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I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

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It's a joy to work with scientists who have an infectious sense of curiosity & wonder. Interviewing Sholei Croom (w/my Scientific American colleague @clarakm.bsky.social ) about a paper they co-authored w/ @chazfirestone.bsky.social was a recent highlight 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/whic...

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"The administration cannot take what makes NASA out of NASA by deleting websites or removing the words “women” or “diversity” or “people of color.” NASA is special because it takes all of us to do this work" Love this @shannonstirone.bsky.social slate.com/technology/2...

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Wow! What an AMAZING article by @clarakm.bsky.social in Scientific American this month. Great overview of science + superb selection of multiwavelength images of Cassiopeia A, presenting this supernova remnant it in its best possible colors. www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...

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New Glenn launches, but doesn't land: www.scientificamerican.com/article/blue...

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Congratulations, you just lived through the hottest year on record. 🧪

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I feel awful for everybody in CA affected by the fires. Just trying to wrap my head around all the conditions that make these so brutal: www.scientificamerican.com/article/pali...

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It's hard to believe there could be a giant planet in the solar system that we haven't seen. But these are exciting times! We should know within the next two years either way. www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-p...

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It's been an amazing year for math! Researchers discovered a new prime number this year, a novel formula for pi, mathematical messages in music, and more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

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Did you know Scientific American publishes original poetry every month? Each poem is previously unpublished and hand selected by the amazing Dava Sobel. This year we had poems about math, DNA, rocket launches, owls, fractals, plate tectonics and more. Here are a few of my favorites (a thread)

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The next NASA administrator is definitely a departure from the norm - a billionaire two-time private astronaut. But some of the experts @leebillings.bsky.social quotes see cause for optimism: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

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The real secret to the "Mediterranean diet" is eating equal qualities of pasta and antipasto so that they annihilate one another

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“Searching for life beyond Earth is, in some sense, an exercise in optimism.” Read this beautiful article by @nadiadrake.bsky.social about an interstellar 50th anniversary, which also concerns her family. (Lots of @thebeatles, too … can you find it?) www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

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The opening picture in this great article about newly discovered shapes might look like an illustration, but our art department actually hired someone to 3D print the shapes and then photograph them. I think they look super cool! www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...

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Can anyone point me toward a starter pack for physicists, if it exists yet?

submitted 101 days ago • 10 comments

Laura has been such an inspiring, smart and compassionate leader. I'm proud to have been part of her team and I'm a better journalist because of her mentorship. We will miss you terribly, Laura!

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Almost everyone will eventually have to give or receive long-term health care. Harris's proposal for supporting at-home care got lost in the chaos of this month. Here's why it is SO important 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

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“Sure, The Borg have been a bit of a problem. But let’s be honest. Kathryn Janeway hasn’t been perfect.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

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Has JWST found the most distant galaxy ever seen? Welllll, maybe. But it could just be a closer galaxy being a jerk. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/has-jwst-s... 🔭🧪

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As you ponder your news subscriptions, you may ask yourself, which outlets braved criticism from quislings, dullards, and cowards to tell readers the truth: scientificamerican.com/article/vote... and which ones failed when it mattered most. There's a very easy way to tell...

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Pulsar astrophysics makes basically every other branch of science look laughably imprecise. There are loads of important things in astronomy that we struggle to measure to better than factor-of-a-few precision, and then the pulsar people rock up with 13-15 significant figures. 🤯 🔭 🧪

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Marie Curie didn't necessarily aim to hire women in her lab, but she didn't have anything AGAINST women, and so ended up creating a network of more than 45 women trainees who changed (and are still changing) the course of science. By @clarakm.bsky.social with Dava Sobel on her new book 🧪

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A hidden form of dark energy might have reshaped the early universe. By Nobel laureate Adam Riess and theoretical physicist Marc Kamionkowski: www.scientificamerican.com/article/coul...

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We've got in-depth pieces on what this presidential election means for eight different areas of science. Read up and VOTE! www.scientificamerican.com/report/how-t...

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Woohoo, go Clipper! I can't WAIT to see what this thing finds on Europa!!!! www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa... By @nadiadrake.bsky.social

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It's so amazing to me that humans have built machines that can detect something so small and rare that it has less than 1 in 10 billion chances of happening: www.scientificamerican.com/article/firs...

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It turns out that people who work at Scientific American like reading sci-fi novels. (I know. Shocking.) Want to know our recommendations, both new and classics? Well, we just published a list of our all-time favs. Read long (or short) and prosper. www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

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What would happen if a primordial black hole flew through you? Read and find out: www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark...

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Black holes the size of an atom (!) that contain the mass of an asteroid (!!) may fly through the inner solar system about once a decade (!!!) and could explain dark matter (!!!!) and if one flies by the moon or Mars, we should be able to detect them (!!!!!) 🧪🔭 @clarakm.bsky.social

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As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the moon, doesn't it seem like it's taken longer, cost more and been so much harder than Apollo? Turns out there are good reasons for that: www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

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"How can someone be so essential, so rich and, at the same time, such a dingbat?" www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon...

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I’ve been an editor and writer of features and shorter stuff for, let’s say, a very long time. Let me tell you the two secret unlock phrases for working with an editor…

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Would you mind helping out with an informal focus group? I'd like to know what makes people willing to pay for content (podcast, newsletter, news/magazine subscription, etc.). Please reply here or DM me with any of the options below that apply, and thanks for sharing this little poll! (1/2)

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In quantum mechanics, everything changes when someone makes a measurement. But who counts as "someone"? A human? A photon? An AI? This fascinating feature by @anilananth.bsky.social investigates: www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-...

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Fun fun this is fun: Mathematicians shared their favorite equations -- the ones they think are most beautiful -- and then took photos of them on their chalkboards, notebooks, or drawn in the sand. Just lovely 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/thes...

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Pretty sure everybody I know knows this, but it's Eclipse Day in North America! Here's just about everything you need to know 🧪🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... by @clarakm.bsky.social

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A close look at the finite resource of hours in a day 🕚 Graphic by @sonjakuijpers.bsky.social 🕦 Text by @clarakm.bsky.social 🕚 www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

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Great choice, Nobel committee! These winners saved so many lives. The first links in this piece are an interview with one and an article written by the other: www.scientificamerican.com/article/nobe...

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