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Their fury remains unquenched www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Hello everyone! I am working on a story for The Guardian about how Chicagoans are preparing for the possible arrival of federal troops, following President Trump's statements on the matter. Right now, I'm looking for residents, community organizers, business owners, and other folks to talk to!
I meannnnnn, when I play Cities Skyline I like to make separate, segregated, toll-funded commercial/industrial-only roads, distinct from the roads for citizens and tourists. They go straight from the port/train terminal to the industrial sector
Well, how else do things get to stores. I've seen donkeys with carts, tuktuks. You can't build a train to every store. Trains of ATVs if we didn't have roads? Massive quantities of goods need to move, that's all I know
I just made that up, but it feels like an argument?
We're already building that infrastructure to support trucking (stores don't exist without trucks), so it makes some amount of sense to distribute the massive cost of roadways so they benefit more people
reminds me of this story i edited: www.biographic.com/a-protected-...
Hey that's what I'm here for!
With how shitty the world is, we've gotta be due for a punk revival, right?
In case you thought the tech billionaires weren't manipulating AI outputs to better fit their political worldviews archive.is/3v8Q4
I am also fascinate by the Late Bronze Age Collapse, and what might have caused it. What caused all those Peoples to the take to the Sea? https://hakaimagazine.com/news/did-climate-change-bring-down-late-bronze-age-civilizations/ #BronzeAge #History #CimateChange
I often think how some very ancient stories coming from as far as the neolithic may have come to us passed down generation to generation (of course, the basics for myths and legends are that too) hakaimagazine.com/news/memorie...
Start to finish, this album is absolutely killer open.spotify.com/album/7iXs42...
Congratulations to @clarewatson.bsky.social, whose Hakai Magazine story on an inventive scheme to cleaning up ghost fishing gear is going to be included in this year's anthology of Best Australian Science Writing: hakaimagazine.com/news/using-t... www.linkedin.com/posts/clare-...
My wife called me "an editor writers go to if they want to win an award" and while I don't think of myself that way at all, it _has_ happened enough to not be entirely untrue
I suspect from an environmental perspective you'd do better removing the plastic from the ocean entirely, and focus on less harmful substances for artificial reef construction
If I recall correctly, that's the second Hakai story I worked on to be included in a Best Australian Science Writing anthology. Ivy Shiv's piece on the forensic criminology potential of barnacles was picked for the 2020 edition hakaimagazine.com/news/barnacl...
Congratulations to @clarewatson.bsky.social, whose Hakai Magazine story on an inventive scheme to cleaning up ghost fishing gear is going to be included in this year's anthology of Best Australian Science Writing: hakaimagazine.com/news/using-t... www.linkedin.com/posts/clare-...
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"A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, setting up a potential legal showdown that could upend his foreign policy agenda." www.bbc.com/news/article...
What else should I put on this list?
When they pass through an electron's probability cloud, X-rays scatter and interfere. "By measuring this interference pattern, the team reconstructed an image of the electron's orbital and saw how the electron moved during the reaction." www.livescience.com/physics-math...
Experimental antivirals have, in lab trials, "blocked a variety of enveloped viruses – Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-1, and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) – from infecting cells." cosmosmagazine.com/health/medic...
"Since most species have predators, and animals are scared of their predators, scientists are learning to manipulate problem animals through their fear, rather than with more aggressive control methods like hunting, killing, trapping, or relocating." www.biographic.com/a-scaredy-ca...
I'm still working my way around @biographic.bsky.social for ocean-themed stories for my students after the loss of Hakai Magazine. I'm finding excellent material - I'm hoping for more stories/videos like this! 🌊
“The Trump administration said it is using an untested strategy to rescind $4.9 billion in foreign aid without congressional approval” Siobhan Hughes / WSJ www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Green Islam’: how Muslims are powering environmental action across the world theconversation.com/green-islam-...
A Scaredy-Cat Won’t Hunt To protect imperiled birds, these ecologists are working to put the fear back in New Zealand’s cats. by @jackmcgovan.bsky.social www.biographic.com/a-scaredy-ca...
"The Trump administration on Friday issued an order to stop work on a nearly complete offshore wind energy project" arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Wait, and they're saying we need to dig up the bottom of the ocean? www.sciencenews.org/article/usef... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Spiders seen keeping fireflies as glowing prisoners that draw more prey to their webs www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
This is fascinating: Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bones beneath the runway How a military megaproject led to Mexico’s biggest paleontological discovery—and is reshaping what we know about mammoths www.science.org/content/arti...
"Researchers have injected succulents with light-emitting compounds to produce multicolour luminescent plants for the first time. The work brings us a step closer to developing sustainable, plant-based lighting." cosmosmagazine.com/technology/m...
I should really just get into sending hand-written letters for how long it takes me to reply to my email
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Hi friends, here's my attempt to offer clarity on the COVID vaccine situation, I hope there's something helpful in there for you: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-...
