation Reduction Act: What forces were responsible for creating it, and how could it be gutted so unceremoniously? What might come next?
No easy answers ofc but hopefully a bit of clarity
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
No easy answers ofc but hopefully a bit of clarity
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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The orchestrated Uni of Oklahoma outrage immediately reminded me of a similar case we witnessed at Texas A&M in September, where the targeted professor was fired. So I looked up the most recent updates on that, and about a week ago, a faculty appeals panel found that the university was at fault.
Faculty panel says Texas A&M wrongly fired professor
Texas A&M did not have good cause to fire a professor after a video of a gender lesson created a political storm, and the school failed to follow due process, a faculty appeal committee found.
www.texastribune.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The orchestrated Uni of Oklahoma outrage immediately reminded me of a similar case we witnessed at Texas A&M in September, where the targeted professor was fired. So I looked up the most recent updates on that, and about a week ago, a faculty appeals panel found that the university was at fault.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"