My 13-year-old stuffed polar bear, Lindt, dreams of this every night—roaming the ice in a pristine world untampered by global warming. Pencil sketch by yours truly.
What do paleontologists do in their spare time? They doodle dinosaurs (as accurately as possible, of course, as much as they can tell from the fossils)! Check out my latest for @sequencermag.bsky.socialt.co/b68shHdbB2
The Clipper spacecraft will reach Europa in 2030 to determine whether the Jovian moon is habitable or harboring life. It'll do so in swank getup, no less. My @smithsonianmag.bsky.socialrb.gy/6u8huv
A metal plate affixed to the Europa Clipper is engraved with a poem, tributes to scientists and waveforms representing the word "water" in 103 languages, among other drawings
Last year, near the end a family vacation in Japan, I decided to go off on my own to look for local stories. I stumbled upon a really cool one in Osaka—the iconic Dotonburi River is hiding an endangered yet familiar species: Japanese eels! So, I wrote the story up for @natgeographic.bsky.social:
The discovery in a polluted, touristy river is a shining example of wildlife’s resilience—but also raises concerns about their survival.
A new detection method makes visible the invisible smog of micro/nanoplastics in our homes and all around us. For starters, researchers found 240,000 particles per liter of bottled water, more than experts had initially thought. Me for @smithsonianmag.bsky.socialt.co/hEjoJIAdYl
A new technique reveals that the liquid may contain 10 to 1000 times more plastic pieces than previously thought
Can long Covid be treated without a drug—as vagus nerve stimulation promises to do? I admit, at first I was skeptical, but after digging into the research, I'd say VNS's hype might be justified. The issue, as often is the case, is the $$$ Me, for @sciam.bsky.socialt.co/GHoCSHDBER
Ongoing research shows electrical vagus nerve stimulators could relieve some long COVID symptoms. But are the expensive devices worth the price?
It's my birthday, as well as @edyong209.bsky.social's! Happy birthday to us, born exactly 11 years apart in the same country and now navigating the same industry (one more successfully than the other)!
Precision oncology is all the rage now, but is it working? In my latest for @sciam.bsky.socialwww.scientificamerican.com/article/prec...
A growing arsenal of genetically tailored oncology treatments have spectacular results, but scope and access remain limited
In reporting this National Geographic piece about the newest old age for the moon—scientists say it's now ⩾4.46 billion years old—I learned that the young moon was once smooth and crater-free. What a sight that would've been, a perfect orb in the night sky. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
A new study of lunar minerals has captured the last stage of the moon solidifying into rock.