I'm a science journalist for @statnews.com looking to talk with folks who applied to biomedical Ph.D. programs and had offers rescinded earlier this year. What have you been up to since then? You can reach me at jonathan.wosen@statnews.com or via Signal (username jwosen.27). #journorequest
Trainers are wanking off this captive killer whale to stop it from trying to bang its mom. Not sure where animal ethics falls on this one www.bbc.com/news/article...
I first pitched this piece as a story on how aardvark burrows are like the airports of the zoonoses world, with all sorts of creatures (and their microbes) mixing and mingling in tight spaces www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...
freeze drying might technically work?
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Alaina MacDonald, a doctoral candidate at @onehealthuofg.bsky.social, says mixed-species mingling spots, such as aardvark burrows, are something that disease researchers should be paying more attention to. www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...
If you missed it in our newsletter this week, (*cough* link.calacademy.org/nl3/eCaGnjCb...) WE HAVE STARTER PACKS! Click here to meet some of bioGraphic's staff: bsky.app/starter-pack... And here to find an ever-expanding list of writers and other contributors: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Writing in appreciation of your article this week.....I loved Twitter for the same reasons, and still looking for my people in BlueSky. Thanks so much for the starter pack!!!!
I first pitched this piece as a story on how aardvark burrows are like the airports of the zoonoses world, with all sorts of creatures (and their microbes) mixing and mingling in tight spaces www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...
www.metastellar.com/fiction/the-... try this? I’m only sending it to you because I’m a fan of your publication and I hope it’s not too pesty
If you're a marine scientist interested in adding your name to a letter supporting the exclusion of industrial fishing in Peru's Nazca Ridge #MPA, please shoot me a DM. #PaperParks #Fisheries #30x30 #MarineConservation #MarinePolicy 🐟🦑🌏🌊🎣🪸 Some background here: hakaimagazine.com/news/the-hol...
Was reminded of some invasive species issues today, so re-upping this gem from several years back. On Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, culling deer is an act of cultural and ecological restoration. hakaimagazine.com/features/dee...
Filled with blubber, a beluga’s melon is squishy with good bounce. They can make different shapes and movements with these fat stores, and scientists documented how different wiggles are used for communication. #ThrowbackThursday to possibly my favorite comic. hakaimagazine.com/videos-visua...
These slow bass bends are so good. I can't wait to see them live in November www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwcl...
The article mentions that women are more likely to be readers. On a personal note, I've found that almost every established reading group in my area is posted as women only. Wondering if that's common or unique to my area?
The Vikings apparently _loved_ silver, and detailed geochemical analysis of Viking-age artifacts shows some of this silver came from as far away as Iraq and Iran Y'all, the ancient world was smaller than we tend to think: theconversation.com/vikings-were...
Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path theconversation.com/dingoes-are-...
In a survey of 236,000 Americans, only 16% say they read for pleasure. Over the past 20 years, the rate of people reading daily for pleasure has dropped 40% cosmosmagazine.com/people/socia...
Deeply divided Supreme Court lets NIH grant terminations continue "researchers who lost their funding due to the now-defunct policy will remain de-funded" arstechnica.com/science/2025...
"The Covering Climate Now Academy is a free, live online course for journalists looking to strengthen their climate skills" Sign up by Sept 8 coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
NASA’s Webb telescope spotted a new moon orbiting Uranus www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa...
Read the rest of this story in: Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic by @judeisabella.bsky.social www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...
Given the close relationship between monkeys and people, the overlap with bats raises the possibility that aardvark burrows are overlooked epicenters of pathogens spilling over from the wild to the human world.
Warthogs, guinea fowl, leopards, partridges, pythons, porcupines, honey badgers, and baboons all made appearances. But what really caught Vermeulen’s attention in the footage was the sight of bats and monkeys using the same burrow, as certain bats are reservoirs for diseases that can jump to humans
“It was incredible how many species were coming inside, outside, and around the burrow,” Vermeulen says. Predators and prey were practically rubbing shoulders as they shuttled in and out of the burrows.
In theory, it would take just one of these monkeys to bring Belgium to a standstill, thought ecologist Cédric Vermeulen as he watched video footage of patas monkeys, vervet monkeys, and a host of other animals navigating the entrances to aardvark burrows in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park.
TIL abalone have weird little faces www.biographic.com/fighting-for...
WIRED is looking for a new features editor! This is a literal dream job—it was mine for three years. Work with some of the smartest, kindest editors in the business! Elevate writers and ideas you believe in! Put out a ~*~*~ PRINT MAGAZINE ~*~*~ condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
Oh man, if only there was _any shot_ I would consider crossing the border right now. Chicago is actually kind of close.
The American Lobster’s Baby Bust A potentially dire change in spawn timing threatens the future of lobster in the Gulf of Maine www.biographic.com/the-american...
With several wildfires burning in coastal British Columbia, time to re-up this 2024 Hakai feature about what happens when a hotter climate collides with temperate rainforests--and how to help such forests endure. hakaimagazine.com/features/not...
This is a really interesting talk about how science is fundamentally a team sport youtu.be/tTAWrP5GNwA?...
Recent advances in East African archaeology reveal advanced civilizations that established international trade relationships and developed powerful and practical technologies during the most recent 11,700 years knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
We did a big story about fires on Vancouver Island you might like :) hakaimagazine.com/features/not...
"Canada’s 2025 fire season is already the second-worst on record, as scientists report climate change is ... leading to more destruction, evacuations and smoke-filled skies." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
"Exposure to extreme heat has reduced bird populations in tropical regions by 25–38% since 1950." theconversation.com/70-years-of-...
The B.C. government will appeal a recent B.C. Supreme Court decision granting the Cowichan Nation title over a parcel of land on the Fraser River in Metro Vancouver. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
Travel to the US by Canadian residents has continued to drop significantly for the seventh month in a row, as new data confirms that Donald Trump’s threats have helped upend the summer tourism season. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
The Trump Administration’s Concerted Attacks on Wind Threaten the Industry’s Future insideclimatenews.org/news/1208202...
My research team used 18 years of sea wave records to learn how destructive ‘rogue waves’ form – here’s what we found theconversation.com/my-research-...
Up to 6% of Australian birds, across 5 species, have "undergone ‘sex reversal’ – developing the physical features of one sex while having the sex chromosomes of the other." cosmosmagazine.com/nature/birds...
This Hormone-Free Pill Could Finally Expand Birth Control Options for Men www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
"Efforts to reestablish public sources of trusted scientific information can’t fully recreate the US science apparatus now being dismantled. But alternative institutions offer a promising pathway for preserving an essential role of science in public life" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97 www.livescience.com/space/space-...
"To raise sunflower stars in captivity and release them to the Pacific, however, scientists must first learn how to keep stars from dying. And for that, they must know what’s killing them in the first place." @craigwelch.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Read more about the new field of custom microbiomes in: Better Living Through Biochemistry Scientists are creating custom microbial microbiomes to solve environmental problems, like cleaning up microplastics and restoring trashed agricultural soil. www.biographic.com/better-livin...
These custom microbiomes, as they're called, are purpose-built to break down recalcitrant targets, like microplastics. Some of these microbial mixes already work in the lab, and some scientists are itching to test them in the field.
Scientists have long dreamed of using microbes to break down unwanted contaminants in open environments. And the key to that, scientists say, is that rather than spreading motley mixes of microbes, we should instead be crafting and dispersing deliberately designed microbial communities
Using microbes to clean up waste is a well-established technology. In many towns, wastewater treatment plants rely on microbes to break down sewage into carbon dioxide, methane, and water. But open environments, like farmers fields and oil-soaked lagoons, are more difficult for microbes to work in.
The news is flowing more slowly out of @biographic.bsky.social than it did at Hakai, partly because we're working reduced hours, but also because there's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff to tackle. But we have some _really_ cool stories lined up for the next several months that I'm excited about
Attention Climate Solutions Scholars! @uvic.ca seeks its next Canada Excellence Research Chair 🇨🇦: www.uvic.ca/research-inn... You: world class scholar, looking to make a move Us: #5 in world for climate action, collegial, stunning location (B.C.) w award-winning climate policy Pls share widely!
Sea stars—26 species—have been dying by the billions from Mexico to Alaska, their arms tearing off, their bodies dissolving, w/huge consequences for the sea. Experts finally figured out why— and gave @biographic.bsky.social exclusive access. Can we save them? www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
"Coups are like concrete--when they stop moving, they set." youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
People thought I was overreacting when I said Trump’s list of “banned” words meant epidemiology was itself defacto being banned. But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle. www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
tl;dr: Wasps are friends and if you give them a snack they'll leave you alone. But _which snack to give them_ is the interesting part. Enter the ham-jam dichotomy. theconversation.com/what-to-do-w...
"In Central London, particulate levels are high enough to raise the risk of dementia by 17 percent, according to the research" e360.yale.edu/digest/air-p...
What happened to Rome after the empire fell? www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Be careful if you're a pizzeria that shares a kitchen with an industrial THC edible producer www.livescience.com/health/marij...
Scooping Plastic Out of the Ocean Is a Losing Game Open ocean cleanups won’t solve the marine plastics crisis. To really make a difference, here’s what we should do instead. hakaimagazine.com/features/sco...
"Bull kelp, scientists are coming to understand, holds a record of the southern hemisphere’s turbulent tectonic past. It offers a way to confirm known disasters and find hints of previously undocumented ones." hakaimagazine.com/news/kelp-ke...
Oh man the bridge (or whatever you call it) on this track (2:44 - 3:35) is so fucking good www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lNB...